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FY2018 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Funding
$40.3M
$40,279,611
Awards
97
FY2018 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
71
71 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

71 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. Adesnik, Hillel

    Leads 2 awards · $5,569,104

    • 1UF1NS107574-01Department: NIH department code
      High speed, high precision volumetric multiphoton neural control
      $5,098,104
      award amount
    • 4DP2NS087725-02Department: NIH department code
      New Optical Strategies to Unlock the Neural Basis of Perception
      $471,000
      award amount
  2. Portnoy, Daniel A

    Leads 2 awards · $2,503,984

    • 5P01AI063302-15Department: NIH department code
      Intracellular pathogens and innate immunity
      $2,120,136
      award amount
    • 5R01AI027655-30Department: NIH department code
      Listeria hemolysin and escape from a vacuole
      $383,848
      award amount
  3. Welch, Matthew D

    Leads 3 awards · $2,374,316

    • 2T32GM007232-41A1Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of Cell Function
      $1,697,442
      award amount
    • 2R01AI109044-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Rickettsia invasion, intracellular survival, and actin-based motility
      $381,752
      award amount
    • 1R35GM127108-01Department: NIH department code
      Microbial mobilization of the actin cytoskeleton
      $295,122
      award amount
  4. Titov, Denis Vasilievich

    Leads 1 award · $2,355,000

    • 1DP2GM132933-01Department: NIH department code
      Genetically encoded tools for manipulation of metabolism in vivo
      $2,355,000
      award amount
  5. Kramer, Richard H

    Leads 3 awards · $1,528,607

    • 2P30EY003176-36Department: NIH department code
      NEI Center Core Grants for Vision Research
      $628,000
      award amount
    • 5R01NS100911-02Department: NIH department code
      Probing GABAa receptor function and plasticity with light
      $473,521
      award amount
    • 5R01EY024334-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding how photoswitches restore visual function in blindness
      $427,086
      award amount
  6. Drubin, David G

    Leads 2 awards · $1,180,488

    • 5R35GM118149-03Department: NIH department code
      Actin assembly and clathrin-mediated endocytosis in yeast and mammals
      $1,049,285
      award amount
    • 3R35GM118149-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Actin Assembly and Clathrin-mediated Endocytosis in Yeast and Mammals
      $131,203
      award amount
  7. Robey, Ellen A

    Leads 3 awards · $1,113,181

    • 5R01AI065537-13Department: NIH department code
      Visualizing of Immune Responses to Toxoplasma Gondii
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 5R01AI064227-13Department: NIH department code
      Signals that Control Thymocyte Migration
      $382,748
      award amount
    • 2T32AI100829-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Immunology and Pathogenesis Program Training Grant
      $337,933
      award amount
  8. Dillin, Andrew G

    Leads 3 awards · $1,058,520

    • 1R01AG059566-01Department: NIH department code
      Glial regulation of longevity through a transcellular unfolded protein response
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 5R01ES021667-08Department: NIH department code
      Neuroendocrine Coordination of Mitochondrial Stress Signaling and Proteostasis
      $344,170
      award amount
    • 5R01AG055891-02Department: NIH department code
      The Collapse of Proteostasis during Aging is Mediated by Cytoskeletal Actin Functions
      $321,850
      award amount
  9. Thorner, Jeremy W.

    Leads 2 awards · $1,018,673

    • 5R01GM021841-43Department: NIH department code
      Yeast Protein Kinase Signaling Networks: Specificity, Regulation and Function
      $685,188
      award amount
    • 2R01GM101314-05A1Department: NIH department code
      Septin Filaments: Architecture, Assembly and Regulation
      $333,485
      award amount
  10. Feldman, Daniel

    Leads 2 awards · $1,017,619

    • 5T32NS095939-03Department: NIH department code
      Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley
      $658,889
      award amount
    • 1R01NS105333-01Department: NIH department code
      Rapid inhibitory circuit plasticity as a homeostatic mechanism in cerebral cortex
      $358,730
      award amount
  11. Feller, Marla

    Leads 3 awards · $959,981

    • 5R01EY019498-09Department: NIH department code
      Development of direction selectivity in retina
      $373,545
      award amount
    • 2R01EY013528-17A1Department: NIH department code
      Function of neural activity in developing retina
      $372,176
      award amount
    • 1R21EY029405-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel optical probe for dopamine release in neural circuits
      $214,260
      award amount
  12. He, Lin

