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FY2017 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Funding
$34.3M
$34,349,169
Awards
97
FY2017 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
68
68 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#1
of 139 · 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

68 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 · $2,500,834

    • 5P01AI063302-14Department: NIH department code
      Intracellular pathogens and innate immunity
      $2,116,986
      award amount
    • 5R01AI027655-29Department: NIH department code
      Listeria hemolysin and escape from a vacuole
      $383,848
      award amount
  2. Garcia, Hernan Gustavo

    Leads 1 award · $2,355,000

    • 1DP2HD094655-01Department: NIH department code
      Lighting Up the Central Dogma in Embryonic Development
      $2,355,000
      award amount
  3. Kramer, Richard H

    Leads 4 awards · $1,643,239

    • 5P30EY003176-35Department: NIH department code
      CORE Grant for Vision Research
      $710,599
      award amount
    • 1R01NS100911-01Department: NIH department code
      Probing GABAa receptor function and plasticity with light
      $488,418
      award amount
    • 5R01EY024334-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding how photoswitches restore visual function in blindness
      $424,222
      award amount
    • 1R13NS103423-01Department: NIH department code
      The Optical Revolution in Physiology: From Membrane to Brain
      $20,000
      award amount
  4. Welch, Matthew D

    Leads 3 awards · $1,534,616

    • 3T32GM007232-40S1Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of Cell Function
      $784,410
      award amount
    • 5R01AI109044-04Department: NIH department code
      Rickettsia mobilization of the cytoskeleton during invasion, motility, and spread
      $383,212
      award amount
    • 5R01GM059609-17Department: NIH department code
      Function and regulation of the Arp2/3 complex
      $366,994
      award amount
  5. Shastri, Nilabh

    Leads 3 awards · $1,494,242

    • 1R01AI130210-01Department: NIH department code
      Immune surveillance of antigen processing pathway
      $535,188
      award amount
    • 1R01AI121174-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Unconventional sources of peptides for antigen presentation
      $516,094
      award amount
    • 4R37AI060040-13Department: NIH department code
      Antigen processing in the secretory pathway
      $442,960
      award amount
  6. He, Lin

    Leads 4 awards · $1,154,343

    • 2R01CA139067-06Department: NIH department code
      miR-200 miRNAs repress tumor metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma
      $373,268
      award amount
    • 5R01GM114414-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterize the role of miR-34/449 miRNAs in regulating motile ciliogenesis
      $310,075
      award amount
    • 1R21HD088885-01A1Department: NIH department code
      miR-200 miRNAs regulate motile ciliogenesis in respiratory epithelia
      $235,500
      award amount
    • 5R21NS099761-02Department: NIH department code
      miR-34/449 miRNAs regulate ciliogenesis and cerebrospinal fluid production in choroid plexus
      $235,500
      award amount
  7. Drubin, David G

    Leads 1 award · $1,049,285

    • 5R35GM118149-02Department: NIH department code
      Actin assembly and clathrin-mediated endocytosis in yeast and mammals
      $1,049,285
      award amount
  8. Dillin, Andrew G

    Leads 3 awards · $972,753

    • 2R01ES021667-07A1Department: NIH department code
      Neuroendocrine Coordination of Mitochondrial Stress Signaling and Proteostasis
      $344,434
      award amount
    • 1R01AG055891-01Department: NIH department code
      The Collapse of Proteostasis during Aging is Mediated by Cytoskeletal Actin Functions
      $321,850
      award amount
    • 5R01AG042679-05Department: NIH department code
      Cell non-autonomous function of the unfolded protein response
      $306,469
      award amount
  9. Isacoff, Ehud

    Leads 2 awards · $970,386

    • 5U01MH109069-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel tools for cell-specific imaging of functional connectivity and circuit operations
      $675,670
      award amount
    • 5R01GM117051-02Department: NIH department code
      Voltage Gating Mechanisms
      $294,716
      award amount
  10. Bateup, Helen S.

