Biochemistry at University of Colorado

Leads a grant in this department

42 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. Sara Sawyer

   Leads 2 awards · $1,792,889

   • 5DP1AI175471-05Department: NIH department code

     Breaking the Barrier to an HIV Vaccine
     $1,095,500

     award amount
   • 5R01OD034046-05Department: NIH department code

     Characterizing Host-Virus Interactions in a New HIV Model Organism
     $697,389

     award amount

2. Rui Zhao

   Leads 2 awards · $1,059,573

   • 5R35GM145289-05Department: NIH department code

     The molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing
     $825,573

     award amount
   • 5R21NS142950-02Department: NIH department code

     Understanding small molecule modulation of splicing for Huntington's disease therapy
     $234,000

     award amount

3. James V Degregori

   Leads 2 awards · $1,045,641

   • 5R01CA301643-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of respiratory viral infections and inflammation in promoting metastatic outgrowth in the lung

     Principal investigators: James V Degregori (contact PI), Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso, Mercedes Rincon

     $658,011

     award amount
   • 5R01CA292432-03Department: NIH department code

     IAP inhibition as a therapeutic strategy to target therapy-resistant leukemia initiating cells

     Principal investigators: James V Degregori (contact PI), Daniel A Pollyea

     $387,630

     award amount

4. Jefferson Matthew Taliaferro

   Leads 2 awards · $993,882

   • 5R01NS122911-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanistic analysis of TDP-43-mediated RNA localization in neurons and its misregulation in ALS

     Principal investigators: Jefferson Matthew Taliaferro (contact PI), Holger A. Russ

     $579,252

     award amount
   • 5R35GM133385-08Department: NIH department code

     Understanding the regulatory language of RNA localization
     $414,630

     award amount

5. Bradley B Olwin

   Leads 2 awards · $958,630

   • 5R01AR070360-10Department: NIH department code

     Replicative Potential of Muscle Stem Cells
     $481,935

     award amount
   • 5R01AR049446-19Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms Regulating Muscle Stem Cell Homeostasis
     $476,695

     award amount

6. Jingshi Shen

   Leads 2 awards · $942,500

   • 1R01DK142287-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Vesicle fusion regulation in metabolism
     $551,250

     award amount
   • 5R35GM126960-08Department: NIH department code

     Discovering protein networks underlying regulated exocytosis
     $391,250

     award amount

7. Sujatha Jagannathan

   Leads 2 awards · $913,078

   • 5R01AR083381-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of DUX4-induced misregulation of RNA processing and quality control
     $495,901

     award amount
   • 5R35GM133433-07Department: NIH department code

     Understanding the variability in nonsense-mediated RNA decay
     $417,177

     award amount

8. Angelo D'alessandro

   Leads 1 award · $773,536

   • 5R01HL146442-08Department: NIH department code

     The role of ferroptosis in red cell aging in vivo and in vitro

     Principal investigators: Angelo D'alessandro (contact PI), Adam N. Goldfarb

     $773,536

     award amount

9. Ding Xue

   Leads 1 award · $686,091

   • 2R35GM118188-11Department: NIH department code

     Fundamental mechanisms of paternal mitochondrial elimination and physical exercise-assisted neuroprotection
     $686,091

     award amount

10. Corrella S Detweiler

    Leads 2 awards · $680,409

    • 5R01AI168916-04Department: NIH department code

      Infection-Dependent Vulnerabilities of Gram-negative Bacterial Pathogens
      $458,534

      award amount
    • 1R21AI202377-01Department: NIH department code

      Contributions of RND efflux pumps to bacterial virulence
      $221,875

      award amount

11. Elan Z Eisenmesser

    Leads 2 awards · $624,000

    • 5R01AI189606-02Department: NIH department code

      The Molecular Basis of Staphylococcus aureus SplB manipulation of the host
      $390,000

