Biology at University of California, San Diego

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. Elina I Zuniga

   Leads 3 awards · $3,891,555

   • 1R01AI187302-01Department: NIH department code

     Roles and regulation of tissue resident CD8 T cells during a persistent viral infection

     Principal investigators: Elina I Zuniga (contact PI), John T Chang

     $3,194,992

     award amount
   • 5R01AI081923-13Department: NIH department code

     Inhibitory Pathways Underlying Viral Persistence In Vivo
     $503,775

     award amount
   • 1R21AI180901-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Identification of Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Regulators
     $192,788

     award amount

2. Nan Hao

   Leads 5 awards · $2,768,139

   • 5R01AG086348-02Department: NIH department code

     Engineered genetic clocks for control of cellular aging

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

     $649,031

     award amount
   • 5R01GM144595-04Department: 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

     $607,720

     award amount
   • 9R01AG093633-10A1Department: NIH department code

     Dynamical signaling and gene regulation in stress and aging
     $534,238

     award amount
   • 5R01AG056440-08Department: NIH department code

     Network-Driven Dynamics of Replicative Aging

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

     $533,021

     award amount
   • 5R01AG068112-05Department: NIH department code

     Systems biology analysis of RNA-binding protein aggregation during cellular aging
     $444,129

     award amount

3. Ryan E Hibbs

   Leads 2 awards · $1,283,655

   • 5R01DA047325-08Department: NIH department code

     Structure and Function of GABA-A receptors

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

     $690,933

     award amount
   • 5R01NS130831-04Department: NIH department code

     Structural mechanisms of autoimmune diseases targeting cys-loop receptors

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

     $592,722

     award amount

4. Randolph Y. Hampton

   Leads 1 award · $1,246,321

   • 2T32GM133351-06Department: NIH department code

     Pathways in Biological Sciences Training Program

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

     $1,246,321

     award amount

5. Ananda W Goldrath

   Leads 2 awards · $1,207,780

   • 5R37AI067545-19Department: NIH department code

     T cell maintenance: molecular mediators of T cell differentiation and survival
     $609,880

     award amount
   • 5R01AI179952-02Department: NIH department code

     Tissue-specific adaptions to promote localized T cell memory
     $597,900

     award amount

6. Takaki Komiyama

   Leads 3 awards · $1,064,873

   • 5R01NS125298-04Department: NIH department code

     Deconstructing Functional Circuits of Motor Cortex During Motor Learning
     $541,554

     award amount
   • 5R01MH128746-04Department: NIH department code

     Cortical plasticity during reinforcement learning
     $421,546

     award amount
   • 3R01MH128746-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Cortical plasticity during reinforcement learning
     $101,773

     award amount

7. Gulcin Pekkurnaz

   Leads 2 awards · $1,048,917

   • 5R01NS136048-02Department: NIH department code

     Defining the metabolic principles of neuronal network oscillations
     $669,405

     award amount
   • 5R35GM128823-08Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic Regulation of Mitochondrial Function
     $379,512

     award amount

8. Byungkook Lim

   Leads 2 awards · $941,314

   • 5R01NS121231-05Department: 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

     $475,101

     award amount
   • 5R01DA060576-02Department: NIH department code

     Differential Roles of Prefrontal Cortical Interneurons in Drug Seeking after Withdrawal
     $466,213

     award amount

9. Shelley L Halpain

   Leads 3 awards · $938,275

   • 5R01NS132533-02Department: NIH department code

     Pro-Survival Responses to Neurocellular Stress
     $481,524

     award amount
   • 1R21NS140910-01A1Department: NIH department code

     A novel intrinsic pro-survival mechanism against ischemic brain injury in clinically relevant animal models
     $438,625

     award amount
   • 3R01NS132533-02S1Department: NIH department code

     Pro-Survival Responses to Neurocellular Stress
     $18,126

     award amount

10. Yishi Jin

    Leads 1 award · $862,680

    • 5R35NS127314-04Department: NIH department code

      Molecular genetics of axon and synapse development and maintenance
      $862,680

      award amount

11. Alistair B Russell

    Leads 2 awards · $818,011

    • 1R21AI188166-01Department: NIH department code

      Sequence specific determinants, and impacts, of NS2 interactions with the influenza A virus polymerase
      $438,500

      award amount
    • 5R35GM147031-04Department: NIH department code

      Understanding evasion of cell intrinsic innate immunity in viral populations with high rates of replicative failure
      $379,511

      award amount

12. Karen F Oegema

    Leads 2 awards · $796,780

    • 5R01GM147265-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Cytokinesis
      $467,758

      award amount
    • 5R01GM074207-20Department: NIH department code

      Analysis of Centrosome Dynamics
      $329,022

      award amount

13. Yimin Zou

    Leads 2 awards · $763,401

    • 5R37NS047484-21Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing Wnt Signaling Pathways in Axon Guidance
      $723,422

      award amount
    • 3R37NS047484-21S1Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing Wnt Signaling Pathways in Axon Guidance
      $39,979