    Leads 3 awards · $904,207

    • 1R56MH111821-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The impact of Tsc-mTOR signaling on cells and circuits in the basal ganglia
      $382,705
      award amount
    • 5R01NS097823-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the neuropathophysiology of TSC using genetically engineered human neurons
      $325,252
      award amount
    • 1R21NS096415-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cell type-specific profiling of mTOR-dependent translation
      $196,250
      award amount
  11. Bilder, David

    Leads 3 awards · $896,770

    • 5R01GM068675-13Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Drosophila Epithelial Polarity
      $313,830
      award amount
    • 5R01GM090150-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Drosophila Tumor Suppression
      $291,539
      award amount
    • 5R01GM111111-04Department: NIH department code
      Shaping of simple organ by anisotropic biomechanical forces
      $291,401
      award amount
  12. Heald, Rebecca W

    Leads 1 award · $816,268

    • 5R35GM118183-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of mitosis and size control in Xenopus
      $816,268
      award amount
  13. Cox, Jeffery S

    Leads 1 award · $785,000

    • 5DP1AI124619-04Department: NIH department code
      Host-Directed Strategies to Create Synergistic Antibacterial Therapies
      $785,000
      award amount
  14. Robey, Ellen A

    Leads 3 awards · $778,518

    • 5R01AI065537-12Department: NIH department code
      Visualizing of Immune Responses to Toxoplasma Gondii
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 5R01AI064227-12Department: NIH department code
      Signals that Control Thymocyte Migration
      $383,032
      award amount
    • 3T32AI100829-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Immunology & Pathogenesis Program Training Grant
      $2,986
      award amount
  15. Barton, Gregory M

    Leads 2 awards · $745,750

    • 5R01AI072429-10Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of TLR trafficking for proper self versus non-self discrimination
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 5R01AI104914-05Department: NIH department code
      Innate immunity and Salmonella pathogenesis
      $353,250
      award amount
  16. Lammel, Stephan

    Leads 2 awards · $745,750

    • 1R01MH112721-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A multi-level investigation into the effects of chronic stress on lateral habenula circuitry
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 1R01DA042889-01Department: NIH department code
      Input-specific mechanisms of drug-evoked synaptic plasticity in the ventral tegmental area
      $353,250
      award amount
  17. Koshland, Douglas E

    Leads 2 awards · $720,606

    • 5R35GM118189-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating chromosome structure and function through the lens of SMC complexes and R-loops
      $691,084
      award amount
    • 3R35GM118189-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating chromosome structure and function through the lens of SMC complexes and R-loops
      $29,522
      award amount
  18. Collins, Kathleen

    Leads 2 awards · $697,012

    • 5R01HL079585-12Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis and Regulation of Human Telomerase
      $368,775
      award amount
    • 5R01GM054198-20Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Telomerase
      $328,237
      award amount
  19. Thorner, Jeremy W.

    Leads 1 award · $685,188

    • 5R01GM021841-42Department: NIH department code
      Yeast Protein Kinase Signaling Networks: Specificity, Regulation and Function
      $685,188
      award amount
  20. Raulet, David H

    Leads 2 awards · $656,597

    • 5R01AI113041-04Department: NIH department code
      STING-dependent activation of Natural Killer cells by viral and tumor DNA
      $382,762
      award amount
    • 5R01CA093678-14Department: NIH department code
      Role of NKG2D in immune responses to tumors
      $273,835
      award amount
  21. Rio, Donald C

    Leads 1 award · $652,585

    • 5R35GM118121-02Department: NIH department code
      DNA transposons and alternative pre-mRNA splicing
      $652,585
      award amount
  22. Feldman, Daniel

    Leads 2 awards · $651,869

    • 5T32NS095939-02Department: NIH department code
      Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley
      $651,113
      award amount
    • 3T32NS095939-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley
      $756
      award amount
  23. Scott, Kristin E

    Leads 2 awards · $629,369

    • 5R01DK098747-05Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of feeding by dopamine and serotonin in Drosophila
      $319,433
      award amount
    • 5R01DC013280-05Department: NIH department code
      Processing gustatory information in the fly brain
      $309,936
      award amount
  24. Berger, James M.

    Leads 1 award · $612,339

    • 5R01CA030490-36Department: NIH department code
      The Structure, Function and Regulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Initiator Complexes
      $612,339
      award amount
  25. Rine, Jasper D

    Leads 1 award · $569,188

    • 5R01GM120374-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabolism and Epigenetics
      $569,188
      award amount
  26. Hariharan, Iswar K.