    Leads 3 awards · $879,591

    • 5R01CA139067-07Department: NIH department code
      miR-200 miRNAs repress tumor metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma
      $373,266
      award amount
    • 5R01GM114414-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterize the role of miR-34/449 miRNAs in regulating motile ciliogenesis
      $310,075
      award amount
    • 5R21HD088885-02Department: NIH department code
      miR-200 miRNAs regulate motile ciliogenesis in respiratory epithelia
      $196,250
      award amount
  13. Barton, Gregory M

    Leads 2 awards · $851,178

    • 2R01AI072429-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of TLR trafficking for proper self versus non-self discrimination
      $469,427
      award amount
    • 1R01AI142926-01Department: NIH department code
      The influence of maternal antibodies on neonatal intestinal immunity
      $381,751
      award amount
  14. Rio, Donald C

    Leads 2 awards · $848,835

    • 5R35GM118121-03Department: NIH department code
      DNA transposons and alternative pre-mRNA splicing
      $652,585
      award amount
    • 1R21HG010238-01Department: NIH department code
      Profiling the locations of U1 snRNP binding across the nuclear human and Drosophila transcriptomes.
      $196,250
      award amount
  15. Heald, Rebecca W

    Leads 1 award · $816,268

    • 5R35GM118183-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of mitosis and size control in Xenopus
      $816,268
      award amount
  16. Cox, Jeffery S

    Leads 1 award · $785,000

    • 5DP1AI124619-05Department: NIH department code
      Host-Directed Strategies to Create Synergistic Antibacterial Therapies
      $785,000
      award amount
  17. Lammel, Stephan

    Leads 2 awards · $745,750

    • 5R01MH112721-02Department: NIH department code
      A multi-level investigation into the effects of chronic stress on lateral habenula circuitry
      $392,500
      award amount
    • 5R01DA042889-02Department: NIH department code
      Input-specific mechanisms of drug-evoked synaptic plasticity in the ventral tegmental area
      $353,250
      award amount
  18. Ngai, John J

    Leads 2 awards · $692,621

    • 2R01DC007235-11Department: NIH department code
      Programs of Gene Expression in Olfactory Neurogenesis
      $506,460
      award amount
    • 5R21DC016223-02Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Olfactory Bulb Projection Neuron Diversity
      $186,161
      award amount
  19. Koshland, Douglas E

    Leads 1 award · $691,084

    • 5R35GM118189-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating chromosome structure and function through the lens of SMC complexes and R-loops
      $691,084
      award amount
  20. Harland, Richard M

    Leads 2 awards · $659,176

    • 1R35GM127069-01Department: NIH department code
      Gene expression in amphibian development
      $462,926
      award amount
    • 5R21MH112158-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying phenotypic convergence among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) genes using CRISPR/Cas9 in Xenopus
      $196,250
      award amount
  21. Raulet, David H

    Leads 2 awards · $656,041

    • 5R01AI113041-05Department: NIH department code
      STING-dependent activation of Natural Killer cells by viral and tumor DNA
      $382,469
      award amount
    • 5R01CA093678-15Department: NIH department code
      Role of NKG2D in immune responses to tumors
      $273,572
      award amount
  22. Berger, James M.

    Leads 1 award · $610,461

    • 5R01CA030490-37Department: NIH department code
      The Structure, Function and Regulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Initiator Complexes
      $610,461
      award amount
  23. Rine, Jasper D

    Leads 1 award · $569,188

    • 5R01GM120374-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolism and Epigenetics
      $569,188
      award amount
  24. Bateup, Helen S.

    Leads 2 awards · $560,207

    • 5R01NS097823-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the neuropathophysiology of TSC using genetically engineered human neurons
      $324,707
      award amount
    • 5R21NS096415-02Department: NIH department code
      Cell type-specific profiling of mTOR-dependent translation
      $235,500
      award amount
  25. Hariharan, Iswar K.