      award amount
    • 5R21AI190731-02Department: NIH department code

      Streptococcus pneumoniae HtrA and its target interactions
      $234,000

      award amount

12. Sabrina Leigh Spencer

    Leads 1 award · $569,005

    • 2T32GM142607-06Department: NIH department code

      Predoctoral Training Program in Signaling and Cellular Regulation

      Principal investigators: Sabrina Leigh Spencer (contact PI), Tin Tin Su

      $569,005

      award amount

13. Charles G Odorizzi

    Leads 2 awards · $528,895

    • 5R35GM149202-04Department: NIH department code

      Membrane trafficking to lysosomes
      $514,530

      award amount
    • 3R35GM149202-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Membrane trafficking to lysosomes
      $14,365

      award amount

14. Leslie Anne Leinwand

    Leads 1 award · $514,140

    • 5R01GM029090-44Department: NIH department code

      Myosin Gene Diversity and Function
      $514,140

      award amount

15. David L Bentley

    Leads 1 award · $505,188

    • 5R35GM144336-05Department: NIH department code

      Coupling of transcription elongation and termination with pre-mRNA processing
      $505,188

      award amount

16. Min Han

    Leads 1 award · $472,500

    • 2R35GM139631-06Department: NIH department code

      Novel Nutrient Functions and Sensing Mechanisms
      $472,500

      award amount

17. Catherine Anne Musselman

    Leads 1 award · $461,934

    • 5R35GM128705-09Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of histone signaling in a chromatin relevant context
      $461,934

      award amount

18. Tin Tin Su

    Leads 2 awards · $439,909

    • 5R35GM130374-08Department: NIH department code

      Cellular plasticity and regeneration afterradiation damage in Drosophila
      $430,375

      award amount
    • 3R35GM130374-08S1Department: NIH department code

      Cellular plasticity and regeneration after radiation damage in Drosophila
      $9,534

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM142607-06, led by Sabrina Leigh Spencer.

19. Srinivas Ramachandran

    Leads 1 award · $427,571

    • 5R35GM156411-02Department: NIH department code

      Maintenance of cellular memory during replication
      $427,571

      award amount

20. Jay R Hesselberth

    Leads 1 award · $423,812

    • 2R35GM119550-11Department: NIH department code

      Nanopore analysis of transfer RNA forms and functions
      $423,812

      award amount

21. Olivia Selfridge Rissland

    Leads 1 award · $409,392

    • 5R35GM128680-09Department: NIH department code

      Cytoplasmic mechanisms of gene regulation: intersections and coordination
      $409,392

      award amount

22. Aaron M. Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $401,587

    • 5R35GM144358-05Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of heterochromatin targeting and epigenetic genome regulation
      $401,587

      award amount

23. Soyeon Park

    Leads 1 award · $391,250

    • 5R35GM153336-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Chaperone-Mediated Control in the Assembly of the Proteasome
      $391,250

      award amount

24. Allison McClure

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 5R35GM156773-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication in mitosis
      $390,000

      award amount

25. Neelanjan Mukherjee

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM147025-05Department: NIH department code

      Temporal coordination of stimulus-induced gene expression by RNA-binding proteins
      $388,750

      award amount

26. Robin Deanne Dowell-Deen

    Leads 1 award · $383,561

    • 5T32GM144289-02Department: NIH department code

      Predoctoral Training Program in Biological Data Science (BDS)
      $383,561

      award amount

27. Nausica C. Arnoult

    Leads 1 award · $351,029

    • 5R01CA266100-05Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering the function of the APE2 nuclease during repair by alternative end-joining and its role in HR-deficient cells
      $351,029

      award amount

28. Andreas Hoenger

    Leads 1 award · $330,416

    • 3U24GM139174-06S2Department: NIH department code

      CU Boulder Center for Cryo-ET (CCET)

      Principal investigators: Andreas Hoenger (contact PI), Karolin Luger, Michael H. B. Stowell

      $330,416

      award amount

29. Lee A. Niswander

    Leads 1 award · $326,658

    • 5T34GM142601-04Department: NIH department code

      Bridges to the Baccalaureate Research Training Program at University of Colorado Boulder