    Leads 2 awards · $566,317

    • 5R01GM061672-16Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Cell and Organ Size in Vivo
      $302,527
      award amount
    • 1R35GM122490-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Regulation of Developmental and Regenerative Growth
      $263,790
      award amount
  27. Rokhsar, Daniel Soleyman

    Leads 1 award · $533,758

    • 5R01HD080708-04Department: NIH department code
      Systematic improvement of Xenopus gene annotations and reference genomes
      $533,758
      award amount
  28. Meyer, Barbara J

    Leads 1 award · $503,969

    • 5R01GM030702-35Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Nematode Sex Determination
      $503,969
      award amount
  29. Rine, Jasper D

    Leads 1 award · $452,717

    • 5T32HG000047-18Department: NIH department code
      Genomics
      $452,717
      award amount
  30. Bautista, Diana Michele

    Leads 1 award · $424,940

    • 1R56NS098097-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Mapping of Novel Molecular Players in Itch
      $424,940
      award amount
  31. Zhou, Qiang

    Leads 1 award · $424,658

    • 5R01AI041757-18Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Transcriptional Elongation by HIV-1 Tat
      $424,658
      award amount
  32. Lishko, Polina V

    Leads 1 award · $400,890

    • 5R01GM111802-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular identity of human sperm potassium channel and its role in male fertility
      $400,890
      award amount
  33. Vance, Russell E

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 5R01AI075039-10Department: NIH department code
      Specificity and in vivo function of the Naip/Nlrc4 inflammasomes
      $392,500
      award amount
  34. Adesnik, Hillel

    Leads 1 award · $382,659

    • 5R01EY023756-05Department: NIH department code
      Excitation and Inhibition in Neural Circuits of the Visual Cortex
      $382,659
      award amount
  35. Barnes, Georjana

    Leads 1 award · $374,676

    • 5R01GM047842-22Department: NIH department code
      Saccharomyces cerevisiae microtubule cytoskeleton
      $374,676
      award amount
  36. Miller, Craig Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $361,930

    • 5R01DE021475-07Department: NIH department code
      Development Genetics of Tooth Number Variation in Sticklebacks
      $361,930
      award amount
  37. Marqusee, Susan

    Leads 1 award · $356,097

    • 5R01GM050945-24Department: NIH department code
      Sequence and Environmental Determinants of the Protein Energy Landscape
      $356,097
      award amount
  38. Hockemeyer, Dirk

    Leads 1 award · $341,292

    • 5R01CA196884-03Department: NIH department code
      Telomerase function in human tumor and stem cell biology
      $341,292
      award amount
  39. Garriga, Gian

    Leads 1 award · $334,546

    • 2R01NS032057-23Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the asymmetric divisions of C. elegans neural progenitors
      $334,546
      award amount
  40. Saijo, Kaoru

    Leads 1 award · $325,775

    • 1R01HD092093-01Department: NIH department code
      Estrogen receptor (ER)β-mediated repression of prenatal inflammation in fetal microglia and its impact on autism
      $325,775
      award amount
  41. Roelink, Henk

    Leads 1 award · $309,483

    • 5R01GM117090-02Department: NIH department code
      Smo regulation by Ptch1 and Ptch2
      $309,483
      award amount
  42. Braganza, Agnello

    Leads 1 award · $297,697

    • 5R25GM095401-07Department: NIH department code
      Berkeley Bridges to the Baccalaureate
      $297,697
      award amount
  43. Martin, Andreas

    Leads 1 award · $290,370

    • 2R01GM094497-06A1Department: NIH department code
      ATP-Dependent Protein Unfolding and Translocation by the Eukaryotic Proteasome
      $290,370
      award amount
  44. Ngai, John J

    Leads 1 award · $225,705

    • 1R21DC016223-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Olfactory Bulb Projection Neuron Diversity
      $225,705
      award amount
  45. Harland, Richard M

    Leads 1 award · $220,947

    • 1R21MH112158-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying phenotypic convergence among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genes using CRISPR/Cas9 in Xenopus
      $220,947
      award amount
  46. Cate, Jamie H

    Leads 1 award · $172,700

    • 1R21AR072370-01Department: NIH department code
      Multiexon skipping to restore dystrophin protein expression using tethered RNPs
      $172,700
      award amount
  47. Song, Rui

    Leads 1 award · $154,440

    • 5K99HL128912-02Department: NIH department code
      miR-34/449 miRNAs in airway multiciliated cells
      $154,440
      award amount
  48. Walentek, Peter

    Leads 1 award · $135,000

    • 5K99HL127275-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of mucociliary function and airway clearance
      $135,000
      award amount
  49. Ludington, William Basil

