Biochemistry at University of California, Los Angeles

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Yazhen Zhu

   Leads 2 awards · $1,241,833

   • 5R01CA277530-02Department: NIH department code

     Click Chemistry-Mediated Surface Protein Assay for Quantifying Subpopulations of Hepatocellular Carcinoma-associated Extracellular Vesicles

     Principal investigators: Yazhen Zhu (contact PI), Hsian-Rong Tseng, Vatche Agopian

     $628,431

     award amount
   • 5R01CA255727-04Department: NIH department code

     Extracellular Vesicle-Based Digital Scoring Assay for Detecting Early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma
     $613,402

     award amount

2. Michael F Carey

   Leads 2 awards · $1,229,632

   • 5K12GM106996-09Department: NIH department code

     IRACDA at UCLA

     Principal investigators: Michael F Carey (contact PI), Claudio J Villanueva

     $858,352

     award amount
   • 5R01GM074701-19Department: NIH department code

     Interplay Between Chromatin and Co-Activator Complexes
     $371,280

     award amount

3. Keriann Marie Backus

   Leads 1 award · $921,934

   • 4DP2GM146246-02Department: NIH department code

     A systems-level approach to decipher the protein interactome.
     $921,934

     award amount

4. Heather Christofk

   Leads 2 awards · $875,141

   • 5R01CA215185-07Department: NIH department code

     Nutrient Regulation of Cancer Cell Growth
     $617,432

     award amount
   • 1UH2CA286583-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Impact of dietary lipids on pancreas cancer initiation and progression

     Principal investigators: Heather Christofk (contact PI), Guido Erwin Michael Eibl, Kathrin Plath

     $257,709

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R01AR084245-01, led by William E Lowry.

5. Hanna Katri Annikki Mikkola

   Leads 2 awards · $818,031

   • 2R01DK121557-04Department: NIH department code

     REGULATION OF HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL FATE VIA MLLT3 ISOFORMS
     $506,031

     award amount
   • 5R01HL162408-03Department: NIH department code

     MYCT1 as a moderator for signaling between human HSC and their niche
     $312,000

     award amount

6. Alvaro Sagasti

   Leads 2 awards · $737,899

   • 5R35GM144108-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of microridge protrusion morphogenesis on mucosal epithelial cells
     $381,840

     award amount
   • 5R01AR064582-15Department: NIH department code

     Morphogenesis and function of somatosensory axon ensheathment by epidermal cells
     $356,059

     award amount

7. Robert Michael Van Dam

   Leads 2 awards · $734,592

   • 5R01EB032264-03Department: NIH department code

     Accelerating the discovery and development of neurotracers via high-throughput radiochemistry

     Principal investigators: Robert Michael Van Dam (contact PI), Arion Xenofon Chatziioannou

     $649,739

     award amount
   • 3R01EB032264-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Accelerating radiopharmaceutical discovery and development via high-throughput radiochemistry

     Principal investigators: Robert Michael Van Dam (contact PI), Arion Xenofon Chatziioannou

     $84,853

     award amount

8. Feng Guo

   Leads 2 awards · $714,987

   • 5R01AI163216-04Department: NIH department code

     Developing three-dimensional antisense oligonucleotide drugs against COVID-19
     $478,737

     award amount
   • 1R21HD115071-01Department: NIH department code

     Structure-based antisense therapeutics targeting dystrophin exons 44 and 45 for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

     Principal investigators: Feng Guo (contact PI), M Carrie Miceli

     $236,250

     award amount

9. Weizhe Hong

   Leads 1 award · $687,798

   • 5R01MH130941-03Department: NIH department code

     Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Allogrooming Behavior
     $687,798

     award amount

10. Aparna Bhaduri

    Leads 1 award · $682,470

    • 1R01MH132689-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating Regulation of Cell Fate Specification in Human Cortical Development to Understand Etiology of Neurodevelopment Disorders
      $682,470

      award amount

11. Volker Hartenstein

    Leads 3 awards · $604,810

    • 5R01NS054814-17Department: NIH department code

      Developmental and functional analysis of neural circuits controlling navigation in Drosophila

      Principal investigators: Volker Hartenstein (contact PI), Matthieu R. P. J. C. G. Louis

      $508,670

      award amount
    • 3R01NS054814-17S1Department: NIH department code

      Developmental and functional analysis of neural circuits controlling navigation in Drosophila

      Principal investigators: Volker Hartenstein (contact PI), Matthieu R. P. J. C. G. Louis

      $78,853

      award amount
    • 3R01NS054814-16S1Department: NIH department code

      Developmental and functional analysis of neural circuits controlling navigation in Drosophila

      Principal investigators: Volker Hartenstein (contact PI), Matthieu R. P. J. C. G. Louis

      $17,287

      award amount

12. Kathrin Plath

    Leads 1 award · $586,783

    • 1R01HD115349-01A1Department: NIH department code

      X chromosome dosage compensation and the regulation of the feto-maternal interface
      $586,783

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1UH2CA286583-01A1, led by Heather Christofk.

