Physiology at University of California, San Francisco

Leads a grant in this department

16 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. Kaveh Ashrafi

   Leads 3 awards · $1,528,963

   • 2R01AG046400-11A1Department: NIH department code

     Linking metabolism, neural function, and aging
     $540,373

     award amount
   • 2R56AG046400-11Department: NIH department code

     Linking metabolism, neural function, and aging
     $537,590

     award amount
   • 1R21AG104396-01Department: NIH department code

     An Overlooked Steroid Hormone as a Driver of Cognitive Resilience

     Principal investigators: Kaveh Ashrafi (contact PI), Kaitlin B Casaletto, Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri

     $451,000

     award amount

2. Kevin Yackle

   Leads 3 awards · $1,368,900

   • 5R01HL171912-02Department: NIH department code

     Solving the paradox of neural inhibition in pacing breathing
     $649,262

     award amount
   • 5R01NS126400-05Department: NIH department code

     Determination of the motor patterning system for murine vocalizations with breathing
     $361,625

     award amount
   • 5R01DA054954-05Department: NIH department code

     Utilizing opioid receptor expression to identify the neurons and molecules responsible for opioid respiratory depression and basal breathing.
     $358,013

     award amount

3. David Julius

   Leads 1 award · $1,179,715

   • 1R35NS142941-01Department: NIH department code

     Probing pain mechanisms: from molecules to physiology
     $1,179,715

     award amount

4. David Owen Morgan

   Leads 1 award · $1,005,348

   • 2R35GM118053-11Department: NIH department code

     Regulatory Enzymes and Systems in Cell Cycle Control
     $1,005,348

     award amount

5. Zachary A. Knight

   Leads 2 awards · $993,563

   • 5R01DK106399-11Department: NIH department code

     Neural Dynamics Underlying Feeding
     $509,894

     award amount
   • 5R01DK138127-03Department: NIH department code

     Neural mechanisms that control the rate of ingestion
     $483,669

     award amount

6. Markus G Delling

   Leads 1 award · $790,063

   • 1R01DK146478-01Department: NIH department code

     Functional classification of pathogenic variants in Polycystin-1 to enable therapy for Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
     $790,063

     award amount

7. Lily Jan

   Leads 2 awards · $777,285

   • 5R35NS122110-06Department: NIH department code

     The TMEM16 Family of Ion Channels and Lipid Scramblases
     $531,285

     award amount
   • 3R35NS122110-06S1Department: NIH department code

     The TMEM16 Family of Ion Channels and Lipid Scramblases
     $246,000

     award amount

8. Yuh Nung Jan

   Leads 1 award · $697,754

   • 5R35NS137312-02Department: NIH department code

     Dendrite development, function, degeneration and regeneration
     $697,754

     award amount

9. Bill Z Jia

   Leads 1 award · $410,000

   • 5DP5OD039406-02Department: NIH department code

     Decoding the beat: physiological control mechanisms for robust heart development
     $410,000

     award amount

10. Emily Lauren Goldberg

    Leads 1 award · $317,754

    • 1R01GM159030-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering the mechanism and significance of Kbhb formation
      $317,754

      award amount

11. Gal Atlan

    Leads 1 award · $134,054

    • 5K99EY037782-02Department: NIH department code

      The contribution of the mammalian visual cortex to stabilizing locomotion
      $134,054

      award amount

12. Xinxin Ge

    Leads 1 award · $130,182

    • 1K99EY038331-01Department: NIH department code

      Identity and Function of Neurons Receiving Bottom-Up or Top-Down Inputs in the Adult and Developing V1
      $130,182

      award amount

13. Kyu Hyun Lee

    Leads 1 award · $124,205

    • 5K99EY036953-02Department: NIH department code

      Coordinated mental simulation in the hippocampus and primary visual cortex during active behavior
      $124,205

      award amount

14. Adeline Jing Hui Yong

    Leads 1 award · $119,302

    • 5K99NS140624-02Department: NIH department code

      Role of novel activity-associated postsynaptic proteins in synaptic function
      $119,302

      award amount

15. Xulu Sun

    Leads 1 award · $117,747

    • 1K99MH144375-01Department: NIH department code

      Neural computations underlying flexible control of behavioral strategies and problem-solving
      $117,747

      award amount

16. Ilayda Alkislar

    Leads 1 award · $43,101

    • 1F31HL182436-01Department: NIH department code

      Cellular and circuit mechanisms of volitional breath-holding
      $43,101

      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.

• Kaitlin B Casaletto

  Co-investigator on 1R21AG104396-01, led by Kaveh Ashrafi

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Boston University · Public Health (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri

  Co-investigator on 1R21AG104396-01, led by Kaveh Ashrafi

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of California, San Francisco · Neurology (NIH department code, 2 awards)