    Leads 1 award · $112,577

    • 5DP5OD017851-05Department: NIH department code
      Developing a reduced complexity model gut microbiome in the behavior model, Droso
      $112,577
      award amount
  50. Bhattacharyya, Moitrayee

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 1K99GM126145-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanism for the regulation of activation in calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)
      $90,000
      award amount
  51. Chandler, James

    Leads 1 award · $60,990

    • 5F32AA024376-03Department: NIH department code
      Microbially-mediated ethanol resistance in Drosophila: host benefits and potential mechanisms
      $60,990
      award amount
  52. Sirkis, Daniel W.

    Leads 1 award · $60,990

    • 5F32AG050404-03Department: NIH department code
      Biochemical dissection of amyloid precursor protein transport from the Golgi
      $60,990
      award amount
  53. Mardinly, Alan Robert

    Leads 1 award · $59,166

    • 5F32NS095690-03Department: NIH department code
      Holographic control of neural ensembles during sensation
      $59,166
      award amount
  54. Modzelewski, Andrew Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $59,166

    • 5F32CA192636-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of Retrotransposon muERV-L reactivation in Tumorigenesis
      $59,166
      award amount
  55. Xin, Nan

    Leads 1 award · $59,166

    • 5F32AG051353-03Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and Temporal Resolution of the Plasticity in Mitochondrial Proteomes
      $59,166
      award amount
  56. Mark, Kevin

    Leads 2 awards · $58,866

    • 5F32GM120956-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Ubiquitination in Neurocristopathies and Neural Crest-Derived Cancers
      $57,066
      award amount
    • 3F32GM120956-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Role of Ubiquitination in Neurocristopathies and Neural Crest-Derived Cancers
      $1,800
      award amount
  57. Akopian, David

    Leads 1 award · $57,066

    • 1F32GM123716-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the Regulatory Network of Large COPII Vesicle Formation to Treat Extracellular Matrix-Linked Disorders
      $57,066
      award amount
  58. Frakes, Ashley Elizabeth

    Leads 1 award · $57,066

    • 5F32AG051355-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell non-autonomous regulation of the unfolded protein response in aging
      $57,066
      award amount
  59. Donthamsetti, Prashant Chandra

    Leads 1 award · $56,694

    • 1F32DA044696-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of an Optogenetic Toolkit to Dissect Dopamine Receptor Function in vivo
      $56,694
      award amount
  60. Higuchi-Sanabria, Ryo

    Leads 1 award · $56,694

    • 5F32AG053023-02Department: NIH department code
      The Cytoskeletal Stress Response: A Novel Facet to Protecting Cell Integrity during Aging
      $56,694
      award amount
  61. Winans, Amy M

    Leads 1 award · $56,694

    • 1F32NS100387-01Department: NIH department code
      Sensing light through a ciliary non-visual opsin in the developing vertebrate spinal cord
      $56,694
      award amount
  62. Yu, Yawei

    Leads 1 award · $56,694

    • 1F32NS101816-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of voltage-gated phosphatase activity in Ci-VSP
      $56,694
      award amount
  63. Heath-Heckman, Elizabeth A.

    Leads 1 award · $56,066

    • 5F32NS095665-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating molecular mechanisms mediating cellular responses to touch and pain
      $56,066
      award amount
  64. Young, Lindsey N

    Leads 1 award · $40,723

    • 1F99CA223029-01Department: NIH department code
      Class III PI3K as an Autophagy Reactivation Switch in Malignant Transformation
      $40,723
      award amount
  65. Naka, Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $38,665

    • 5F31NS093925-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific mechanisms for feedforward inhibition in the neocortical microcircuit
      $38,665
      award amount
  66. Webster, Corey M

    Leads 1 award · $38,458

    • 1F31GM122278-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Development of a novel optogenetic neurodegenerative disease model.
      $38,458
      award amount
  67. Caval-Holme, Franklin

    Leads 1 award · $36,254

    • 1F31EY028022-01Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting a microcircuit that regulates the earliest light responses in the retina
      $36,254
      award amount
  68. Thompson, Thornton W

    Leads 1 award · $32,394

    • 5F31CA203262-02Department: NIH department code
      Role and Regulation of NKG2D Ligand Expression on Tumor-Infiltrating Myeloid Cells
      $32,394
      award amount