Biochemistry at University of California, Berkeley

Leads a grant in this department

60 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. David Bilder

   Leads 2 awards · $2,616,093

   • 5T32GM148378-03Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Biology Across Scales Training Program

     Principal investigators: David Bilder (contact PI), Elcin Unal

     $1,789,921

     award amount
   • 5R35GM130388-07Department: NIH department code

     Epithelial biology: morphogenesis and damage signaling
     $826,172

     award amount

2. Matthew D Welch

   Leads 2 awards · $1,783,296

   • 4R01AI109044-12Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Rickettsia invasion, intracellular survival, and actin-based motility
     $1,306,611

     award amount
   • 5R35GM127108-08Department: NIH department code

     Microbial mobilization of the actin cytoskeleton
     $476,685

     award amount

3. Roberto Zoncu

   Leads 3 awards · $1,734,232

   • 5R35GM149302-03Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Mechanisms of Organelle-based Metabolic Signaling
     $614,394

     award amount
   • 5R01NS133575-02Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering and disabling lysosome-dependent mechanisms of neurodegeneration
     $576,185

     award amount
   • 5R01CA260205-04Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting and targeting lysosomal signaling in kidney tumorigenesis

     Principal investigators: Roberto Zoncu (contact PI), Andrea Ballabio

     $543,653

     award amount

4. Lin He

   Leads 3 awards · $1,644,628

   • 5R01AG078958-04Department: NIH department code

     The role of retrotransposons in female reproductive aging

     Principal investigators: Lin He (contact PI), Ting Wang

     $582,306

     award amount
   • 5R01HD106809-04Department: NIH department code

     Retrotransposon derived promoters drive alternative host gene isoforms with important developmental functions
     $555,823

     award amount
   • 5R01NS120287-05Department: NIH department code

     Choroid Plexus Multi-Sensory Cilia Regulate Production of Cerebrospinal Fluid
     $506,499

     award amount

5. Helen S. Bateup

   Leads 3 awards · $1,347,966

   • 5T32NS095939-10Department: NIH department code

     Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley
     $615,840

     award amount
   • 5R01MH130839-04Department: NIH department code

     Investigating Syngap1 as a regulator of striatal synaptic function
     $387,069

     award amount
   • 5R01NS097823-10Department: NIH department code

     Elucidating the origins of cortical tuber cells using human brain organoid models of TSC
     $345,057

     award amount

6. Stephan Lammel

   Leads 2 awards · $1,237,285

   • 1R01DK140665-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Neuropeptidergic mechanisms underlying hedonic feeding behavior
     $666,229

     award amount
   • 5R01DA042889-08Department: NIH department code

     Circuit-specific mechanisms of reward and aversion in ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons
     $571,056

     award amount

7. Gregory M Barton

   Leads 2 awards · $1,089,279

   • 5R01AI158724-05Department: NIH department code

     Control of Regulatory T Cell Function by Toll-Like Receptor 7
     $564,343

     award amount
   • 5R01AI072429-17Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of TLR trafficking for proper self versus non-self discrimination
     $524,936

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5T32AI100829-12, led by Ellen A Robey.

8. Michel Dupage

   Leads 2 awards · $1,060,130

   • 1R01CA292818-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Immunosuppressive mechanisms of intratumoral regulatory T cells
     $618,928

     award amount
   • 1R21AI191077-01Department: NIH department code

     Testing the contribution of ex-Tregs to autoimmunity and cancer immunity
     $441,202

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA283604-02, led by Daniel A Portnoy.

9. David G Drubin

   Leads 1 award · $1,028,922

   • 5R35GM118149-10Department: NIH department code

     Actin assembly and clathrin-mediated endocytosis in yeast and mammals
     $1,028,922

     award amount

10. Gloria Ann Brar

    Leads 2 awards · $1,026,621

    • 5R01AG071869-05Department: NIH department code

      Defining the programmed proteome rejuvenation underlying gametogenesis

      Principal investigators: Gloria Ann Brar (contact PI), Marko Jovanovic

      $557,182

      award amount
    • 2R35GM134886-06Department: NIH department code

      Illuminating the gene regulatory strategies underlying yeast meiosis and beyond
      $469,439

      award amount

11. Ellen A Robey

    Leads 2 awards · $955,757

    • 5T32AI100829-12Department: NIH department code

      Immunology & Molecular Medicine Program Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Ellen A Robey (contact PI), Gregory M Barton

