Biology at University of Chicago

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Sarah Cobey

   Leads 2 awards · $2,510,053

   • 5R01AI170116-05Department: NIH department code

     Drivers of individual variation in influenza vaccine response and protection from infection

     Principal investigators: Sarah Cobey (contact PI), John S Tsang

     $1,372,970

     award amount
   • 5U01AI187063-02Department: NIH department code

     Computational Models of Adaptive Immunity to Influenza
     $1,137,083

     award amount

2. Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

   Leads 3 awards · $1,569,080

   • 4R01NS132033-02Department: NIH department code

     Parameterizing the relationship between motor cortical reactivation during sleep and motor skill acquisition in the freely behaving marmoset

     Principal investigators: Nicholas G Hatsopoulos (contact PI), Jason Neil MacLean

     $620,000

     award amount
   • 5R01NS125270-05Department: NIH department code

     The interplay between kinematic and force representations in motor and somatosensory cortices during reaching, grasping, and object transport

     Principal investigators: Nicholas G Hatsopoulos (contact PI), Jennifer L. Collinger, Lee Miller, Matthew Tyler Kaufman, Robert A Gaunt

     $585,711

     award amount
   • 5T32NS121763-05Department: NIH department code

     Neural, Computational, and Neuromechanical Approaches to Motor Control

     Principal investigators: Nicholas G Hatsopoulos (contact PI), Melina E Hale

     $363,369

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS134968-04, led by Callum F Ross.

3. David J Freedman

   Leads 2 awards · $1,288,383

   • 5R01EY037119-02Department: NIH department code

     Multiregional Neuronal Computations Underlying Rapid and Flexible Visual Categorical Decisions

     Principal investigators: David J Freedman (contact PI), Brent D. Doiron

     $687,488

     award amount
   • 5R01EY019041-18Department: NIH department code

     Cortical Mechanisms of Visual Category Recognition and Learning
     $600,895

     award amount

4. Mark E J Sheffield

   Leads 2 awards · $1,201,926

   • 5R01MH136274-03Department: NIH department code

     Investigation of a thalamic-hippocampal pathway in contextual fear suppression and extinction
     $617,737

     award amount
   • 5R01NS127123-03Department: NIH department code

     From synapses to neural representations: The role of neuromodulatory circuits in shaping contextual memories in the hippocampus
     $584,189

     award amount

5. Narayanan Kasthuri

   Leads 1 award · $1,200,101

   • 5U01NS136401-03Department: NIH department code

     BRAIN CONNECTS: Photoemission Electron Microscopy for Connectomics

     Principal investigators: Narayanan Kasthuri (contact PI), Andrew Maselli, Gregg Wildenberg, Kevin Michael Boergens

     $1,200,101

     award amount

6. Ruth Anne Eatock

   Leads 1 award · $705,937

   • 1R01DC023609-01Department: NIH department code

     Multiscale Integration of Inner Ear Vestibular Signals: From Cellular Dynamics to Population Coding

     Principal investigators: Ruth Anne Eatock (contact PI), Anna Lysakowski, Robert M Raphael

     $705,937

     award amount

7. Marlene Rochelle Cohen

   Leads 1 award · $656,448

   • 1R01MH141757-01Department: NIH department code

     Balancing flexibility and stability during learning and task switching
     $656,448

     award amount

8. John E Downey

   Leads 1 award · $632,213

   • 5R01NS130302-04Department: NIH department code

     Improved Brain-Computer Interface Decoding for Activities of Daily Life

     Principal investigators: John E Downey (contact PI), Matthew Tyler Kaufman

     $632,213

     award amount

9. Anne-Marie Michelle Oswald

   Leads 1 award · $612,385

   • 4R01NS133598-02Department: NIH department code

     Cortical assembly formation through excitatory/inhibitory circuit plasticity

     Principal investigators: Anne-Marie Michelle Oswald (contact PI), Brent D. Doiron

     $612,385

     award amount

10. Callum F Ross

    Leads 1 award · $611,356

    • 5R01NS134968-04Department: NIH department code

      Cortical control and biomechanics of tongue movement

      Principal investigators: Callum F Ross (contact PI), Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

      $611,356

      award amount

11. S. Murray Sherman

    Leads 1 award · $584,759

    • 5R01NS094184-10Department: NIH department code

      Thalamocortical interactions

      Principal investigators: S. Murray Sherman (contact PI), Jason Neil MacLean

      $584,759

      award amount

12. Joseph W Thornton

    Leads 1 award · $576,339

    • 5R35GM145336-05Department: NIH department code

      Genetic and biophysical causes of historical protein evolution
      $576,339

      award amount

13. Paschalis Kratsios

    Leads 1 award · $549,240

    • 2R56NS116365-06A1Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of terminal selector expression and function
      $549,240

      award amount

14. Wei Wei

    Leads 1 award · $517,781

    • 5R01EY035268-03Department: NIH department code

      Dynamic interactions between synaptic and intrinsic properties of starburst amacrine cells for robust motion detection
      $517,781

      award amount

15. Seppe Kuehn

    Leads 2 awards · $486,739

    • 5R01GM151538-04Department: NIH department code

      Environmental modulation of metabolic function in microbial communities
      $337,089

      award amount
    • 1R35GM164154-01Department: NIH department code

      Predicting, designing, and controlling microbiome metabolism
      $149,650

      award amount

16. Urs C Schmidt-Ott

    Leads 1 award · $480,083

    • 1R35GM161741-01Department: NIH department code

      Natural variation of embryo development across the insect order of flies
      $480,083

      award amount

17. Brent D. Doiron

    Leads 2 awards · $465,894

    • 5R90DA060338-04Department: NIH department code

      Training in Theory and Computation for Next Generation Neuroscientists

      Principal investigators: Brent D. Doiron (contact PI), Jason Neil MacLean, Stephanie E Palmer