      award amount

14. Nicholas Canaday Spitzer

    Leads 2 awards · $709,448

    • 5R35NS116810-06Department: NIH department code

      Determining Fundamental Properties of Neurotransmitter Switching in Adult Mammals
      $553,000

      award amount
    • 3R35NS116810-06S1Department: NIH department code

      Determining Fundamental Properties of Neurotransmitter Switching in Adult Mammals
      $156,448

      award amount

15. Emily R Troemel

    Leads 2 awards · $696,846

    • 5R01AI176639-03Department: NIH department code

      Innate immunity against viral infection in intestinal epithelial cells of C. elegans
      $374,803

      award amount
    • 5R01AG052622-07Department: NIH department code

      Probing organismal proteostasis through the response to intracellular infection
      $322,043

      award amount

16. James T. Kadonaga

    Leads 1 award · $692,202

    • 5R35GM118060-10Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
      $692,202

      award amount

17. Suresh Subramani

    Leads 1 award · $664,000

    • 5R01DK041737-36Department: NIH department code

      Targeting of proteins into peroxisomes

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

      $664,000

      award amount

18. Eric J Bennett

    Leads 1 award · $590,920

    • 5R35GM148339-03Department: NIH department code

      Leveraging ubiquitin-dependent regulatory mechanisms to improve proteome quality in health and disease
      $590,920

      award amount

19. Wei Wang

    Leads 1 award · $589,602

    • 5R01HG009626-08Department: NIH department code

      Identification and analysis of non-coding loci critical for cell viability and chromatin organization
      $589,602

      award amount

20. Omar Sultan Akbari

    Leads 1 award · $588,514

    • 1R01AI190001-01Department: NIH department code

      Conditional and female lethal approaches for mosquito control
      $588,514

      award amount

21. Andreas Max Ernst

    Leads 2 awards · $567,226

    • 5R35GM142433-05Department: NIH department code

      Morphological Determinants of Intracellular Membrane Compartments
      $368,267

      award amount
    • 5R21DA061421-02Department: 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

      $198,959

      award amount

22. Gurol Mehmet Suel

    Leads 1 award · $553,000

    • 5R35GM139645-05Department: NIH department code

      Charge matters: Pursuing the most common, and least understood molecular interactions in cells
      $553,000

      award amount

23. Joseph A Pogliano

    Leads 1 award · $493,176

    • 5R01GM129245-08Department: NIH department code

      Molecular and cellular biology of the phage nucleus and spindle
      $493,176

      award amount

24. Sonya Elina Neal

    Leads 1 award · $472,015

    • 2R35GM133565-06Department: NIH department code

      The Discovery of Molecules and Mechanisms of the Rhomboid Superfamily
      $472,015

      award amount

25. Ethan Bier

    Leads 1 award · $462,610

    • 5R01AI162911-05Department: NIH department code

      Development of next-generation gene drive technologies for Anopheles population engineering
      $462,610

      award amount

26. Arshad Desai

    Leads 1 award · $462,237

    • 5R01GM074215-21Department: NIH department code

      Kinetochore Specification and Function
      $462,237

      award amount

27. Matthew R. Banghart

    Leads 1 award · $437,255

    • 2R35GM133802-06Department: NIH department code

      Cellular mechanisms of peptidergic signaling
      $437,255

      award amount

28. Maho R Niwa

    Leads 2 awards · $434,750

    • 5R01GM087415-15Department: NIH department code

      Roles of the ER Stress Surveillance Pathway During the Cell Cycle
      $333,617

      award amount
    • 3R01GM087415-15S1Department: NIH department code

      Roles of the ER Stress Surveillance Pathway During the Cell Cycle
      $101,133

      award amount

29. Matthew Daugherty

    Leads 1 award · $416,811

    • 5R35GM133633-07Department: NIH department code

      Evolution of innate antiviral defense mechanisms and other microbe-driven genetic innovations
      $416,811

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM133351-06, led by Randolph Y. Hampton.

30. Amy E. Pasquinelli

    Leads 1 award · $398,722

    • 5R35GM127012-08Department: NIH department code

      Biogenesis and Function of Regulatory RNAs
      $398,722

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM133351-06, led by Randolph Y. Hampton.

31. Chih-Ying Su

    Leads 1 award · $397,490

    • 5R01DC016466-09Department: NIH department code

      Genetic analysis of state-dependent chemosensory processing
      $397,490

      award amount

32. Andrew D Muroyama

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM150466-03Department: NIH department code

      Polarity mechanisms driving complex morphogenesis
      $395,000

      award amount

33. Julian I Schroeder

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM153381-02Department: NIH department code

      Osmotic Stress Sensing and Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis
      $395,000

      award amount

34. Mark A Estelle

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM141892-05Department: NIH department code

      Novel auxin signaling components and pathways.
      $395,000

      award amount

35. Sara Lindsay Jackrel

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R35GM142938-05Department: NIH department code

      Identifying the Rules Governing Host-Microbiome Composition and Function
      $395,000

      award amount

36. Stacey Marie Glasgow

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R01NS123385-05Department: NIH department code

      Defining transcriptional networks and chromatin conformations regulating glioma tumorigenesis
      $395,000

      award amount

37. Stefan Leutgeb

    Leads 1 award · $395,000

    • 5R01NS102915-08Department: NIH department code

      Dependence of memory on precisely coordinated oscillations
      $395,000

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS121231-05, led by Byungkook Lim.