      Principal investigators: Lee A. Niswander (contact PI), Cheryl Hoke, Deborah Craven, Erin A. Peden, Fan Yeung, Martha Caron, Stephanie Lynn Foster

      $326,658

      award amount

30. Beat Rolf Vogeli

    Leads 1 award · $255,100

    • 5R35GM156171-02Department: NIH department code

      Functional protein disorder in intracellular transport
      $255,100

      award amount

31. Mark Dombrovskiy

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00EY036123-03Department: NIH department code

      Molecular determinants of synaptic specificity underlying a visuomotor transformation
      $249,000

      award amount

32. John Janetzko

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00GM147609-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the molecular details of assembly, disassembly and trafficking of GPCR-arrestin complexes
      $248,999

      award amount

33. Abigael Cheruiyot Harvey

    Leads 1 award · $248,975

    • 4R00DK140526-03Department: NIH department code

      Pancreatic beta-cell glucose toxicity and mRNA translation
      $248,975

      award amount

34. Anneke D Kakebeen

    Leads 1 award · $140,400

    • 5K99HD116973-02Department: NIH department code

      Functions of Lipid Homeostasis During Neural Tube Closure
      $140,400

      award amount

35. Usman Hyder

    Leads 1 award · $97,709

    • 5K00CA264296-05Department: NIH department code

      Exploiting oncogenic chromatin regulators in cancer initiation and progression
      $97,709

      award amount

36. Deirdre Logsdon

    Leads 1 award · $79,300

    • 5F32HD116568-02Department: NIH department code

      Defining the link between trisomy 21 and placentation defects
      $79,300

      award amount

37. Waverly J Gebhardt

    Leads 1 award · $43,681

    • 1F31NS151476-01Department: NIH department code

      Illuminating the Puzzle of Zinc Signaling in Neurons: Defining the dynamics of synaptic zinc signaling.
      $43,681

      award amount

38. Joshua Yoshioka Fandel

    Leads 1 award · $43,652

    • 5F31HD118805-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the relationship between embryonic glucose homeostasis and neural tube closure
      $43,652

      award amount

39. Chelsea G Drown

    Leads 1 award · $43,614

    • 1F31NS145712-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering MeCP2 Molecular Interactions and Functions in Brain Development
      $43,614

      award amount

40. Dakota Hunt

    Leads 1 award · $43,527

    • 1F31HL184667-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of Sarcomere Functional Remodeling in the Postprandial Python Heart
      $43,527

      award amount

41. Ira Fleming

    Leads 1 award · $39,134

    • 5F30AI191533-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of type 1 interferon signaling on vaccine stability within lymphatic endothelial cells
      $39,134

      award amount

42. Katherine F Vaeth

    Leads 1 award · $39,052

    • 5F31GM155957-03Department: NIH department code

      High-throughput experimental and computational identification of RNA elements that regulate trafficking to midbodies
      $39,052

      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.

• Adam N. Goldfarb

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL146442-08, led by Angelo D'alessandro

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Virginia · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA301643-02, led by James V Degregori

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine · Anatomy & Cell Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (no department on record, 2 awards)

• Mercedes Rincon

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA301643-02, led by James V Degregori

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Holger A. Russ

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS122911-04, led by Jefferson Matthew Taliaferro

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Colorado (no department on record, 1 award)

• Daniel A Pollyea

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA292432-03, led by James V Degregori

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

• Karolin Luger

  Co-investigator on 3U24GM139174-06S2, led by Andreas Hoenger

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

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

• Michael H. B. Stowell

  Co-investigator on 3U24GM139174-06S2, led by Andreas Hoenger

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Cheryl Hoke

  Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-04, led by Lee A. Niswander

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

• Deborah Craven

  Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-04, led by Lee A. Niswander

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

• Erin A. Peden

  Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-04, led by Lee A. Niswander

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

• Fan Yeung

  Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-04, led by Lee A. Niswander

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

• Martha Caron

  Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-04, led by Lee A. Niswander

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

• Stephanie Lynn Foster

  Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-04, led by Lee A. Niswander

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