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FY2016 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Funding
$38.8M
$38,783,721
Awards
100
FY2016 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
73
73 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 135 · 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 University of California, Berkeley page.

Leads a grant in this department

73 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. Portnoy, Daniel A

    Leads 2 awards · $2,519,472

    • 2P01AI063302-13Department: NIH department code
      Intracellular pathogens and innate immunity
      $2,135,624
      award amount
    • 5R01AI027655-28Department: NIH department code
      Listeria hemolysin and escape from a vacuole
      $383,848
      award amount
  2. Brohawn, Stephen Graf

    Leads 1 award · $2,355,000

    • 1DP2GM123496-01Department: NIH department code
      New approaches to understanding biological force sensation
      $2,355,000
      award amount
  3. Welch, Matthew D

    Leads 3 awards · $2,273,971

    • 4T32GM007232-40Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of Cell Function
      $1,523,765
      award amount
    • 5R01AI109044-03Department: NIH department code
      Rickettsia mobilization of the cytoskeleton during invasion, motility, and spread
      $383,212
      award amount
    • 5R01GM059609-16Department: NIH department code
      Function and regulation of the Arp2/3 complex
      $366,994
      award amount
  4. Unal, Elcin

    Leads 1 award · $2,223,433

    • 1DP2AG055946-01Department: NIH department code
      ILLUMINATING CELLULAR AGING PATHWAYS THROUGH GAMETOGENESIS
      $2,223,433
      award amount
  5. Ngai, John J

    Leads 1 award · $1,461,264

    • 5U01MH105979-03Department: NIH department code
      Classification of Cortical Neurons by Single Cell Transcriptomics
      $1,461,264
      award amount
  6. Kramer, Richard H

    Leads 3 awards · $1,148,037

    • 4P30EY003176-34Department: NIH department code
      CORE Grant for Vision Research
      $726,566
      award amount
    • 5R01EY024334-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding how photoswitches restore visual function in blindness
      $343,455
      award amount
    • 3R01EY024334-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding How Photoswitches Restore Visual Function in Blind Mice
      $78,016
      award amount
  7. Isacoff, Ehud

    Leads 3 awards · $1,144,090

    • 5U01MH109069-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel tools for cell-specific imaging of functional connectivity and circuit operations
      $675,670
      award amount
    • 1R01GM117051-01Department: NIH department code
      Voltage Gating Mechanisms
      $294,935
      award amount
    • 3U01MH109069-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Novel tools for cell-specific imaging of functional connectivity and circuit operations
      $173,485
      award amount
  8. Robey, Ellen A

    Leads 3 awards · $1,068,138

    • 5R01AI065537-11Department: NIH department code
      Visualizing of Immune Responses to Toxoplasma Gondii
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 2R01AI064227-11Department: NIH department code
      Signals that Control Thymocyte Migration
      $383,308
      award amount
    • 4T32AI100829-05Department: NIH department code
      Immunology & Pathogenesis Program Training Grant
      $292,330
      award amount
  9. Thorner, Jeremy W.

    Leads 2 awards · $974,831

    • 2R01GM021841-41A1Department: NIH department code
      Yeast Protein Kinase Signaling Networks: Specificity, Regulation and Function
      $676,531
      award amount
    • 4R01GM101257-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of gene-specific and genome-wide regulation of mRNA turnover
      $298,300
      award amount
  10. Drubin, David G

    Leads 1 award · $967,144

    • 1R35GM118149-01Department: NIH department code
      Actin assembly and clathrin-mediated endocytosis in yeast and mammals
      $967,144
      award amount
  11. Bilder, David

    Leads 3 awards · $897,900

    • 5R01GM068675-12Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Drosophila Epithelial Polarity
      $314,307
      award amount
    • 5R01GM111111-03Department: NIH department code
      Shaping of simple organ by anisotropic biomechanical forces
      $291,830
      award amount
    • 2R01GM090150-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Drosophila Tumor Suppression
      $291,763
      award amount
  12. Isacoff, Ehud

    Leads 2 awards · $896,289

    • 5U01NS090527-03Department: NIH department code
      Optical control of synaptic transmission for in vivo analysis of brain circuits and behavior
      $770,689
      award amount
    • 3U01NS090527-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Optical Control of Synaptic Transmission for in Vivo Analysis of Brain Circuits and Behavior
      $125,600
      award amount
  13. Dillin, Andrew G