13. William E Lowry

    Leads 1 award · $470,519

    • 1R01AR084245-01Department: NIH department code

      Metabolic Control of Hair Follicle Stem Cell Homeostasis and Tumorigenesis

      Principal investigators: William E Lowry (contact PI), Heather Christofk

      $470,519

      award amount

14. Siavash Kurdistani

    Leads 1 award · $437,284

    • 5R01GM140106-04Department: NIH department code

      Understanding the function of histone H3 as an oxidoreductase enzyme
      $437,284

      award amount

15. Daria E Siekhaus

    Leads 1 award · $424,240

    • 5R01HL067395-20Department: NIH department code

      Genomic and Genetic Dissection of Hematopoietic Development in Drosophila
      $424,240

      award amount

16. Pavak Kirit Shah

    Leads 2 awards · $411,722

    • 5R35GM151199-02Department: NIH department code

      Lineage-Specific Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Timing Control
      $360,743

      award amount
    • 3R35GM151199-01S1Department: NIH department code

      Lineage-Specific Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Timing Control
      $50,979

      award amount

17. Tracy L Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $393,750

    • 5R35GM149290-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of messenger RNA splicing and RNA processing regulation
      $393,750

      award amount

18. James Akira Wohlschlegel

    Leads 1 award · $393,438

    • 1R35GM153408-01Department: NIH department code

      Understanding Ubiquitin-dependent Regulation of Iron Metabolism using Mass Spectrometry
      $393,438

      award amount

19. Jau-Nian Chen

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R01HL155905-04Department: NIH department code

      Impacts of transcription elongation on cardiac gene regulation during homeostasis and regeneration
      $390,000

      award amount

20. Alexander M Van Der Bliek

    Leads 1 award · $369,126

    • 5R01NS120690-04Department: NIH department code

      Control of calcium flux and mitochondrial fission by the Charcot Marie Tooth disease protein Mfn2.

      Principal investigators: Alexander M Van Der Bliek (contact PI), Carla M Koehler

      $369,126

      award amount

21. Jesse R. Zamudio

    Leads 1 award · $327,600

    • 5R01GM143536-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Genomic Stability by Mammalian Argonaute Proteins
      $327,600

      award amount

22. Amander Clark

    Leads 1 award · $325,405

    • 5R01HD079546-10Department: NIH department code

      Cellular and Molecular Basis of Human Primordial Germ Cell Specification
      $325,405

      award amount

23. Amjad Askary

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00EY031782-05Department: NIH department code

      Synthetic recording and in situ readout of cell lineage and molecular history in mammalian retina
      $249,000

      award amount

24. Tara Raam

    Leads 1 award · $122,502

    • 5K99MH133159-02Department: NIH department code

      Neural basis of collective behavior during environmental stress
      $122,502

      award amount

25. Mark Dombrovskiy

    Leads 1 award · $109,878

    • 1K99EY036123-01Department: NIH department code

      Molecular determinants of synaptic specificity underlying a visuomotor transformation
      $109,878

      award amount

26. Ampon Sae Her

    Leads 1 award · $76,756

    • 5F32CA278619-02Department: NIH department code

      Structural Insights into Leucine Transport for mTORC1 Activation
      $76,756

      award amount

27. Alexandra Chloe Turmon

    Leads 1 award · $44,731

    • 1F31CA295026-01Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering inv3/t(3;3) Myeloid Leukemia Vulnerabilities via Proteogenomics and N-terminal Proteomics
      $44,731

      award amount

28. Kayla Y Lim

    Leads 1 award · $40,969

    • 5F31MH134495-02Department: NIH department code

      Shared neural circuits of prosocial and parenting behaviors in the hypothalamus
      $40,969

      award amount

29. Nguyen Thanh Phi

    Leads 1 award · $34,286

    • 5F31MH134521-02Department: NIH department code

      Neural Basis of Inter-brain Synchrony during Social Interaction in Health and Disease
      $34,286

      award amount

30. Jonathan Adam Dirusso

    Leads 1 award · $20,816

    • 5F31HD113346-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms Guiding TRIM28 Contribution to Determination
      $20,816

      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.

• Claudio J Villanueva

  Co-investigator on 5K12GM106996-09, led by Michael F Carey

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

• Arion Xenofon Chatziioannou

  Co-investigator on 5R01EB032264-03, led by Robert Michael Van Dam; 3R01EB032264-03S1, led by Robert Michael Van Dam

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles (no department on record, 1 award)

• Hsian-Rong Tseng

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA277530-02, led by Yazhen Zhu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • Eximius Diagnostics Corp (no department on record, 1 award)

• Vatche Agopian

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA277530-02, led by Yazhen Zhu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles · Surgery (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Matthieu R. P. J. C. G. Louis

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS054814-17, led by Volker Hartenstein; 3R01NS054814-17S1, led by Volker Hartenstein; 3R01NS054814-16S1, led by Volker Hartenstein

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California Santa Barbara · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Carla M Koehler

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS120690-04, led by Alexander M Van Der Bliek

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles · Chemistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Guido Erwin Michael Eibl

  Co-investigator on 1UH2CA286583-01A1, led by Heather Christofk

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, Los Angeles (no department on record, 1 award)

• M Carrie Miceli

  Co-investigator on 1R21HD115071-01, led by Feng Guo

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