38. Diana Jessie Rennison

    Leads 1 award · $382,696

    • 5R35GM151058-03Department: NIH department code

      Understanding predictability of evolutionary trajectories
      $382,696

      award amount

39. Justin Raymond Meyer

    Leads 1 award · $380,725

    • 1R35GM158099-01Department: NIH department code

      Molecular determinants of viral receptor-binding protein evolution; innovation, constraints, and evolvability
      $380,725

      award amount

40. Alexandra Jazz Dickinson

    Leads 1 award · $379,511

    • 5R35GM147216-04Department: NIH department code

      Illuminating the chemical biology of stem cell decisions in plant roots
      $379,511

      award amount

41. Enfu Hui

    Leads 1 award · $353,926

    • 5R37CA239072-07Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of PD-L1/PD-1 immune checkpoints by cis-interactions
      $353,926

      award amount

42. Amy A Kiger

    Leads 1 award · $337,875

    • 2R01AR073840-06A1Department: NIH department code

      T-tubule membrane remodeling in Drosophila myofiber function and models of myopathy
      $337,875

      award amount

43. Michael William Perry

    Leads 1 award · $324,375

    • 5R01HG013634-02Department: NIH department code

      EDGE CMT: Neural cell type evolution in insect retinas
      $324,375

      award amount

44. Robert M Cooper

    Leads 1 award · $307,807

    • 1R01EB037031-01Department: NIH department code

      Point-of-care DNA diagnostics from raw samples
      $307,807

      award amount

45. Ashley Lauren Juavinett

    Leads 1 award · $258,628

    • 5R25NS119707-05Department: 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

46. Nabora Soledad Reyes De Barboza

    Leads 1 award · $248,995

    • 5R00HL168365-04Department: NIH department code

      p16INK4a+ fibroblasts regulate epithelial regeneration after injury in lung alveoli through the SASP
      $248,995

      award amount

47. Johnatan Aljadeff

    Leads 1 award · $126,686

    • 5R01NS135853-03Department: NIH department code

      CRCNS: Emergence of Coordinated Multi-Region Brain Activity Supporting Behavior
      $126,686

      award amount

48. William James Wright

    Leads 1 award · $121,933

    • 1K99MH140060-01Department: NIH department code

      Compartment-Specific Synaptic Organization and Plasticity During Learning
      $121,933

      award amount

49. Scott Benjamin Biering

    Leads 1 award · $108,000

    • 5K22AI170797-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the roles of the beta-2 adrenergic receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor in flavivirus NS1-mediated endothelial dysfunction
      $108,000

      award amount

50. Megan Elizabeth Dowdle

    Leads 1 award · $79,357

    • 5F32GM151845-02Department: NIH department code

      Defining the biological roles of the 2',3'-cyclic phosphatases Angel1 and Angel2
      $79,357

      award amount

51. Jennifer Ying Li

    Leads 1 award · $74,632

    • 1F32NS140212-01Department: NIH department code

      Learning-induced synaptic plasticity in corticospinal output neurons of motor cortex
      $74,632

      award amount

52. Kelsey Bennion

    Leads 1 award · $44,050

    • 7K00CA284255-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating novel T cell autocrine pathways governing T cell fate
      $44,050

      award amount

53. Hannah Caroline Rattu Mandias

    Leads 1 award · $41,815

    • 5F31HL167460-03Department: NIH department code

      The Involvement of PBRM1 in Alveolar Macrophage Development, Homeostasis, and Immune Function
      $41,815

      award amount

54. Kennidy Takehara

    Leads 1 award · $22,436

    • 5F31AI176705-02Department: NIH department code

      Understanding Prostate Resident Memory T Cells
      $22,436

      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.

• John T Chang

  Co-investigator on 1R01AI187302-01, led by Elina I Zuniga

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jeff M Hasty

  Co-investigator on 5R01AG086348-02, led by Nan Hao; 5R01GM144595-04, led by Nan Hao; 5R01AG056440-08, led by Nan Hao

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Engineering (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Lev S Tsimring

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM144595-04, led by Nan Hao; 5R01AG056440-08, led by Nan Hao

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

• Lorraine Pillus

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM144595-04, led by Nan Hao; 5R01AG056440-08, led by Nan Hao

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

• David W Nauen

  Co-investigator on 5R01DA047325-08, led by Ryan E Hibbs

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

• John D. Aitchison

  Co-investigator on 5R01DK041737-36, 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 5R01NS130831-04, led by Ryan E Hibbs

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Brenda L Bloodgood

  Co-investigator on 5R25NS119707-05, led by Ashley Lauren Juavinett

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Biology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Elizabeth Villa

  Co-investigator on 5R21DA061421-02, led by Andreas Max Ernst

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