    Leads 3 awards · $891,496

    • 4R01ES021667-06Department: NIH department code
      Distal Mitochondrial Signaling in a Multicellular Organism
      $353,250
      award amount
    • 4R01AG042679-04Department: NIH department code
      Cell non-autonomous function of the unfolded protein response
      $307,716
      award amount
    • 3T32GM007127-40S1Department: NIH department code
      Postgraduate Training Program in Genetics
      $230,530
      award amount
  14. Feller, Marla

    Leads 3 awards · $836,046

    • 2R01EY019498-08Department: NIH department code
      Development of direction selectivity in retina
      $374,097
      award amount
    • 4R01EY013528-16Department: NIH department code
      Function of neural activity in developing retina
      $361,949
      award amount
    • 1R03MH111314-01Department: NIH department code
      A high-speed volumetric multiphoton microscope for the study of developing neural circuits in retina
      $100,000
      award amount
  15. Rio, Donald C

    Leads 2 awards · $810,236

    • 1R35GM118121-01Department: NIH department code
      DNA transposons and alternative pre-mRNA splicing
      $478,915
      award amount
    • 4R01GM104385-04Department: NIH department code
      Human THAP9-an active DNA transposase
      $331,321
      award amount
  16. Cox, Jeffery S

    Leads 1 award · $785,000

    • 5DP1AI124619-03Department: NIH department code
      Host-Directed Strategies to Create Synergistic Antibacterial Therapies
      $785,000
      award amount
  17. Barton, Gregory M

    Leads 2 awards · $745,750

    • 4R01AI072429-09Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of TLR trafficking for proper self versus non-self discrimination
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 4R01AI104914-04Department: NIH department code
      Innate immunity and Salmonella pathogenesis
      $353,250
      award amount
  18. Collins, Kathleen

    Leads 2 awards · $699,669

    • 5R01HL079585-11Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis and Regulation of Human Telomerase
      $370,932
      award amount
    • 5R01GM054198-19Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Telomerase
      $328,737
      award amount
  19. Raulet, David H

    Leads 2 awards · $657,135

    • 5R01AI113041-03Department: NIH department code
      STING-dependent activation of Natural Killer cells by viral and tumor DNA
      $383,045
      award amount
    • 5R01CA093678-13Department: NIH department code
      Role of NKG2D in immune responses to tumors
      $274,090
      award amount
  20. Harland, Richard M

    Leads 2 awards · $646,579

    • 4R01GM042341-30Department: NIH department code
      Gene Expression in Amphibian Development
      $355,902
      award amount
    • 4R01GM086321-08Department: NIH department code
      Comparative Genetics and Genomics of Xenopus
      $290,677
      award amount
  21. Feldman, Daniel

    Leads 1 award · $643,531

    • 1T32NS095939-01Department: NIH department code
      Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley
      $643,531
      award amount
  22. Lishko, Polina V

    Leads 2 awards · $636,403

    • 5R01GM111802-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular identity of human sperm potassium channel and its role in male fertility
      $403,258
      award amount
    • 5R21HD081403-02Department: NIH department code
      Bioactive lipid profiling of mammalian spermatozoa
      $233,145
      award amount
  23. Scott, Kristin E

    Leads 2 awards · $633,526

    • 4R01DK098747-04Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of feeding by dopamine and serotonin in Drosophila
      $321,437
      award amount
    • 4R01DC013280-04Department: NIH department code
      Processing gustatory information in the fly brain
      $312,089
      award amount
  24. Berger, James M.

    Leads 1 award · $628,574

    • 2R01CA030490-35Department: NIH department code
      The Structure, Function and Regulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Initiator Complexes
      $628,574
      award amount
  25. Hariharan, Iswar K.

    Leads 2 awards · $624,505

    • 5R01GM085576-07Department: NIH department code
      Identifying novel strategies to promote tissue regeneration
      $321,758
      award amount
    • 5R01GM061672-15Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cell and Organ Size in Vivo
      $302,747
      award amount
  26. Heald, Rebecca W

    Leads 1 award · $623,548

    • 1R35GM118183-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of mitosis and size control in Xenopus
      $623,548
      award amount
  27. Rine, Jasper D

    Leads 1 award · $586,588

    • 1R01GM120374-01Department: NIH department code
      Metabolism and Epigenetics
      $586,588
      award amount
  28. Rokhsar, Daniel Soleyman

    Leads 1 award · $528,420

    • 5R01HD080708-03Department: NIH department code
      Systematic improvement of Xenopus gene annotations and reference genomes
      $528,420
      award amount
  29. Rine, Jasper D

    Leads 1 award · $523,583

    • 5T32HG000047-17Department: NIH department code
      Genomics
      $523,583
      award amount
  30. He, Lin