      $247,202

      award amount
    • 5T90DA059109-04Department: NIH department code

      Training in Theory and Computation for Next Generation Neuroscientists

      Principal investigators: Brent D. Doiron (contact PI), Jason Neil MacLean, Stephanie E Palmer

      $218,692

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01EY037119-02, led by David J Freedman; 4R01NS133598-02, led by Anne-Marie Michelle Oswald.

18. Lucas Pinto

    Leads 1 award · $461,189

    • 7R01MH138285-02Department: NIH department code

      Microcircuit mechanisms behind the distributed cortical contributions to working memory
      $461,189

      award amount

19. Carl Veller

    Leads 1 award · $451,000

    • 1R35GM162640-01Department: NIH department code

      The impact of demography and selection on the genetic architecture of human traits
      $451,000

      award amount

20. Marcus Kronforst

    Leads 1 award · $442,800

    • 5R35GM131828-08Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing the Molecular Basis of Supergene Mimicry in Butterflies
      $442,800

      award amount

21. Heather A. Marlow

    Leads 1 award · $401,296

    • 5R35GM155159-03Department: NIH department code

      Evolution of 3D Genome Folding Mechanisms and Gene Regulatory Strategies in Metazoans
      $401,296

      award amount

22. Stephanie E Palmer

    Leads 1 award · $390,600

    • 9R01DA063453-04Department: NIH department code

      Coarse-graining approaches to networks, learning and behavior

      Principal investigators: Stephanie E Palmer (contact PI), David Jason Schwab, William Bialek

      $390,600

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R90DA060338-04, led by Brent D. Doiron; 5T90DA059109-04, led by Brent D. Doiron.

23. Matthias Steinruecken

    Leads 1 award · $333,003

    • 5R01GM146051-05Department: NIH department code

      Population genetic methods to detect population structure and adaptation using modern and ancient genomic datasets
      $333,003

      award amount

24. Sumin Jang

    Leads 1 award · $224,100

    • 5R00MH130892-04Department: NIH department code

      Identifying human-specific neural progenitors and their role in neurodevelopment
      $224,100

      award amount

25. Mikayla Voglewede

    Leads 1 award · $78,880

    • 1F32NS150940-01Department: NIH department code

      Role of place cells and engrams in hippocampal memory encoding, remapping, and representational drift
      $78,880

      award amount

26. Ou Zhu

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30EY033648-05Department: NIH department code

      Neuronal encoding of rapid categorical decisions across primate oculomotor networks
      $54,538

      award amount

27. Drew Sheets

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS134290-03Department: NIH department code

      The neural basis of stereognosis and its application to neuroprosthetics
      $50,114

      award amount

28. Mira N Antonopoulos

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS141619-02Department: NIH department code

      Targeting transcription and translation of the antisense CCCCGG repeat expansion in C9ORF72 ALS/FTD
      $50,114

      award amount

29. Rory Cooley

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31EY036263-03Department: NIH department code

      How do cortical hierarchies mediate visual categorization
      $50,114

      award amount

30. Sofia Iqbal Sheikh

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HD118780-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Causes and consequences of differential gene regulation in the development of alternate phenotypes
      $50,114

      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.

• Jason Neil MacLean

  Co-investigator on 4R01NS132033-02, led by Nicholas G Hatsopoulos; 5R01NS094184-10, led by S. Murray Sherman; 5R90DA060338-04, led by Brent D. Doiron; 5T90DA059109-04, led by Brent D. Doiron

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• John S Tsang

  Co-investigator on 5R01AI170116-05, led by Sarah Cobey

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Yale University · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Matthew Tyler Kaufman

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS130302-04, led by John E Downey; 5R01NS125270-05, led by Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Andrew Maselli

  Co-investigator on 5U01NS136401-03, led by Narayanan Kasthuri

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

• Gregg Wildenberg

  Co-investigator on 5U01NS136401-03, led by Narayanan Kasthuri

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Kevin Michael Boergens

  Co-investigator on 5U01NS136401-03, led by Narayanan Kasthuri

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

• Anna Lysakowski

  Co-investigator on 1R01DC023609-01, led by Ruth Anne Eatock

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Illinois at Chicago · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Robert M Raphael

  Co-investigator on 1R01DC023609-01, led by Ruth Anne Eatock

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

• Jennifer L. Collinger

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS125270-05, led by Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Lee Miller

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS125270-05, led by Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Northwestern University · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Robert A Gaunt

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS125270-05, led by Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pittsburgh · Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• David Jason Schwab

  Co-investigator on 9R01DA063453-04, led by Stephanie E Palmer

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

• William Bialek

  Co-investigator on 9R01DA063453-04, led by Stephanie E Palmer

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

• Melina E Hale

  Co-investigator on 5T32NS121763-05, led by Nicholas G Hatsopoulos

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