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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, LA

Funding
$6.9M
$6,865,548
Awards
14
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
15
11 lead a grant here, 4 co-investigators
Department rank
#56
of 136 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Biochemistry row of the Tulane University of Louisiana page.

Leads a grant in this department

11 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Christopher J Lyon

    Leads 3 awards · $1,328,561

    • 5R01AI144168-04Department: NIH department code
      A nanopore biosensor for leveling Mtb antigens in blood
      $735,829
      award amount
    • 5R01HD090927-10Department: NIH department code
      Detecting pathogen and host factors on extracellular vesicles for pediatric TB diagnosis and management

      Principal investigators: Christopher J Lyon (contact PI), Charles Debeaux Mitchell

      $500,063
      award amount
    • 3R01HD090927-10S1Department: NIH department code
      Detecting pathogen and host factors on extracellular vesicles for pediatric TB diagnosis and management

      Principal investigators: Christopher J Lyon (contact PI), Charles Debeaux Mitchell

      $92,669
      award amount

  2. Wu-Min Deng

    Leads 1 award · $1,008,804

    • 4R01CA287524-03Department: NIH department code
      Polyploidy and Sex Dimorphism in a Drosophila Tumor Model
      $1,008,804
      award amount

  3. Bo Ning

    Leads 1 award · $775,405

    • 1R01AI198651-01Department: NIH department code
      Rapid Species-Level Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring of NTM Infections Using a CRISPR-Droplet Platform

      Principal investigators: Bo Ning (contact PI), Qingyun Liu

      $775,405
      award amount

  4. Zhen Huang

    Leads 1 award · $714,827

    • 5R01AI175618-04Department: NIH department code
      Multiplexed detection of cell-free M. Tuberculosis DNA and its drug-resistant variants in blood

      Principal investigators: Zhen Huang (contact PI), Jeffrey Tornheim

      $714,827
      award amount

  5. Jia Fan

    Leads 1 award · $535,257

    • 5U01AI185864-02Department: NIH department code
      Peptidome-Driven Algorithms for Faster and More Precise Mycobacterial Detection
      $535,257
      award amount

  6. Heather L MacHado

    Leads 1 award · $484,361

    • 5R01HD106929-05Department: NIH department code
      Functions of ductal- and stromal-associated macrophages in the mammary gland

      Principal investigators: Heather L MacHado (contact PI), Kathryn L Schwertfeger

      $484,361
      award amount

  7. Jun-Yuan Ji

    Leads 1 award · $420,750

    • 1R35GM163632-01Department: NIH department code
      Context-specific functions of the CDK8 kinase module
      $420,750
      award amount

  8. William C Wimley

    Leads 2 awards · $416,613

    • 5R01GM151326-04Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Direct Delivery Peptides
      $378,938
      award amount
    • 3R01GM151326-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Direct Delivery Peptides
      $37,675
      award amount

  9. James Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $415,080

    • 5R01CA259001-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting mechanisms of immune evasion in chemotherapy-induced senescent cells
      $415,080
      award amount

  10. Jeffrey S Han

    Leads 1 award · $383,390

    • 5R01GM141381-05Department: NIH department code
      In vivo biology of mammalian L1 retrotransposition
      $383,390
      award amount

  11. Zachary F Pursell

    Leads 1 award · $382,500

    • 5R01ES028271-10Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of human DNA polymerase epsilon variants
      $382,500
      award amount

Co-investigators

Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.