    Leads 2 awards · $506,325

    • 5R01GM114414-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterize the role of miR-34/449 miRNAs in regulating motile ciliogenesis
      $310,075
      award amount
    • 1R21NS099761-01Department: NIH department code
      miR-34/449 miRNAs regulate ciliogenesis and cerebrospinal fluid production in choroid plexus
      $196,250
      award amount
  31. Meyer, Barbara J

    Leads 1 award · $503,969

    • 5R01GM030702-34Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Nematode Sex Determination
      $503,969
      award amount
  32. Koshland, Douglas E

    Leads 1 award · $500,592

    • 1R35GM118189-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating chromosome structure and function through the lens of SMC complexes and R-loops
      $500,592
      award amount
  33. Zhou, Qiang

    Leads 1 award · $424,658

    • 5R01AI041757-17Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Transcriptional Elongation by HIV-1 Tat
      $424,658
      award amount
  34. Dan, Yang

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 5R01EY018861-08Department: NIH department code
      Clonal origin of visual cortical microcircuitry
      $392,500
      award amount
  35. Ludington, William Basil

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 4DP5OD017851-04Department: NIH department code
      Developing a reduced complexity model gut microbiome in the behavior model, Droso
      $392,500
      award amount
  36. Vance, Russell E

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 4R01AI075039-09Department: NIH department code
      Specificity and in vivo function of the Naip/Nlrc4 inflammasomes
      $392,500
      award amount
  37. Adesnik, Hillel

    Leads 2 awards · $384,010

    • 4R01EY023756-04Department: NIH department code
      Excitation and Inhibition in Neural Circuits of the Visual Cortex
      $382,946
      award amount
    • 3DP2NS087725-01S1Department: NIH department code
      New Optical Strategies to Unlock the Neural Basis of Perception
      $1,064
      award amount
  38. Barnes, Georjana

    Leads 1 award · $374,676

    • 5R01GM047842-21Department: NIH department code
      Saccharomyces cerevisiae microtubule cytoskeleton
      $374,676
      award amount
  39. Shastri, Nilabh

    Leads 1 award · $373,606

    • 4R37AI060040-12Department: NIH department code
      Antigen processing in the secretory pathway
      $373,606
      award amount
  40. Miller, Craig Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $362,821

    • 2R01DE021475-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Development Genetics of Tooth Number Variation in Sticklebacks
      $362,821
      award amount
  41. Marqusee, Susan

    Leads 1 award · $358,274

    • 5R01GM050945-23Department: NIH department code
      Sequence and Environmental Determinants of the Protein Energy Landscape
      $358,274
      award amount
  42. Hockemeyer, Dirk

    Leads 1 award · $341,812

    • 5R01CA196884-02Department: NIH department code
      Telomerase function in human tumor and stem cell biology
      $341,812
      award amount
  43. King, Nicole

    Leads 1 award · $332,817

    • 4R01GM099533-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Regulation of Choanoflagellate-Bacteria Signaling Interactions
      $332,817
      award amount
  44. Bateup, Helen S.

    Leads 1 award · $325,782

    • 1R01NS097823-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the neuropathophysiology of TSC using genetically engineered human neurons
      $325,782
      award amount
  45. Roelink, Henk

    Leads 1 award · $310,187

    • 1R01GM117090-01Department: NIH department code
      Smo regulation by Ptch1 and Ptch2
      $310,187
      award amount
  46. Braganza, Agnello

    Leads 1 award · $309,707

    • 2R25GM095401-06Department: NIH department code
      Berkeley Bridges to the Baccalaureate
      $309,707
      award amount
  47. Weisblat, David A

    Leads 1 award · $289,787

    • 4R01GM074619-08Department: NIH department code
      Spatial Regulation of BMP Signaling in Dorsoventral Patterning
      $289,787
      award amount
  48. Nogales, Eva

    Leads 1 award · $288,796

    • 4R01GM101314-04Department: NIH department code
      Septin Filaments: Architecture, Assembly and Regulation
      $288,796
      award amount
  49. Rape, Michael P

    Leads 1 award · $254,626

    • 4R01GM083064-08Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Mechanisms of Ubiquitination and Deubiquitination in Cell Cycle Contro
      $254,626
      award amount
  50. Coscoy, Laurent

    Leads 1 award · $234,200

    • 4R01CA168477-05Department: NIH department code
      Immune Modulation by Gammaherpesviruses
      $234,200
      award amount
  51. Cotter, Peggy A

