Physiology 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. Baljit Khakh

   Leads 4 awards · $2,787,044

   • 5R35NS111583-07Department: NIH department code

     Fundamental astrocyte biology in intact neural circuits
     $1,000,412

     award amount
   • 5R01AG075955-05Department: NIH department code

     Astrocyte and neuron brain-region and compartment-specific proteome dynamics in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

     Principal investigators: Baljit Khakh (contact PI), James Akira Wohlschlegel, Keith Alan Vossel

     $959,757

     award amount
   • 1R21AG092914-01Department: NIH department code

     Molecular and cellular exploration of striatal astrocytes in aging
     $433,125

     award amount
   • 5R01MH134926-02Department: NIH department code

     Functions and mechanisms of a subpopulation of striatal astrocytes
     $393,750

     award amount

2. Xinshu Grace Xiao

   Leads 4 awards · $2,135,795

   • 5R01AG078950-04Department: NIH department code

     Regulation and function of dsRNAs derived from retrotransposable elements in AD
     $624,184

     award amount
   • 5R01MH123177-05Department: NIH department code

     Systematic approaches to deciphering regulation and function of RNA editing in brain
     $581,352

     award amount
   • 5R01AG075206-04Department: NIH department code

     Systematic analysis of functional 3’ UTR genetic variants and their relevance to Alzheimer’s Disease
     $540,259

     award amount
   • 5R01CA262686-04Department: NIH department code

     Exploiting public genomic and transcriptomic data to uncover cancer-RNA editing relationships
     $390,000

     award amount

3. Laura Anne Denardo

   Leads 2 awards · $1,157,888

   • 5R01MH137461-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of prefrontal dopamine circuits in threat avoidance learning

     Principal investigators: Laura Anne Denardo (contact PI), Scott Allen Wilke

     $717,801

     award amount
   • 5R01MH127214-04Department: NIH department code

     Prefrontal circuits underlying the maturation of learned avoidance
     $440,087

     award amount

4. Stephen C. Cannon

   Leads 2 awards · $1,095,245

   • 5R01AR063182-12Department: NIH department code

     Disease Pathogenesis and Modification for CaV1.1-Associated Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
     $603,750

     award amount
   • 5R01AR078198-05Department: NIH department code

     Pathophysiology of Myotonia and Periodic Paralysis
     $491,495

     award amount

5. David W Walker

   Leads 3 awards · $1,026,470

   • 5R01AG037514-13Department: NIH department code

     Role of Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Animal Aging
     $543,457

     award amount
   • 5R01AG049157-08Department: NIH department code

     Role of Intestinal Homeostasis in Organismal Aging
     $382,200

     award amount
   • 3R01AG037514-13S1Department: NIH department code

     Role of Mitochondrial Homeostasis in Animal Aging
     $100,813

     award amount

6. Mark Arthur Frye

   Leads 2 awards · $761,006

   • 5R01NS120984-05Department: NIH department code

     Olfactory neuromodulation of visual circuits and behavior
     $380,542

     award amount
   • 5R01EY026031-09Department: NIH department code

     Neural circuits for visual feature detection
     $380,464

     award amount

7. Pearl Jennine Quijada

   Leads 1 award · $740,037

   • 1R01HL172852-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of angiogenesis by cardiac fibroblasts
     $740,037

     award amount

8. Arthur P Arnold

   Leads 1 award · $676,337

   • 5R01OD030496-05Department: NIH department code

     Transformative rat models to study sex differences in disease

     Principal investigators: Arthur P Arnold (contact PI), Aron M Geurts, Melinda R Dwinell

     $676,337

     award amount

9. Stephanie Correa

   Leads 1 award · $508,161

   • 5R01DK136073-03Department: NIH department code

     Hypothalamic gating of the anorexic effects of estradiol
     $508,161

     award amount

10. Elaine Hsiao

    Leads 1 award · $503,272

    • 5R01HD111079-03Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering Microbial Modifiers of Antidepressant Responses during Pregnancy
      $503,272

      award amount

11. Yousang Gwack

    Leads 1 award · $499,746

    • 1R01AI181072-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic link between mitochondrial cristae integrity and Th1 responses
      $499,746

      award amount

12. Rachelle Hope Crosbie

    Leads 1 award · $442,297

    • 5T32AR065972-10Department: NIH department code

      Muscle Cell Biology, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutics
      $442,297

