Biochemistry at University of Chicago

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. Vukica Srajer

   Leads 1 award · $2,506,748

   • 1R01GM163190-01Department: NIH department code

     Electric-Field Stimulated Protein Dynamics
     $2,506,748

     award amount

2. Eduardo A Perozo

   Leads 3 awards · $2,191,188

   • 1S10OD040245-01Department: NIH department code

     LUMICKS C-Trap optical tweezer/microfluidics/confocal system
     $1,238,710

     award amount
   • 5R01GM150272-04Department: NIH department code

     Structural Basis of Coupling and Dynamics in K+ Channels
     $501,478

     award amount
   • 1R21DC023990-01Department: NIH department code

     The Cnidarian Nematocyte as a Model of Vertebrate Hair Cells: Molecular targeting of the METC
     $451,000

     award amount

3. Benoit Roux

   Leads 2 awards · $1,187,395

   • 5R35GM152124-03Department: NIH department code

     Molecular dynamics studies of K+ and Na+ channels and biomembranes based on a polarizable force field
     $794,803

     award amount
   • 2R01CA093577-16A1Department: NIH department code

     Conformational dynamics and kinases inhibition
     $392,592

     award amount

4. Tobin R Sosnick

   Leads 2 awards · $1,066,954

   • 5T32GM154656-02Department: NIH department code

     Dual-mentored training for collaborative molecular biophysics

     Principal investigators: Tobin R Sosnick (contact PI), Gregory S Engel, Margaret Lise Gardel, Michael Rust

     $540,671

     award amount
   • 5R35GM148233-04Department: NIH department code

     Studies of the function of membrane and soluble proteins and their biophysical properties.
     $526,283

     award amount

5. Joseph Anthony Piccirilli

   Leads 3 awards · $1,031,676

   • 5R35GM149336-04Department: NIH department code

     Structure and Function of Non-Coding RNA
     $627,855

     award amount
   • 5T32GM144290-05Department: NIH department code

     Predoctoral Training Program in Chemistry and Biology

     Principal investigators: Joseph Anthony Piccirilli (contact PI), Yamuna Krishnan

     $325,003

     award amount
   • 3R35GM149336-04S1Department: NIH department code

     Structure and Function of Non-Coding RNA
     $78,818

     award amount

6. David Allan Drummond

   Leads 3 awards · $970,773

   • 5R35GM144278-05Department: NIH department code

     Function and Regulation of Stress-Induced Adaptive Condensates
     $456,278

     award amount
   • 1R21ES039056-01Department: NIH department code

     Revealing composition and structure of stress-induced RNA condensation using highly multiplexed single-molecule fluorescence labeling

     Principal investigators: David Allan Drummond (contact PI), Allison Holmes Squires

     $416,586

     award amount
   • 3R35GM144278-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Function and Regulation of Stress-Induced Adaptive Condensates
     $97,909

     award amount

7. Engin Ozkan

   Leads 2 awards · $955,399

   • 5R01NS139060-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic studies of molecular recognition and signaling of neuronal wiring receptors

     Principal investigators: Engin Ozkan (contact PI), Robert Arnulfo Carrillo

     $490,273

     award amount
   • 5R01NS140594-02Department: NIH department code

     Molecular and functional characterization of repulsive guidance by Netrin complexes
     $465,126

     award amount

8. Tao Pan

   Leads 2 awards · $839,234

   • 1R21TR006236-01Department: NIH department code

     A missense correcting tRNA therapy platform for genetic diseases
     $451,000

     award amount
   • 1R33CA309701-01Department: NIH department code

     SnoRNA targetome and application to cancer

     Principal investigators: Tao Pan (contact PI), Chuan He

     $388,234

     award amount

9. Erin June Adams

   Leads 1 award · $818,457

   • 1U01AI173346-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the immunomodulatory role of the Nonclassical MHC Molecule HLA-F in Human Pregnancy
     $818,457

     award amount

10. Robert J Keenan

    Leads 1 award · $683,292

    • 5R35GM145374-05Department: NIH department code

      Membrane protein biogenesis at the ER
      $683,292

      award amount

11. Savas Tay

    Leads 1 award · $673,072

    • 5R01AI175321-04Department: NIH department code

      Comprehensive characterization of immune signaling networks in single-cells by joint quantification of proteins, protein complexes and mRNA

      Principal investigators: Savas Tay (contact PI), Marcus Ramsay Clark

      $673,072

      award amount

12. Minglei Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $602,095

    • 1R35GM164119-01Department: NIH department code

      Structural and Functional Studies of Molecular Machines Involved in Protein and RNA Modifications
      $602,095

      award amount

13. Jingyi Fei

    Leads 1 award · $581,259

    • 5R01HG013495-02Department: NIH department code

      Transcriptomic characterization of membraneless organelles with scalable resolution
      $581,259

      award amount

14. Axel Rolando Concepcion Gonzalez

    Leads 2 awards · $574,000

    • 5R35GM155189-03Department: NIH department code

      Immune cell regulation by swelling-activated ion channels
      $410,000

      award amount
    • 1R03AI196747-01Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the intrinsic role of SLC4A2 in the development of liver inflammation in a mouse model of PBC
      $164,000

      award amount

15. Demet Arac-Ozkan

    Leads 2 awards · $521,604

    • 5R35GM148412-04Department: NIH department code

      Structural and Functional Studies of Cell-Adhesion Receptors
      $482,894

      award amount
    • 3R35GM148412-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Structural and Functional Studies of Cell-Adhesion Receptors
      $38,710

      award amount

16. Rama Ranganathan

    Leads 1 award · $487,525

    • 1R35GM161754-01Department: NIH department code

      Evolution-based understanding and design of proteins
      $487,525

      award amount

17. Phoebe A Rice

    Leads 1 award · $444,325

    • 5R35GM149586-04Department: NIH department code

      Machinery of the Microbial Mobilome
      $444,325

      award amount

18. Juan Luis Mendoza

    Leads 1 award · $384,999

    • 5R35GM147179-05Department: NIH department code

      Shedding new light on cytokine signaling through molecular engineering
      $384,999

      award amount

19. Anthony A Kossiakoff

    Leads 1 award · $380,070

    • 5R01GM117372-11Department: NIH department code

      Chaperone-Assisted Structure Determination of Membrane Proteins
      $380,070

      award amount

20. Marcos Sotomayor

    Leads 1 award · $357,136

    • 5R01DC015271-10Department: NIH department code

      Nanomechanics of inner-ear hair-cell transduction
      $357,136

      award amount

21. Sumit Bandekar

    Leads 1 award · $108,793

    • 5K99GM157487-02Department: NIH department code

      Structural and Functional Characterization of CELSR-subfamily adhesion G protein-coupled receptors
      $108,793

      award amount

22. Kyle Matthew Lin

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30ES035279-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Biomolecular Condensates and Heat Shock Proteins in Cellular Responses to Sublethal Heat Shock and Fever
      $55,114

      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.

• Marcus Ramsay Clark

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI175321-04, led by Savas Tay

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Gregory S Engel

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM154656-02, led by Tobin R Sosnick

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

• Margaret Lise Gardel

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM154656-02, led by Tobin R Sosnick

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Michael Rust

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM154656-02, led by Tobin R Sosnick

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Robert Arnulfo Carrillo

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS139060-03, led by Engin Ozkan

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Genetics (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Allison Holmes Squires

  Co-investigator on 1R21ES039056-01, led by David Allan Drummond

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

• Chuan He

  Co-investigator on 1R33CA309701-01, led by Tao Pan

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Chemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Yamuna Krishnan

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM144290-05, led by Joseph Anthony Piccirilli

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)