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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, CA

Funding
$32M
$32,034,984
Awards
84
FY2024 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
63
54 lead a grant here, 9 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Biology row of the University of California, San Diego page.

Leads a grant in this department

54 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. Nan Hao

    Leads 6 awards · $2,447,190

    • 1R01AG086348-01Department: NIH department code
      Engineered genetic clocks for control of cellular aging

      Principal investigators: Nan Hao (contact PI), Jeff M Hasty

      $662,644
      award amount
    • 5R01GM144595-03Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming cell-fate decisions through predictive modeling and synthetic biology

      Principal investigators: Nan Hao (contact PI), Lorraine Pillus

      $607,720
      award amount
    • 5R01AG056440-07Department: NIH department code
      Network-Driven Dynamics of Replicative Aging

      Principal investigators: Nan Hao (contact PI), Jeff M Hasty, Lev S Tsimring, Lorraine Pillus

      $560,533
      award amount
    • 5R01AG068112-04Department: NIH department code
      Systems biology analysis of RNA-binding protein aggregation during cellular aging
      $453,193
      award amount
    • 3R01GM144595-03S2Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming cell-fate decisions through predictive modeling and synthetic biology

      Principal investigators: Nan Hao (contact PI), Jeff M Hasty, Lev S Tsimring, Lorraine Pillus

      $99,793
      award amount
    • 3R01GM144595-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming cell-fate decisions through predictive modeling and synthetic biology

      Principal investigators: Nan Hao (contact PI), Jeff M Hasty, Lev S Tsimring, Lorraine Pillus

      $63,307
      award amount
  2. Randolph Y. Hampton

    Leads 2 awards · $1,826,145

    • 5T32GM133351-05Department: NIH department code
      Pathways in Biological Sciences Training Program

      Principal investigators: Randolph Y. Hampton (contact PI), Amy E. Pasquinelli, Matthew Daugherty

      $1,446,945
      award amount
    • 5R01DK051996-28Department: NIH department code
      Mallosteric Regulation of the Sterol Pathway
      $379,200
      award amount
  3. Elina I Zuniga

    Leads 3 awards · $1,545,239

    • 5R01AI113923-10Department: NIH department code
      Positive Immune-regulators During Chronic Viral Infections
      $559,167
      award amount
    • 5R01AI081923-12Department: NIH department code
      Inhibitory Pathways Underlying Viral Persistence In Vivo
      $503,775
      award amount
    • 5R01AI145314-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Dendritic Cell Adaptations During Chronic Infection
      $482,297
      award amount
  4. Ananda W Goldrath

    Leads 3 awards · $1,423,771

    • 1R01AI179952-01Department: NIH department code
      Tissue-specific adaptions to promote localized T cell memory
      $616,391
      award amount
    • 5R37AI067545-18Department: NIH department code
      T cell maintenance: molecular mediators of T cell differentiation and survival
      $609,880
      award amount
    • 5R21AI178362-02Department: NIH department code
      Ubiquitin ligase regulation of tissue-resident T cell and anti-tumor activity
      $197,500
      award amount
  5. Byungkook Lim

    Leads 4 awards · $1,401,225

    • 1R01DA060576-01Department: NIH department code
      Differential Roles of Prefrontal Cortical Interneurons in Drug Seeking after Withdrawal
      $505,993
      award amount
    • 5R01NS121231-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of Glutamatergic Neurons in External Globus Pallidus in the Behavioral Deficits in Animal Models of Progressive Dopamine Depletion

      Principal investigators: Byungkook Lim (contact PI), Stefan Leutgeb

      $460,715
      award amount
    • 5R01DA049787-05Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the role of ventral pallidal circuitry in cocaine seeking after the withdrawal
      $354,192
      award amount
    • 3R01NS121231-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Role of Glutamatergic Neurons in External Globus Pallidus in the Behavioral Deficits in Animal Models of Progressive Dopamine Depletion

      Principal investigators: Byungkook Lim (contact PI), Stefan Leutgeb

      $80,325
      award amount
  6. Ryan E Hibbs

    Leads 2 awards · $1,362,623

    • 2R01DA047325-07Department: NIH department code
      Structure and Function of GABA-A receptors

      Principal investigators: Ryan E Hibbs (contact PI), David W Nauen

      $723,802
      award amount
    • 5R01NS130831-03Department: NIH department code
      Structural mechanisms of autoimmune diseases targeting cys-loop receptors