      award amount

13. Ketema N Paul

    Leads 1 award · $393,030

    • 5R01NS078410-11Department: NIH department code

      Sex differences in the ability to recover from sleep loss: the roles of development and sex chromosome dosage
      $393,030

      award amount

14. Ambre Marguerite Solange Bertholet

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R35GM143097-05Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of regulation of mitochondrial H+ leak and thermogenesis
      $390,000

      award amount

15. Beau Alward

    Leads 1 award · $389,269

    • 5R35GM142799-05Department: NIH department code

      Steroid hormone dependent gene expression and neuroplasticity in the brain
      $389,269

      award amount

16. Lindsay Mitchell De Biase

    Leads 2 awards · $360,074

    • 5R01AG075909-04Department: NIH department code

      Microglial lysosomes and selective neuronal vulnerability
      $324,295

      award amount
    • 3R01AG075909-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Microglial lysosomes and selective neuronal vulnerability
      $35,779

      award amount

17. Chuchu Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $282,078

    • 5R00NS129758-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular and circuit mechanisms of nausea-associated behaviors
      $224,099

      award amount
    • 3R00NS129758-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular and circuit mechanisms of nausea-associated behaviors
      $57,979

      award amount

18. Valerie Angela Tornini

    Leads 1 award · $239,432

    • 5R00HD105001-04Department: NIH department code

      Functional analysis of histone modifier Autism Spectrum Disorders risk genes in vertebrate development
      $239,432

      award amount

19. Amy C Rowat

    Leads 1 award · $220,894

    • 1R21CA289090-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Identifying novel targets for cancer using high throughput deformability screening
      $220,894

      award amount

20. Kacie Deters

    Leads 1 award · $214,704

    • 5K01NS127947-03Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Social, Genetic and Neuroimaging Factors on Cognitive Functioning in the Black Community
      $214,704

      award amount

21. Giovanni Frighetto

    Leads 1 award · $123,794

    • 1K99EY036889-01Department: NIH department code

      Neuronal mechanisms of selective visual attention
      $123,794

      award amount

22. Leonila Lagunes

    Leads 1 award · $100,620

    • 5K99GM157504-02Department: NIH department code

      Understanding eukaryotic proteasome assembly regulation
      $100,620

      award amount

23. Laura Cortes

    Leads 1 award · $89,470

    • 5K00HD109205-05Department: NIH department code

      The neural control of thermoregulatory changes accompanying pregnancy
      $89,470

      award amount

24. Angelina Marybelle Flores

    Leads 1 award · $46,207

    • 5F31CA288105-02Department: NIH department code

      Defining the role of NUDT5 in ovarian cancer
      $46,207

      award amount

25. Julia M Adams

    Leads 1 award · $45,228

    • 1F31DA062444-01Department: NIH department code

      Functions and mechanisms of Crym-positive astrocytes in the nucleus accumbens
      $45,228

      award amount

26. Lewis Yu

    Leads 1 award · $45,210

    • 5F31AI174799-02Department: NIH department code

      Identifying the role of serotonin receptor 7 in regulating intestinal immune tolerance
      $45,210

      award amount

27. Caitlin Goodpaster

    Leads 1 award · $44,872

    • 5F31MH138135-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the effects of early life adversity on the developmental trajectory of avoidance circuitry
      $44,872

      award amount

28. Paul Benjamin Vander

    Leads 1 award · $43,728

    • 1F99AG095119-01Department: NIH department code

      Estrogenic re-mapping of the metabolic response to an energy deficit
      $43,728

      award amount

29. Zachary E Zeidler

    Leads 1 award · $41,372

    • 5F32MH133387-03Department: NIH department code

      Reorganization of cortical memory ensembles across time
      $41,372

      award amount

30. Kathleen Munley

    Leads 1 award · $26,828

    • 5F32GM153130-03Department: NIH department code

      Neural and molecular control of subordinate social status in a cichlid fish
      $26,828

      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.

• James Akira Wohlschlegel

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG075955-05, led by Baljit Khakh

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Keith Alan Vossel

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG075955-05, led by Baljit Khakh

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Scott Allen Wilke

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH137461-02, led by Laura Anne Denardo

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Aron M Geurts

  Co-investigator on 5R01OD030496-05, led by Arthur P Arnold

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Medical College of Wisconsin · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Melinda R Dwinell

  Co-investigator on 5R01OD030496-05, led by Arthur P Arnold

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Medical College of Wisconsin · Physiology (NIH department code, 2 awards)