      $488,201

      award amount
    • 5R01AI064227-18Department: NIH department code

      Signals that Control Thymocyte Migration
      $467,556

      award amount

12. Daniel A Portnoy

    Leads 2 awards · $955,141

    • 5R01AI027655-37Department: NIH department code

      How Listeria senses and responds to different host environments
      $481,500

      award amount
    • 5R01CA283604-02Department: NIH department code

      Reversing cancer immunosuppression using attenuated Listeria monocytogenes

      Principal investigators: Daniel A Portnoy (contact PI), Michel Dupage

      $473,641

      award amount

13. Yvette E Fisher

    Leads 1 award · $870,436

    • 4DP2NS132373-02Department: NIH department code

      How does neuromodulation shape the fluidity of spatial working memory?
      $870,436

      award amount

14. Rebecca W Heald

    Leads 1 award · $870,097

    • 5R35GM118183-10Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of mitosis and size control in Xenopus
      $870,097

      award amount

15. Ellen A Lumpkin

    Leads 2 awards · $836,769

    • 5U24AT011970-04Department: NIH department code

      NeuronS_MATTR Network: Neuronal & Systems Mechanisms of Affective Touch & Therapeutic Tissue Manipulation Research Network

      Principal investigators: Ellen A Lumpkin (contact PI), Gregory John Gerling

      $617,503

      award amount
    • 5T34GM145535-04Department: NIH department code

      The UC Berkeley MARC: Shaping the Next Generation of Scientific Leaders
      $219,266

      award amount

16. Gary H Karpen

    Leads 1 award · $825,303

    • 5R35GM139653-05Department: NIH department code

      Interplay Between Nuclear Organization and Function
      $825,303

      award amount

17. Stephen Graf Brohawn

    Leads 2 awards · $806,130

    • 5R01GM148599-03Department: NIH department code

      Structural and mechanistic basis of channelrhodopsin function
      $477,523

      award amount
    • 5R01GM145869-04Department: NIH department code

      Structural basis for K2P channel gating and modulation
      $328,607

      award amount

18. Marla Feller

    Leads 2 awards · $780,196

    • 5R01EY019498-16Department: NIH department code

      Development of direction selectivity in retina
      $391,078

      award amount
    • 5R01EY013528-23Department: NIH department code

      The Function of Neural Activity in Developing Retina
      $389,118

      award amount

19. Noah K Whiteman

    Leads 1 award · $737,729

    • 5T32GM132022-07Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Dissection of Cells and Organisms Training Program

      Principal investigators: Noah K Whiteman (contact PI), Nicole King

      $737,729

      award amount

20. Douglas E Koshland

    Leads 1 award · $731,354

    • 5R35GM118189-10Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating chromosome structure and function through the lens of SMC complexes and R-loops
      $731,354

      award amount

21. Donald C Rio

    Leads 1 award · $709,786

    • 5R35GM118121-10Department: NIH department code

      DNA transposons and alternative pre-mRNA splicing.
      $709,786

      award amount

22. Na Ji

    Leads 1 award · $618,328

    • 5U01NS137449-02Department: NIH department code

      Optimizing FACED for robust large-scale activity recording
      $618,328

      award amount

23. Eva Nogales

    Leads 2 awards · $617,187

    • 5R35GM127018-08Department: NIH department code

      Structural studies of function and regulation of microtubules and transcriptional gene expression machinery
      $481,500

      award amount
    • 3R35GM127018-08S1Department: NIH department code

      Structural studies of function and regulation of microtubules and transcriptional gene expression machinery
      $135,687

      award amount

24. Iswar K. Hariharan

    Leads 1 award · $612,169

    • 5R35GM122490-09Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Regulation of Developmental and Regenerative Growth
      $612,169

      award amount

25. Jamie H Cate

    Leads 1 award · $608,321

    • 5R35GM148352-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Translation Control in Humans
      $608,321