    Leads 1 award · $547,468

    • 5R35GM122490-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Regulation of Developmental and Regenerative Growth
      $547,468
      award amount
  26. Marqusee, Susan

    Leads 2 awards · $518,674

    • 5R01GM050945-25Department: NIH department code
      Sequence and Environmental Determinants of the Protein Energy Landscape
      $353,704
      award amount
    • 3R01GM050945-25S1Department: NIH department code
      Sequence and Environmental Determinants of the Protein Energy Landscape
      $164,970
      award amount
  27. Meyer, Barbara J

    Leads 1 award · $503,969

    • 5R01GM030702-36Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Nematode Sex Determination
      $503,969
      award amount
  28. Lishko, Polina V

    Leads 1 award · $465,733

    • 5R01GM111802-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular identity of human sperm potassium channel and its role in male fertility
      $465,733
      award amount
  29. Shastri, Nilabh

    Leads 1 award · $442,960

    • 5R37AI060040-14Department: NIH department code
      Antigen processing in the secretory pathway
      $442,960
      award amount
  30. Hurley, James H

    Leads 1 award · $429,235

    • 2T32GM008295-29Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biophysics Training Grant
      $429,235
      award amount
  31. Zhou, Qiang

    Leads 1 award · $424,658

    • 5R01AI041757-19Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Transcriptional Elongation by HIV-1 Tat
      $424,658
      award amount
  32. Eisen, Michael Bruce

    Leads 1 award · $419,179

    • 5T32HG000047-19Department: NIH department code
      Genomics
      $419,179
      award amount
  33. Banfield, Jillian

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 1U01AI142817-01Department: NIH department code
      Expanding CRISPR-Cas editing technology through exploration of novel Cas proteins and DNA repair systems
      $392,500
      award amount
  34. Vance, Russell E

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 2R37AI075039-11Department: NIH department code
      Functional and Structural Dissection of Inflammasome Activation
      $392,500
      award amount
  35. Isacoff, Ehud

    Leads 2 awards · $391,536

    • 5R01GM117051-03Department: NIH department code
      Voltage Gating Mechanisms
      $294,491
      award amount
    • 3R01GM117051-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Voltage Gating Mechanisms
      $97,045
      award amount
  36. Barnes, Georjana

    Leads 1 award · $374,676

    • 5R01GM047842-23Department: NIH department code
      Saccharomyces cerevisiae microtubule cytoskeleton
      $374,676
      award amount
  37. Miller, Craig Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $361,013

    • 5R01DE021475-08Department: NIH department code
      Development Genetics of Tooth Number Variation in Sticklebacks
      $361,013
      award amount
  38. Hockemeyer, Dirk

    Leads 1 award · $340,757

    • 5R01CA196884-04Department: NIH department code
      Telomerase function in human tumor and stem cell biology
      $340,757
      award amount
  39. Garriga, Gian

    Leads 1 award · $334,279

    • 5R01NS032057-24Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the asymmetric divisions of C. elegans neural progenitors
      $334,279
      award amount
  40. Collins, Kathleen

    Leads 1 award · $327,722

    • 5R01GM054198-21Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of Telomerase
      $327,722
      award amount
  41. Saijo, Kaoru

    Leads 1 award · $325,775

    • 5R01HD092093-02Department: NIH department code
      Estrogen receptor (ER)β-mediated repression of prenatal inflammation in fetal microglia and its impact on autism
      $325,775
      award amount
  42. Roelink, Henk

    Leads 1 award · $308,759

    • 5R01GM117090-03Department: NIH department code
      Smo regulation by Ptch1 and Ptch2
      $308,759
      award amount
  43. Savage, David Frank

    Leads 1 award · $301,256

    • 1R01GM129241-01Department: NIH department code
      Self-assembly and function of bacterial microcompartments
      $301,256
      award amount
  44. Bilder, David

    Leads 1 award · $291,308

    • 5R01GM090150-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Drosophila Tumor Suppression
      $291,308
      award amount
  45. Braganza, Agnello

    Leads 1 award · $289,191

    • 5R25GM095401-08Department: NIH department code
      Berkeley Bridges to the Baccalaureate
      $289,191
      award amount
  46. Martin, Andreas

    Leads 1 award · $289,078

    • 5R01GM094497-07Department: NIH department code
      ATP-Dependent Protein Unfolding and Translocation by the Eukaryotic Proteasome
      $289,078
      award amount
  47. Scott, Kristin E

    Leads 1 award · $284,110

    • 1R01GM128209-01Department: NIH department code
      Coordinating hunger and thirst drives in Drosophila
      $284,110
      award amount
  48. Nogales, Eva

    Leads 1 award · $196,081

    • 1R35GM127018-01Department: NIH department code
      Structural studies of function and regulation of microtubules and transcriptional gene expression machinery
      $196,081
      award amount
  49. Cate, Jamie H

    Leads 1 award · $172,700

    • 5R21AR072370-02Department: NIH department code
      Multiexon skipping to restore dystrophin protein expression using tethered RNPs
      $172,700
      award amount
  50. Modzelewski, Andrew Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $120,960

