Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of California at Davis

Leads a grant in this department

28 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. Frederic Louis Chedin

   Leads 2 awards · $2,962,056

   • 2R35GM139549-06Department: NIH department code

     Understanding genome instability mechanisms upon RNA processing dysfunction in mammals
     $2,213,750

     award amount
   • 5T32GM153586-03Department: NIH department code

     The UC Davis enhanced Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Training Program

     Principal investigators: Frederic Louis Chedin (contact PI), Elva D Diaz

     $748,306

     award amount

2. Stephen Charles Kowalczykowski

   Leads 1 award · $1,104,863

   • 4R01CA293029-03Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Functions of BRCA2 and RAD51 Paralogs in Homologous Recombination and Chromosome Maintenance
     $1,104,863

     award amount

3. Blake C Meyers

   Leads 1 award · $704,403

   • 5R01GM151302-05Department: NIH department code

     The biogenesis and functions of pre-meiotic small RNAs in male reproductive development in maize

     Principal investigators: Blake C Meyers (contact PI), Kirk Czymmek, Virginia E Walbot

     $704,403

     award amount

4. Neil Hunter

   Leads 1 award · $683,926

   • 5R01HD109322-03Department: NIH department code

     Roles of BRCA2 in Mammalian Meiosis and Gamete Quality

     Principal investigators: Neil Hunter (contact PI), Wolf-Dietrich Heyer

     $683,926

     award amount

5. John G. Albeck

   Leads 1 award · $648,177

   • 1R01CA301398-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Modeling extensive cellular variability in glycolytic rates using multiplexed live-cell data
     $648,177

     award amount

6. Francis J McNally

   Leads 2 awards · $618,549

   • 5R35GM136241-07Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division during female meiosis
     $418,505

     award amount
   • 3R35GM136241-07S1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division during female meiosis
     $200,044

     award amount

7. Fernando Fierro

   Leads 1 award · $596,378

   • 1R01AR085746-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Etiology and treatment for the skeletal defects caused by Spermine Synthase deficiency
     $596,378

     award amount

8. Qizhi Gong

   Leads 1 award · $594,228

   • 5R01DC019769-05Department: NIH department code

     Innate immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection in the olfactory epithelium
     $594,228

     award amount

9. Richard James McKenney

   Leads 2 awards · $528,789

   • 5R35GM124889-10Department: NIH department code

     Coordination of molecular motor activity in intracellular transport and assembly of cytoskeletal archit
     $427,576

     award amount
   • 3R35GM124889-09S1Department: NIH department code

     Coordination of molecular motor activity in intracellular transport and assembly of cytoskeletal architecture
     $101,213

     award amount

10. Daniel A Starr

    Leads 1 award · $464,934

    • 5R35GM134859-07Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Nuclear Migration
      $464,934

      award amount

11. Anna La Torre

    Leads 1 award · $464,114

    • 5R01NS143205-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of post-transcriptional regulation on cortical cell fate specification

      Principal investigators: Anna La Torre (contact PI), Sergi Simo

      $464,114

      award amount

12. Thomas M. Glaser

    Leads 1 award · $454,158

    • 5R01EY033742-05Department: NIH department code

      Homeotic hotspot in the human genome for eye and brain disease
      $454,158

      award amount

13. Celina Juliano

    Leads 1 award · $442,849

    • 5R35GM133689-08Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Hydra Development and Regeneration
      $442,849

      award amount

14. Nadean L Brown

    Leads 1 award · $437,262

    • 1R01EY038806-01Department: NIH department code

      Pax2 functions in postnatal retinal and optic nerve astrocytes
      $437,262

      award amount

15. Graham Coop

    Leads 1 award · $432,271

    • 5R35GM136290-07Department: NIH department code

      The impact of natural selection and population structure on human genomic variation
      $432,271

      award amount

16. Hsin-Yi Henry Ho

    Leads 1 award · $431,657

    • 5R35GM144341-05Department: NIH department code

      Function and regulatory mechanisms of the Wnt5a-Ror morphogenetic pathway
      $431,657

      award amount

17. Jawdat Mh Al-Bassam

    Leads 1 award · $430,500

    • 5R35GM158334-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulatory mechanisms for the biogenesis and polymerization of alpha/beta tubulin and their impact on Microtubule Function
      $430,500

      award amount

18. Kassandra Marie Ori-McKenney

    Leads 1 award · $415,279

    • 5R35GM133688-08Department: NIH department code

      Defining microtubule cytoskeleton regulatory pathways in development and disease
      $415,279

      award amount

19. Sergi Simo

    Leads 1 award · $414,509

    • 5R01NS131375-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of phosphoinositide metabolism and calcium dynamics in the neocortex

      Principal investigators: Sergi Simo (contact PI), Eamonn James Dickson

      $414,509

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS143205-02, led by Anna La Torre.

20. Eva K Fischer

    Leads 1 award · $396,172

    • 5R35GM147207-05Department: NIH department code

      Genomic mechanisms of violent juvenile aggression
      $396,172

      award amount

21. Alice Accorsi

    Leads 1 award · $393,008

    • 1R35GM162505-01Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of cell fate specification to regenerate complex sensory organs
      $393,008

      award amount

22. Joanna Chungyen Chiu

    Leads 1 award · $391,230

    • 5R25GM116690-10Department: NIH department code

      Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program at UC Davis
      $391,230

      award amount

23. Jennifer Nicole Cash

    Leads 1 award · $388,705

    • 5R35GM146664-05Department: NIH department code

      Structural and Functional Characterization of RhoGEF Regulation Using Nanodiscs to Assemble Membrane-associated Signaling Scaffolds
      $388,705

      award amount

24. Sean Ryan Collins

    Leads 1 award · $359,070

    • 5R01GM148769-04Department: NIH department code

      Actin gating of crosstalk between Rho GTPases in cell migration
      $359,070

      award amount

25. Andrew J Fisher

    Leads 1 award · $307,988

    • 5R01GM149799-04Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput screening and structure-guided optimization of oligonucleotides for site-directed RNA editing by ADARs.
      $307,988

      award amount

26. Yuka Kitamura

    Leads 1 award · $128,898

    • 5K99HD119268-02Department: NIH department code

      3D genome-based transcriptional program for male germline differentiation
      $128,898

      award amount

27. Diedre Reitz

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 5K99GM155658-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of the mismatch repair proteins MSH2 and MSH6 in genome stability
      $125,000

      award amount

28. Ethan Marsh Fenton

    Leads 1 award · $43,471

    • 5F31DA062491-02Department: NIH department code

      Transcriptomic and Epigenomic Investigation of Antidepressant and Non-Hallucinogenic Serotonin Receptor Agonists
      $43,471

      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.

• Elva D Diaz

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM153586-03, led by Frederic Louis Chedin

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California at Davis · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Kirk Czymmek

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM151302-05, led by Blake C Meyers

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Virginia E Walbot

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM151302-05, led by Blake C Meyers

  Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

• Wolf-Dietrich Heyer

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD109322-03, led by Neil Hunter

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California at Davis · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • University of California at Davis · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Eamonn James Dickson

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS131375-04, led by Sergi Simo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California at Davis · Physiology (NIH department code, 2 awards)