      Principal investigators: Ryan E Hibbs (contact PI), Nancy L Monson

      $638,821
      award amount
  7. Gulcin Pekkurnaz

    Leads 3 awards · $1,297,405

    • 1R01NS136048-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the metabolic principles of neuronal network oscillations
      $669,405
      award amount
    • 5R35GM128823-07Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Regulation of Mitochondrial Function
      $380,249
      award amount
    • 3R35GM128823-07S1Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Regulation of Mitochondrial Function
      $247,751
      award amount
  8. Takaki Komiyama

    Leads 3 awards · $1,048,627

    • 5R01NS125298-03Department: NIH department code
      Deconstructing Functional Circuits of Motor Cortex During Motor Learning
      $525,308
      award amount
    • 5R01MH128746-03Department: NIH department code
      Cortical plasticity during reinforcement learning
      $421,546
      award amount
    • 3R01MH128746-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Cortical plasticity during reinforcement learning - Diversity Supplement
      $101,773
      award amount
  9. Yishi Jin

    Leads 2 awards · $898,898

    • 5R35NS127314-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular genetics of axon and synapse development and maintenance
      $836,800
      award amount
    • 3R35NS127314-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular genetics of axon and synapse development and maintenance
      $62,098
      award amount
  10. Karen F Oegema

    Leads 2 awards · $838,075

    • 5R01GM147265-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Cytokinesis
      $467,758
      award amount
    • 2R01GM074207-19Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of Centrosome Dynamics
      $370,317
      award amount
  11. Brenda L Bloodgood

    Leads 2 awards · $805,254

    • 5T32NS061847-15Department: NIH department code
      Neurosciences Graduate Training Program
      $483,504
      award amount
    • 5R01NS111162-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Activity Dependent Gene Regulation in Neurons
      $321,750
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25NS119707-04, led by Ashley Lauren Juavinett.

  12. Ethan Bier

    Leads 2 awards · $786,510

    • 5R01AI162911-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of next-generation gene drive technologies for Anopheles population engineering
      $462,610
      award amount
    • 5R01GM117321-08Department: NIH department code
      The mutagenic chain reaction: a method for autocatalyic gene dissemination
      $323,900
      award amount
  13. Joseph A Pogliano

    Leads 2 awards · $743,176

  14. Yimin Zou

    Leads 1 award · $718,974

    • 5R37NS047484-20Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Wnt Signaling Pathways in Axon Guidance
      $718,974
      award amount
  15. Emily R Troemel

    Leads 2 awards · $715,420

    • 5R01AI176639-02Department: NIH department code
      Innate immunity against viral infection in intestinal epithelial cells of C. elegans
      $386,805
      award amount
    • 5R01AG052622-06Department: NIH department code
      Probing organismal proteostasis through the response to intracellular infection
      $328,615
      award amount
  16. James T. Kadonaga

    Leads 2 awards · $704,485

    • 5R35GM118060-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
      $692,202
      award amount
    • 3R35GM118060-09S1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
      $12,283
      award amount
  17. Suresh Subramani

    Leads 1 award · $649,637

    • 5R01DK041737-35Department: NIH department code
      Targeting of proteins into peroxisomes

      Principal investigators: Suresh Subramani (contact PI), John D. Aitchison

      $649,637
      award amount
  18. Andreas Max Ernst

    Leads 2 awards · $606,767

    • 5R35GM142433-04Department: NIH department code
      Morphological Determinants of Intracellular Membrane Compartments
      $368,267
      award amount
    • 1R21DA061421-01Department: NIH department code
      In situ cryo-EM of protein condensates in the early secretory pathway of neurons

      Principal investigators: Andreas Max Ernst (contact PI), Elizabeth Villa

      $238,500
      award amount
  19. Arshad Desai

    Leads 2 awards · $604,031

    • 5R01GM074215-20Department: NIH department code
      Kinetochore Specification and Function
      $462,237
      award amount
    • 3R01GM074215-20S1Department: NIH department code
      Kinetochore Specification and Function
      $141,794
      award amount
  20. Li-Fan Lu

    Leads 2 awards · $592,500

    • 5R01AI108651-10Department: NIH department code
      MicroRNA-mediated control of immune responses and tolerance
      $395,000
      award amount
    • 5R21AI178396-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigate the impact of physiological microbial exposure on regulatory T cell-mediated immune regulation
      $197,500
      award amount
  21. Eric J Bennett