    • 1K99HD096108-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Retrotransposon Activity in Mammalian Pre-Implantation Development
      $120,960
      award amount
  51. Bhattacharyya, Moitrayee

    Leads 1 award · $90,000

    • 5K99GM126145-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanism for the regulation of activation in calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII)
      $90,000
      award amount
  52. Light, Samuel

    Leads 1 award · $63,034

    • 1F32AI136389-01Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the role of an extracellular electron transport chain in Listeria monocytogenes virulence factor expression and metabolism
      $63,034
      award amount
  53. Akopian, David

    Leads 1 award · $61,174

    • 5F32GM123716-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the Regulatory Network of Large COPII Vesicle Formation to Treat Extracellular Matrix-Linked Disorders
      $61,174
      award amount
  54. Mark, Kevin

    Leads 1 award · $61,174

    • 5F32GM120956-03Department: NIH department code
      Role of Ubiquitination in Neurocristopathies and Neural Crest-Derived Cancers
      $61,174
      award amount
  55. Square, Tyler

    Leads 1 award · $59,454

    • 1F32DE027871-01Department: NIH department code
      Testing the genetic conservation of tooth and hair replacement
      $59,454
      award amount
  56. Higuchi-Sanabria, Ryo

    Leads 1 award · $59,038

    • 5F32AG053023-03Department: NIH department code
      The Cytoskeletal Stress Response: A Novel Facet to Protecting Cell Integrity during Aging
      $59,038
      award amount
  57. Winans, Amy M

    Leads 1 award · $59,038

    • 5F32NS100387-02Department: NIH department code
      Sensing light through a ciliary non-visual opsin in the developing vertebrate spinal cord
      $59,038
      award amount
  58. Yu, Yawei

    Leads 1 award · $59,038

    • 5F32NS101816-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of voltage-gated phosphatase activity in Ci-VSP
      $59,038
      award amount
  59. Amen, Alexandra M

    Leads 1 award · $58,654

    • 1F32CA228365-01Department: NIH department code
      In vivo regulators of TERT promoter mutant glioblastoma
      $58,654
      award amount
  60. Salari, Autoosa

    Leads 1 award · $58,654

    • 1F32EY029143-01Department: NIH department code
      Restoration of Visual Function by Mammalian Light-Activated Receptors
      $58,654
      award amount
  61. Donthamsetti, Prashant Chandra

    Leads 1 award · $58,038

    • 5F32DA044696-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of an Optogenetic Toolkit to Dissect Dopamine Receptor Function in vivo
      $58,038
      award amount
  62. Goodman, Jay S

    Leads 1 award · $39,838

    • 1F31AG060656-01Department: NIH department code
      Sequestration and clearance of age-induced damage in gametogenesis
      $39,838
      award amount
  63. Metcalf, Melissa G

    Leads 1 award · $39,838

    • 1F31AG060660-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell Non-Autonomous Signaling of the Unfolded Protein Response of the ER by Glial Cells
      $39,838
      award amount
  64. Nicolai, Christopher James

    Leads 1 award · $39,703

    • 1F31CA228381-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of MHC-deficient tumor clearance using STING agonists
      $39,703
      award amount
  65. Young, Lindsey N

    Leads 1 award · $39,703

    • 5F99CA223029-02Department: NIH department code
      Class III PI3K as an Autophagy Reactivation Switch in Malignant Transformation
      $39,703
      award amount
  66. El-Quessny, Malak

    Leads 1 award · $39,310

    • 1F31NS106756-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Visual Experience in the Maturation of Synaptic and Dendritic Mechanisms for Direction Selectivity
      $39,310
      award amount
  67. Webster, Corey M

    Leads 1 award · $38,938

    • 5F31GM122278-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of a novel optogenetic neurodegenerative disease model.
      $38,938
      award amount
  68. Caval-Holme, Franklin

    Leads 1 award · $36,734

    • 5F31EY028022-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting a microcircuit that regulates the earliest light responses in the retina
      $36,734
      award amount
  69. Ahyong, Vida Lou

    Leads 1 award · $16,627

    • 1F32AI133912-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic dependency reveals an Achilles' heel for obligate intracellular pathogens
      $16,627
      award amount
  70. Harland, Richard M.

    Leads 1 award · $6,000

    • 1R13HD096856-01Department: NIH department code
      International Xenopus Conference
      $6,000
      award amount
  71. Naka, Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $4,674

    • 5F31NS093925-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell-type specific mechanisms for feedforward inhibition in the neocortical microcircuit
      $4,674
      award amount