    Leads 1 award · $227,489

    • 5R21AI119743-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and role of actin-based motility in Burkholderia virulence
      $227,489
      award amount
  52. Song, Rui

    Leads 1 award · $154,440

    • 1K99HL128912-01A1Department: NIH department code
      miR-34/449 miRNAs in airway multiciliated cells
      $154,440
      award amount
  53. Walentek, Peter

    Leads 1 award · $132,940

    • 1K99HL127275-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of mucociliary function and airway clearance
      $132,940
      award amount
  54. Werner, Achim

    Leads 1 award · $122,580

    • 5K99DE025314-02Department: NIH department code
      Ubiquitin-dependent regulation of ribosome function in cell fate determination
      $122,580
      award amount
  55. Fletcher, Russell B

    Leads 1 award · $112,297

    • 5K01AG045344-03Department: NIH department code
      Age-related changes in the neural stem cells of the olfactory epithelium
      $112,297
      award amount
  56. Lamason, Rebecca L

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 5K99GM115765-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating how intracellular bacterial pathogens hijack host intercellular communication to promote spread
      $90,000
      award amount
  57. Ge, Liang

    Leads 1 award · $86,400

    • 5K99GM114397-02Department: NIH department code
      Functional Dissection of Autophagosome Biogenesis
      $86,400
      award amount
  58. Chandler, James

    Leads 1 award · $58,002

    • 5F32AA024376-02Department: NIH department code
      Microbially-mediated ethanol resistance in Drosophila: host benefits and potential mechanisms
      $58,002
      award amount
  59. Farley, Brian Matthew

    Leads 1 award · $58,002

    • 5F32GM109673-02Department: NIH department code
      Nuclear small RNA control of the germ to soma transition
      $58,002
      award amount
  60. Sirkis, Daniel W.

    Leads 1 award · $58,002

    • 5F32AG050404-02Department: NIH department code
      Biochemical dissection of amyloid precursor protein transport from the Golgi
      $58,002
      award amount
  61. Stoops, Emily Helen

    Leads 1 award · $58,002

    • 1F32GM113383-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the mechanisms of endocytic protein recruitment
      $58,002
      award amount
  62. Mardinly, Alan Robert

    Leads 1 award · $56,118

    • 5F32NS095690-02Department: NIH department code
      Holographic control of neural ensembles during sensation
      $56,118
      award amount
  63. Modzelewski, Andrew Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $56,118

    • 5F32CA192636-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of Retrotransposon muERV-L reactivation in Tumorigenesis
      $56,118
      award amount
  64. Xin, Nan

    Leads 1 award · $56,118

    • 5F32AG051353-02Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and Temporal Resolution of the Plasticity in Mitochondrial Proteomes
      $56,118
      award amount
  65. Frakes, Ashley Elizabeth

    Leads 1 award · $54,294

    • 5F32AG051355-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell non-autonomous regulation of the unfolded protein response in aging
      $54,294
      award amount
  66. Mark, Kevin

    Leads 1 award · $54,294

    • 1F32GM120956-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of Ubiquitination in Neurocristopathies and Neural Crest-Derived Cancers
      $54,294
      award amount
  67. Higuchi-Sanabria, Ryo

    Leads 1 award · $52,542

    • 1F32AG053023-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Cytoskeletal Stress Response: A Novel Facet to Protecting Cell Integrity during Aging
      $52,542
      award amount
  68. Marks, Jessica

    Leads 1 award · $48,240

    • 5F32GM113379-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of clathrin-mediated endocytosis by membrane curvature.
      $48,240
      award amount
  69. Naka, Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $37,887

    • 1F31NS093925-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific mechanisms for feedforward inhibition in the neocortical microcircuit
      $37,887
      award amount
  70. Thompson, Thornton W

    Leads 1 award · $37,887

    • 1F31CA203262-01Department: NIH department code
      Role and Regulation of NKG2D Ligand Expression on Tumor-Infiltrating Myeloid Cells
      $37,887
      award amount
  71. Nichols Doyle, Randilea

    Leads 1 award · $35,414

    • 5F31AI118288-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific control of immune responses mediated by inflammasomes in vivo
      $35,414
      award amount
  72. McCleary, David F

    Leads 1 award · $32,403

    • 5F31AG047795-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of yeast chronological lifespan during growth in high calorie media.
      $32,403
      award amount
  73. Vlasits, Anna

    Leads 1 award · $19,949

    • 5F31NS089197-03Department: NIH department code
      Dendritic Integration and Direction Selectivity in Starburst Amacrine Cells
      $19,949
      award amount