    Leads 1 award · $590,920

    • 5R35GM148339-02Department: NIH department code
      Leveraging ubiquitin-dependent regulatory mechanisms to improve proteome quality in health and disease
      $590,920
      award amount
  22. Wei Wang

    Leads 1 award · $587,485

    • 5R01HG009626-07Department: NIH department code
      Identification and analysis of non-coding loci critical for cell viability and chromatin organization
      $587,485
      award amount
  23. Gurol Mehmet Suel

    Leads 1 award · $553,000

    • 5R35GM139645-04Department: NIH department code
      Charge matters: Pursuing the most common, and least understood molecular interactions in cells
      $553,000
      award amount
  24. Nicholas Canaday Spitzer

    Leads 1 award · $536,409

    • 5R35NS116810-05Department: NIH department code
      Determining Fundamental Properties of Neurotransmitter Switching in Adult Mammals
      $536,409
      award amount
  25. Shelley L Halpain

    Leads 1 award · $495,317

    • 1R01NS132533-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Pro-Survival Responses to Neurocellular Stress
      $495,317
      award amount
  26. Deborah Yelon

    Leads 1 award · $487,747

    • 5R01HL158112-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic regulation of cardiac inflow tract formation in zebrafish

      Principal investigators: Deborah Yelon (contact PI), Neil C Chi

      $487,747
      award amount
  27. Matthew Daugherty

    Leads 1 award · $416,811

    • 2R35GM133633-06Department: NIH department code
      Evolution of innate antiviral defense mechanisms and other microbe-driven genetic innovations
      $416,811
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM133351-05, led by Randolph Y. Hampton.

  28. Sara Lindsay Jackrel

    Leads 2 awards · $415,625

    • 5R35GM142938-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the Rules Governing Host-Microbiome Composition and Function
      $395,000
      award amount
    • 3R35GM142938-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the Rules Governing Host-Microbiome Composition and Function
      $20,625
      award amount
  29. Maho R Niwa

    Leads 2 awards · $401,039

    • 5R01GM087415-14Department: NIH department code
      Roles of the ER Stress Surveillance Pathway During the Cell Cycle
      $333,617
      award amount
    • 3R01GM087415-14S1Department: NIH department code
      Roles of the ER Stress Surveillance Pathway During the Cell Cycle
      $67,422
      award amount
  30. Amy E. Pasquinelli

    Leads 1 award · $400,049

    • 5R35GM127012-07Department: NIH department code
      Biogenesis and Function of Regulatory RNAs
      $400,049
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32GM133351-05, led by Randolph Y. Hampton.

  31. Chih-Ying Su

    Leads 1 award · $397,490

    • 5R01DC016466-08Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of state-dependent chemosensory processing
      $397,490
      award amount
  32. Andrew D Chisholm

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM134970-05Department: NIH department code
      Maintenance and Repair of the C. elegans Skin
      $395,000
      award amount
  33. Andrew D Muroyama

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM150466-02Department: NIH department code
      Polarity mechanisms driving complex morphogenesis
      $395,000
      award amount
  34. Julian I Schroeder

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 1R35GM153381-01Department: NIH department code
      Osmotic Stress Sensing and Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis
      $395,000
      award amount
  35. Mark A Estelle

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM141892-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel auxin signaling components and pathways.
      $395,000
      award amount
  36. Stacey Marie Glasgow

    Leads 1 award · $383,150

    • 5R01NS123385-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining transcriptional networks and chromatin conformations regulating glioma tumorigenesis
      $383,150
      award amount
  37. Stefan Leutgeb

    Leads 1 award · $383,150

    • 5R01NS102915-07Department: NIH department code
      Dependence of memory on precisely coordinated oscillations
      $383,150
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS121231-04, led by Byungkook Lim; 3R01NS121231-04S1, led by Byungkook Lim.

  38. Diana Jessie Rennison

    Leads 1 award · $382,696

    • 5R35GM151058-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding predictability of evolutionary trajectories
      $382,696
      award amount
  39. Cornelis Murre

    Leads 1 award · $380,263

    • 5R01AI082850-15Department: NIH department code
      The 3D-Structures of the Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Locus
      $380,263
      award amount
  40. Alexandra Jazz Dickinson

    Leads 1 award · $380,248

    • 5R35GM147216-03Department: NIH department code
      Illuminating the chemical biology of stem cell decisions in plant roots
      $380,248
      award amount
  41. Alistair B Russell

