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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Funding
$13M
$12,985,331
Awards
29
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
34
26 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#24
of 136 · 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, Los Angeles page.

Leads a grant in this department

26 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. Weizhe Hong

    Leads 3 awards · $2,459,093

    • 4R01NS132912-02Department: NIH department code
      Neural circuits for social modulation of a persistent negative emotional state

      Principal investigators: Weizhe Hong (contact PI), Li I Zhang

      $988,442
      award amount
    • 1R01MH142446-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of astrocytes in affiliative social behavior

      Principal investigators: Weizhe Hong (contact PI), Xinzhu Yu

      $782,853
      award amount
    • 5R01MH130941-05Department: NIH department code
      Neural Circuit Mechanisms of Allogrooming Behavior
      $687,798
      award amount

  2. Tamir Gonen

    Leads 1 award · $1,321,638

    • 5RM1GM158451-02Department: NIH department code
      MEDIC-MicroED Imaging Center at UCLA

      Principal investigators: Tamir Gonen (contact PI), Brent Nannenga

      $1,321,638
      award amount

  3. Alvaro Sagasti

    Leads 2 awards · $874,988

    • 1R01AR088074-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of intra-epithelial migration in the developing epidermis
      $493,148
      award amount
    • 5R35GM144108-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of microridge protrusion morphogenesis on mucosal epithelial cells
      $381,840
      award amount

  4. Aparna Bhaduri

    Leads 1 award · $682,618

    • 5R01MH132689-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Regulation of Cell Fate Specification in Human Cortical Development to Understand Etiology of Neurodevelopment Disorders
      $682,618
      award amount

  5. Yazhen Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $661,505

    • 5R01CA277530-04Department: 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

      $661,505
      award amount

  6. Heather Christofk

    Leads 1 award · $649,928

    • 5R01CA215185-09Department: NIH department code
      Nutrient Regulation of Cancer Cell Growth
      $649,928
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AR084245-03, led by William E Lowry.

  7. Peter Michael Clark

    Leads 1 award · $644,337

  8. Kathrin Plath

    Leads 1 award · $542,331

    • 5R01HD115349-03Department: NIH department code
      X chromosome dosage compensation and the regulation of the feto-maternal interface
      $542,331
      award amount

  9. Feng Guo

    Leads 1 award · $528,265

    • 1R01CA299144-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Fragment-based drug discovery against oncogenic microRNA precursors using high-throughput crystallography.

      Principal investigators: Feng Guo (contact PI), Patrick G. Harran

      $528,265
      award amount

  10. Hanna Katri Annikki Mikkola

    Leads 1 award · $506,970

    • 5R01DK121557-06Department: NIH department code
      REGULATION OF HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL FATE VIA MLLT3 ISOFORMS
      $506,970
      award amount

  11. William E Lowry

    Leads 1 award · $447,334

    • 5R01AR084245-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Control of Hair Follicle Stem Cell Homeostasis and Tumorigenesis

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

      $447,334
      award amount

  12. Amjad Askary

    Leads 1 award · $433,125

    • 1R35GM162272-01Department: NIH department code
      Tracing developmental signaling histories with imaging-based molecular recording
      $433,125
      award amount

  13. Debora Rodrigues Sobreira

    Leads 1 award · $433,125

    • 5R35GM159831-02Department: NIH department code
      Multidisciplinary approach to studying genomic variation on genome function and phenotype
      $433,125
      award amount

  14. Siavash Kurdistani

    Leads 1 award · $433,125

    • 5R35GM158109-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the function and impact of histone H3 as a copper reductase enzyme
      $433,125
      award amount

  15. Keriann Marie Backus

    Leads 1 award · $406,432

    • 1R35GM164052-01Department: NIH department code
      Chemoproteomic approaches to define the functional and stress granule relevant proteomes
      $406,432
      award amount

  16. James Akira Wohlschlegel

    Leads 1 award · $393,750

    • 5R35GM153408-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Ubiquitin-dependent Regulation of Iron Metabolism using Mass Spectrometry
      $393,750
      award amount

  17. Tracy L Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $393,750

    • 5R35GM149290-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of messenger RNA splicing and RNA processing regulation
      $393,750
      award amount

  18. Pavak Kirit Shah

    Leads 1 award · $358,733

    • 5R35GM151199-04Department: NIH department code
      Lineage-Specific Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Timing Control
      $358,733
      award amount

  19. D'juan Tyree Farmer

    Leads 1 award · $315,000

    • 1R03DE035131-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Resolving BMP-dependent mechanisms of mandibular outgrowth
      $315,000
      award amount

  20. Zeenat Rashida

    Leads 1 award · $123,876

    • 1K99GM166922-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining Vitamin C–Dependent Pathways in Extracellular Matrix Synthesis and Cell-Fate Transitions
      $123,876
      award amount

  21. Fangming Xie

    Leads 1 award · $122,075

    • 1K99EY038332-01Department: NIH department code
      The molecular gradients underlying wiring plasticity in the visual cortex
      $122,075
      award amount

  22. Nicole Rigney

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32MH140492-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Oxytocin Neural Circuits Involved in Prosocial Behavior
      $79,348
      award amount

  23. Alexandra Chloe Turmon

    Leads 1 award · $45,871

    • 5F31CA295026-03Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering inv3/t(3;3) Myeloid Leukemia Vulnerabilities via Proteogenomics and N-terminal Proteomics
      $45,871
      award amount

  24. Christopher Matthew Dann

    Leads 1 award · $43,058

    • 1F30CA310543-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting purine salvage dependency for disease control in FH-deficient renal cell carcinoma
      $43,058
      award amount

  25. Isaias Roberson

    Leads 1 award · $43,058

    • 1F31HD120040-01Department: NIH department code
      Engineering Reconstituted Ovaries with Developmentally Matched In Vitro-derived Germ Cells to Improve Outcomes of In Vitro Oogenesis
      $43,058
      award amount

  26. Jarod Maxwell Olay

    Leads 1 award · $41,998

    • 1F31AI197468-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Stem-like Progenitor CD8 T cells to Halt Autoimmune Attack in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
      $41,998
      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.