      award amount

26. Hillel Adesnik

    Leads 1 award · $581,618

    • 5R01EY023756-12Department: NIH department code

      Excitation and Inhibition in Neural Circuits of the Visual Cortex
      $581,618

      award amount

27. Hei Sook Sul

    Leads 1 award · $574,042

    • 5R01DK140318-02Department: NIH department code

      Enhancer for UCP1 transcription and thermogenesis
      $574,042

      award amount

28. Richard M Harland

    Leads 1 award · $481,500

    • 5R35GM127069-08Department: NIH department code

      Gene Expression in Amphibian Development
      $481,500

      award amount

29. David H Raulet

    Leads 1 award · $474,939

    • 5R01CA270790-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms underlying combination therapy mobilizing NK cells
      $474,939

      award amount

30. Susan Marqusee

    Leads 1 award · $445,511

    • 5R35GM149319-03Department: NIH department code

      Sequence and Environmental Determinants of the Protein Energy Landscape
      $445,511

      award amount

31. Hernan Gustavo Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $415,252

    • 1R35GM158200-01Department: NIH department code

      Physical Biology of Transcriptional Control in Embryonic Development
      $415,252

      award amount

32. Dirk Hockemeyer

    Leads 1 award · $413,385

    • 1R21AG095841-01Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the structure function relationship between TPP1 and telomere length control through deep scanning mutagenesis
      $413,385

      award amount

33. Georjana Barnes

    Leads 1 award · $401,250

    • 5R35GM149237-03Department: NIH department code

      Saccharomyces cerevisiae microtubule and kinetochore dynamics
      $401,250

      award amount

34. James Karlo Nunez

    Leads 1 award · $401,250

    • 5R35GM155044-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of epigenetic memory in human cells
      $401,250

      award amount

35. Samantha C Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $386,360

    • 5R35GM147218-04Department: NIH department code

      Systems analysis of mitochondrial genome maintenance in physiological context
      $386,360

      award amount

36. Evan Walker Miller

    Leads 1 award · $382,425

    • 5R35GM153237-02Department: NIH department code

      Chemical Approaches to Visualize and Quantify Cellular Physiology
      $382,425

      award amount

37. Andrew G Dillin

    Leads 1 award · $378,302

    • 5R01AG082797-03Department: NIH department code

      Extracellular Matrix Control of Mitochondrial Homeostasis and Longevity
      $378,302

      award amount

38. Priya Moorjani

    Leads 1 award · $376,839

    • 5R35GM142978-05Department: NIH department code

      Genomic Insights into Human Population Mixture and its Role in Adaptation and Disease
      $376,839

      award amount

39. Elcin Unal

    Leads 1 award · $369,594

    • 5R01AG071801-05Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating Cellular Aging and Quality Control Pathways through Meiotic Differentiation
      $369,594

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM148378-03, led by David Bilder.

40. Craig Thomas Miller

    Leads 1 award · $367,448

    • 5R01DE021475-15Department: NIH department code

      Development Genetics of Tooth Number Variation in Sticklebacks
      $367,448

      award amount

41. David Frank Savage

    Leads 1 award · $361,952

    • 1R35GM158173-01Department: NIH department code

      Function, evolution and engineering of proteins
      $361,952

      award amount

42. Daniel Soleyman Rokhsar

    Leads 1 award · $338,766

    • 2T32HG000047-26Department: NIH department code

      Berkeley Training Program in Genomics and Computational Biology

      Principal investigators: Daniel Soleyman Rokhsar (contact PI), Rasmus Nielsen

      $338,766

      award amount

43. Michael P Rape

    Leads 1 award · $309,057

    • 5R01GM151335-03Department: NIH department code

      Function and regulation of the reductive stress response
      $309,057

      award amount

44. Nicholas T Ingolia

    Leads 1 award · $298,311

    • 5R01GM139008-03Department: NIH department code

      Diverse and dynamically regulated mRNP composition regulating translation
      $298,311

      award amount

45. Susan Jenkins

    Leads 1 award · $256,317

    • 5R25AG088414-02Department: NIH department code

      IMPRINT - Immersive Methods for Promoting Research and Innovations through Novel Training - for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias

      Principal investigators: Susan Jenkins (contact PI), Gail Christine Gannon

      $256,317

      award amount

46. Sarah A Stanley

    Leads 1 award · $227,096

    • 1R21AI191565-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Use of random barcode transposon site sequencing as a tool for identifying nutrient acquisition strategies utilized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis during infection of human macrophages
      $227,096

      award amount

47. Robert Andrew Saxton

    Leads 1 award · $200,232

    • 5K22CA266531-03Department: NIH department code

      Decoding the functional pleiotropy of IL-20Rβ ligands in inflammation and tumorigenesis
      $200,232

      award amount

48. Jennifer A Doudna

    Leads 1 award · $163,164

    • 3U19NS132303-03S1Department: NIH department code

      Admin. Supp.: Correction of Neurological Disease via Allele Specific Excision of Pathogenic Repeats
      $163,164

      award amount

49. Shashank Gandhi

    Leads 1 award · $150,876

    • 1K99HL175104-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Role of BMP signaling in cardiac neural crest development
      $150,876

      award amount

50. Timothy J Eisen

    Leads 1 award · $117,883

    • 1K99AI185160-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The Role of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase in B-cell Anergy
      $117,883

      award amount

51. Megan Lee Martik

    Leads 1 award · $112,350

    • 3DP2HL173858-01S1Department: NIH department code

      Reactivating regulatory programs for regeneration
      $112,350

      award amount

52. Anna Virginia Elleman

    Leads 1 award · $78,040

    • 5F32EY035182-03Department: NIH department code

      Determining the role of the mechano-activated potassium channel TRAAK at nodes of Ranvier
      $78,040

      award amount

53. Kevin Ka-Man Sit

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 5F32EY035926-02Department: NIH department code

      Contributions of cortical feedback to orientation-dependent surround suppression
      $75,520

      award amount

54. Xylina Galicia Rusit

    Leads 1 award · $48,395

    • 1F31HL182176-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of Transcription Factor Snail1 in Astyanax mexicanus Heart Regeneration
      $48,395

      award amount

55. Anna Freitas

    Leads 1 award · $47,079

    • 1F31ES038012-01Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the Regulation of Translational DEAD-box Helicases during Stress
      $47,079

      award amount

56. Atehsa Asal Sahagun

    Leads 1 award · $47,079

    • 1F31NS143432-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating GWAS-nominated risk genes associated with Parkinson's disease using a CRISPR-based toolkit
      $47,079

      award amount

57. Miah Nieva Pitcher

    Leads 1 award · $46,529

    • 5F31EY035571-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Mechanisms of Development in Retinal Direction Selective Circuits
      $46,529

      award amount

58. Christopher Paul Cook

    Leads 1 award · $43,685

    • 1F31HL178298-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Neuroimmune mechanisms of coronavirus-induced lung inflammation and airway dysfunction
      $43,685

      award amount

59. Alexandra K Haugan

    Leads 1 award · $43,218

    • 5F31HL176141-02Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the Role of Neural Crest Gene Regulatory Networks in Cardiac Regeneration
      $43,218

      award amount

60. Karina Bistrong

    Leads 1 award · $42,408

    • 5F31EY033646-04Department: NIH department code

      Assessing direction selectivity map development in the retina
      $42,408

      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.

• Nicole King

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM132022-07, led by Noah K Whiteman

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

• Gregory John Gerling

  Co-investigator on 5U24AT011970-04, led by Ellen A Lumpkin

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Virginia · Engineering (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ting Wang

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG078958-04, led by Lin He

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Washington University in St. Louis · Genetics (NIH department code, 5 awards)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (no department on record, 1 award)

• Marko Jovanovic

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG071869-05, led by Gloria Ann Brar

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Biology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Andrea Ballabio

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA260205-04, led by Roberto Zoncu

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

• Rasmus Nielsen

  Co-investigator on 2T32HG000047-26, led by Daniel Soleyman Rokhsar

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Berkeley · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Gail Christine Gannon

  Co-investigator on 5R25AG088414-02, led by Susan Jenkins

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