    Leads 1 award · $380,248

    • 5R35GM147031-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding evasion of cell intrinsic innate immunity in viral populations with high rates of replicative failure
      $380,248
      award amount
  42. Enfu Hui

    Leads 1 award · $336,567

    • 4R37CA239072-06Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of PD-L1/PD-1 immune checkpoints by cis-interactions
      $336,567
      award amount
  43. Michael William Perry

    Leads 1 award · $328,117

    • 1R01HG013634-01Department: NIH department code
      EDGE CMT: Neural cell type evolution in insect retinas
      $328,117
      award amount
  44. Ashley Lauren Juavinett

    Leads 1 award · $258,628

    • 5R25NS119707-04Department: NIH department code
      Preparing Diverse Transfer Students for Research Careers in Neuroscience

      Principal investigators: Ashley Lauren Juavinett (contact PI), Brenda L Bloodgood

      $258,628
      award amount
  45. Nabora Soledad Reyes De Barboza

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HL168365-03Department: NIH department code
      p16INK4a+ fibroblasts regulate epithelial regeneration after injury in lung alveoli through the SASP
      $249,000
      award amount
  46. Scott Benjamin Biering

    Leads 1 award · $162,000

    • 1K22AI170797-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the roles of the beta-2 adrenergic receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor in flavivirus NS1-mediated endothelial dysfunction
      $162,000
      award amount
  47. Johnatan Aljadeff

    Leads 1 award · $112,245

    • 5R01NS135853-02Department: NIH department code
      CRCNS: Emergence of coordinated multi-region brain activity supporting behavior
      $112,245
      award amount
  48. Noah H Rose

    Leads 1 award · $108,000

    • 5K22AI166268-02Department: NIH department code
      Genomic Analysis of Aedes aegypti Host Preference Across Urban-Rural Gradients in Africa
      $108,000
      award amount
  49. Digvijay Singh

    Leads 1 award · $104,792

    • 5K99AG080112-02Department: NIH department code
      In situ imaging of the aging-induced structural and stoichiometric degradation of the nuclear pore complex and nuclear periphery
      $104,792
      award amount
  50. Taryn Broe

    Leads 1 award · $41,957

    • 1F31GM156042-01Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the Drivers and Consequences ofHost-Microbiome Composition and Function
      $41,957
      award amount
  51. Lakshmi Elaine Batachari

    Leads 1 award · $41,695

    • 1F31AI176729-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting host-virus interactions in epithelial cells
      $41,695
      award amount
  52. Rasika Patkar

    Leads 1 award · $41,567

    • 5F31DK135162-02Department: NIH department code
      Function of NLRP3 in regulatory T cell-mediated control of intestinal homeostasis
      $41,567
      award amount
  53. Kennidy Takehara

    Leads 1 award · $41,566

    • 1F31AI176705-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Prostate Resident Memory T Cells
      $41,566
      award amount
  54. Hannah Caroline Rattu Mandias

    Leads 1 award · $41,251

    • 5F31HL167460-02Department: NIH department code
      The Involvement of PBRM1 in Alveolar Macrophage Development, Homeostasis, and Immune Function
      $41,251
      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.

  • Jeff M Hasty

    Co-investigator on 1R01AG086348-01, led by Nan Hao; 5R01AG056440-07, led by Nan Hao; 3R01GM144595-03S2, led by Nan Hao; 3R01GM144595-03S1, led by Nan Hao

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Lorraine Pillus

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM144595-03, led by Nan Hao; 5R01AG056440-07, led by Nan Hao; 3R01GM144595-03S2, led by Nan Hao; 3R01GM144595-03S1, led by Nan Hao

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

  • Elizabeth Villa

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM129245-07, led by Joseph A Pogliano; 3R01GM129245-07S1, led by Joseph A Pogliano; 1R21DA061421-01, led by Andreas Max Ernst

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

  • Kit J Pogliano

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM129245-07, led by Joseph A Pogliano; 3R01GM129245-07S1, led by Joseph A Pogliano

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

  • David W Nauen

    Co-investigator on 2R01DA047325-07, led by Ryan E Hibbs

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

  • Lev S Tsimring

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG056440-07, led by Nan Hao; 3R01GM144595-03S2, led by Nan Hao; 3R01GM144595-03S1, led by Nan Hao

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

  • John D. Aitchison

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK041737-35, led by Suresh Subramani

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

  • Nancy L Monson

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS130831-03, led by Ryan E Hibbs

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Neil C Chi

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL158112-04, led by Deborah Yelon

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads