Other Basic Sciences at University of California, San Diego

Leads a grant in this department

22 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. Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo

   Leads 4 awards · $2,641,260

   • 2R01HG004659-17Department: NIH department code

     Functional RNA elements in the human genome

     Principal investigators: Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo (contact PI), Kevin Daniel Corbett

     $785,329

     award amount
   • 5R01MH131907-04Department: NIH department code

     Human Isogenic Organoid Models of Genetic Forms of Autism to Identify Convergent and Divergent Pathomechanisms in Autism

     Principal investigators: Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo (contact PI), Stefan Aigner

     $782,569

     award amount
   • 5R01NS103172-09Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic strategies for microsatellite expansion diseases using RNA targeting

     Principal investigators: Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo (contact PI), Maurice Scott Swanson

     $619,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA273432-04Department: NIH department code

     Dissecting stress granule dependencies in leukemia stem cells

     Principal investigators: Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo (contact PI), John T Chang

     $454,362

     award amount

2. Don W Cleveland

   Leads 2 awards · $1,772,643

   • 5R35GM122476-10Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of chromosome segregation, aneuploidy, and tumorigenesis
     $1,021,694

     award amount
   • 5R01NS027036-39Department: NIH department code

     Disease Mechanism and Therapy in TDP-43 Proteinopathies and Dementias

     Principal investigators: Don W Cleveland (contact PI), Bogdan Bintu

     $750,949

     award amount

3. Bruce A Hamilton

   Leads 3 awards · $1,657,626

   • 1R01HD121429-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Quantifying variant effects, organ-level pleiotropy, and therapeutic potential in models of Joubert System and Related Disorders
     $652,966

     award amount
   • 5R01NS097534-10Department: NIH department code

     Zfp423 Mechanisms in Joubert Syndrome and Related Disorders
     $546,811

     award amount
   • 5T32GM145427-05Department: NIH department code

     UC San Diego Genetics Training Program
     $457,849

     award amount

4. Peter Jay Novick

   Leads 3 awards · $926,994

   • 5R01GM035370-41Department: NIH department code

     Genetics of secretion in yeast
     $465,901

     award amount
   • 1R21AG100440-01Department: NIH department code

     Roles for a novel component in nucleophagy and chronological aging
     $439,750

     award amount
   • 3R01GM035370-41S1Department: NIH department code

     Genetics of secretion in yeast
     $21,343

     award amount

5. Richard D Kolodner

   Leads 2 awards · $870,457

   • 5R01GM026017-49Department: NIH department code

     Enzymatic Mechanisms of Genetic Recombination
     $463,607

     award amount
   • 5R01GM050006-38Department: NIH department code

     Enzymology of Mismatch Repair in Yeast
     $406,850

     award amount

6. Ludmil B Alexandrov

   Leads 1 award · $790,000

   • 5U01CA290479-04Department: NIH department code

     Mapping immuno-genomic drivers of the head and neck precancer invasive-disease transition

     Principal investigators: Ludmil B Alexandrov (contact PI), Jorge Silvio Gutkind, Scott M Lippman

     $790,000

     award amount

7. Susan Ferro-Novick

   Leads 2 awards · $686,766

   • 5R35GM131681-08Department: NIH department code

     The diverse roles of ER-Golgi trafficking machinery in autophagy and ER quality control
     $675,115

     award amount
   • 3R35GM131681-08S1Department: NIH department code

     The diverse roles of ER-Golgi trafficking machinery in autophagy and ER quality control
     $11,651

     award amount

8. Pradipta Ghosh

   Leads 1 award · $637,509

   • 1R01CA305983-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Integrated G Protein Circuitry for Cancer Cell Signaling Autonomy

     Principal investigators: Pradipta Ghosh (contact PI), Gary D Luker

     $637,509

     award amount

9. Steven F Dowdy

   Leads 2 awards · $610,308

   • 1R21CA307811-01Department: NIH department code

     Targeting Lethal mCRPC with siRNA Therapeutics
     $410,933

     award amount
   • 5R21NS140937-02Department: NIH department code

     Treating Alzheimer's Disease with PMO RNA Therapeutics
     $199,375

     award amount

10. Huilin Zhou

    Leads 2 awards · $596,070

    • 5R01GM151191-04Department: NIH department code

      Kinetochore Assembly and Regulation

      Principal investigators: Huilin Zhou (contact PI), Arshad Desai, Raymond Theodore Suhandynata

      $443,463

      award amount
    • 5R35GM156288-02Department: NIH department code

      Regulated assembly and function of macromolecular complexes in genome maintenance
      $152,607

      award amount

11. Kimberly Lynn Cooper

    Leads 1 award · $521,400

    • 5R01GM148640-04Department: NIH department code

      Development of approaches to apply CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene conversion to model complex genetic traits in mice
      $521,400

      award amount

12. Kevin Daniel Corbett

    Leads 1 award · $486,640

    • 5R35GM144121-05Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of nucleic acid recognition and maintenance in meiosis and innate immunity
      $486,640

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2R01HG004659-17, led by Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo.

13. Susan L Ackerman

    Leads 1 award · $430,574

    • 5R01NS119525-05Department: NIH department code

      The Function of the Cytoplasmic tRNA Repertoire in the Cellular and Molecular Homeostasis of the Mammalian Brain
      $430,574

      award amount

14. Isaac Alexander Chaim

    Leads 1 award · $379,337

    • 5R00NS121511-05Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the role of RNA oxidation on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis onset and progression
      $379,337

      award amount

15. Jeffrey D Esko

    Leads 1 award · $180,781

    • 5R21AI185519-02Department: NIH department code

      The Heparan Sulfate Landscape in Complement Regulation
      $180,781

      award amount

16. Alyssa Hannah Marinas

    Leads 1 award · $43,817

    • 5F31NS145564-02Department: NIH department code

      Discovery and Mechanism of Novel General Anesthetics Targeting GABAA Receptors
      $43,817

      award amount

17. Summer Rose Fair

    Leads 1 award · $43,784

    • 1F30MH140557-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of A-to-I RNA editing by ADARs in corticogenesis using human cerebral organoid models
      $43,784

      award amount

18. Vanessa Castillo

    Leads 1 award · $43,773

    • 1F31AI203073-01Department: NIH department code

      Role of diet-associated metabolites in mediating colonization resistance against Salmonella
      $43,773

      award amount

19. Diego Trujillo

    Leads 1 award · $43,626

    • 1F31AI186328-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Proteasome Inhibitors as a Novel Drug-class for Treatment of Giardiasis
      $43,626

      award amount

20. Grace Ellen McAuley

    Leads 1 award · $43,565

    • 1F31NS149734-01Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the role of ARID5A in central nervous system inflammation
      $43,565

      award amount

21. Felix Anthony Argueta

    Leads 1 award · $43,489

    • 1F31AI197841-01Department: NIH department code

      Role of Yersiniabactin Precursor Escherichelin in Promoting Enterobacteriaceae Colonization and Pathogenicity of the Inflamed Colon
      $43,489

      award amount

22. Natasha Michelle Carlson

    Leads 1 award · $43,446

    • 1F31NS147610-01Department: NIH department code

      Metabolic Plasticity and Neuronal Resilience: Unraveling Adaptive Responses to Chronic mtDNA Damage
      $43,446

      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.

• Jorge Silvio Gutkind

  Co-investigator on 5U01CA290479-04, led by Ludmil B Alexandrov

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Pharmacology (NIH department code, 4 awards)

• Scott M Lippman

  Co-investigator on 5U01CA290479-04, led by Ludmil B Alexandrov

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

• Stefan Aigner

  Co-investigator on 5R01MH131907-04, led by Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo

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

• Bogdan Bintu

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS027036-39, led by Don W Cleveland

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Other Basic Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Gary D Luker

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA305983-01A1, led by Pradipta Ghosh

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Michigan · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Maurice Scott Swanson

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS103172-09, led by Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Florida · Genetics (NIH department code, 1 award)

• John T Chang

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA273432-04, led by Eugene Wei-Ming Yeo

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Arshad Desai

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM151191-04, led by Huilin Zhou

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Diego · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Raymond Theodore Suhandynata

  Co-investigator on 5R01GM151191-04, led by Huilin Zhou

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