Skip to main content

FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

Funding
$22.8M
$22,815,574
Awards
58
FY2025 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
56
44 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#5
of 135 · Ranking
  • NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
  • These are the awards in the Biochemistry row of the University of Colorado page.

Leads a grant in this department

44 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 · $1,810,043

    • 5DP1AI175471-04Department: NIH department code
      Breaking the Barrier to an HIV Vaccine
      $1,095,500
      award amount
    • 5R01OD034046-04Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing Host-Virus Interactions in a New HIV Model Organism
      $714,543
      award amount
  2. James V Degregori

    Leads 2 awards · $1,059,641

    • 1R01CA301643-01Department: 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

      $672,011
      award amount
    • 5R01CA292432-02Department: 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
  3. Andreas Hoenger

    Leads 3 awards · $1,035,196

  4. Rui Zhao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,020,573

    • 5R35GM145289-04Department: NIH department code
      The molecular mechanism of pre-mRNA splicing
      $825,573
      award amount
    • 1R21NS142950-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding small molecule modulation of splicing for Huntington's disease therapy
      $195,000
      award amount
  5. Jefferson Matthew Taliaferro

    Leads 2 awards · $993,882

    • 5R01NS122911-03Department: 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
    • 5R35GM133385-07Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the regulatory language of RNA localization
      $414,630
      award amount
  6. Bradley B Olwin

    Leads 2 awards · $978,814

    • 5R01AR070360-09Department: NIH department code
      Replicative Potential of Muscle Stem Cells
      $492,082
      award amount
    • 5R01AR049446-18Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms Regulating Muscle Stem Cell Homeostasis
      $486,732
      award amount
  7. Sujatha Jagannathan

    Leads 2 awards · $923,518

    • 5R01AR083381-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of DUX4-induced misregulation of RNA processing and quality control
      $506,341
      award amount
    • 2R35GM133433-06Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the variability in nonsense-mediated RNA decay
      $417,177
      award amount
  8. Justin Brumbaugh

    Leads 2 awards · $815,375

    • 1R21HD118444-01Department: NIH department code
      Defining the association between trisomy 21 and placentation defects
      $430,375
      award amount
    • 5R35GM142884-05Department: NIH department code
      DEFINING REGULATORY ROLES FOR HISTONE H3 METHYLATION IN DEVELOPMENT
      $385,000
      award amount
  9. Angelo D'alessandro

    Leads 1 award · $789,323

    • 5R01HL146442-07Department: 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

      $789,323
      award amount
  10. Jingshi Shen

    Leads 2 awards · $766,097

    • 5R35GM126960-07Department: NIH department code
      Discovering protein networks underlying regulated exocytosis
      $391,250
      award amount
    • 5DP1DK139964-02Department: NIH department code
      Extracellular vesicle-dependent RNA signaling in metabolism
      $374,847
      award amount
  11. James D Orth

    Leads 1 award · $738,752

    • 1S10OD038323-01Department: NIH department code
      A High-performance Shared Resource Super-resolution Spinning Disk Microscope
      $738,752
      award amount
  12. Nausica C. Arnoult

    Leads 2 awards · $736,183

    • 5R35GM143108-05Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the role of heterochromatin in telomere function and maintenance mechanisms
      $385,000
      award amount
    • 5R01CA266100-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the function of the APE2 nuclease during repair by alternative end-joining and its role in HR-deficient cells
      $351,183
      award amount
  13. Hongjin Zheng

    Leads 1 award · $611,498

    • 5R01HL168686-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic studies of human transporter Sialin
      $611,498
      award amount
  14. Charles G Odorizzi

    Leads 2 awards · $601,201

    • 5R35GM149202-03Department: NIH department code
      Membrane trafficking to lysosomes
      $515,004
      award amount
    • 3R35GM149202-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Membrane trafficking to lysosomes
      $86,197
      award amount
  15. Corrella S Detweiler

    Leads 2 awards · $590,687

    • 5R01AI168916-03Department: NIH department code
      Infection-Dependent Vulnerabilities of Gram-negative Bacterial Pathogens
      $458,534
      award amount
    • 3R01AI168916-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Infection-Dependent Vulnerabilities of Gram-negative Bacterial Pathogens
      $132,153
      award amount
  16. Elan Z Eisenmesser

    Leads 2 awards · $579,150

    • 1R01AI189606-01Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of Staphylococcus aureus SplB manipulation of the host
      $390,000
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190731-01Department: NIH department code
      Streptococcus pneumoniae HtrA and its target interactions
      $189,150
      award amount
  17. Ding Xue

    Leads 1 award · $552,244

    • 5R35GM118188-10Department: NIH department code
      Fundamental mechanisms of paternal mitochondrial eliminationand radiation-induced bystander effects
      $552,244
      award amount
  18. Leslie Anne Leinwand

    Leads 1 award · $515,855

    • 5R01GM029090-43Department: NIH department code
      Myosin Gene Diversity and Function
      $515,855
      award amount
  19. David L Bentley

    Leads 1 award · $505,188

    • 5R35GM144336-04Department: NIH department code
      Coupling of transcription elongation and termination with pre-mRNA processing
      $505,188
      award amount
  20. Julia Promisel Cooper

    Leads 1 award · $500,187

    • 5R01GM145820-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining the mechanisms and consequences of noncanonical telomere functions
      $500,187
      award amount
  21. Francisco J Asturias

    Leads 1 award · $486,902

    • 5R01GM067167-21Department: NIH department code
      Structural studies of eukaryotic transcription
      $486,902
      award amount
  22. Catherine Anne Musselman

    Leads 1 award · $461,934

    • 5R35GM128705-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of histone signaling in a chromatin relevant context
      $461,934
      award amount
  23. Tin Tin Su

    Leads 1 award · $430,375

    • 5R35GM130374-07Department: NIH department code
      Cellular plasticity and regeneration afterradiation damage in Drosophila
      $430,375
      award amount
  24. Srinivas Ramachandran

    Leads 1 award · $427,571

    • 1R35GM156411-01Department: NIH department code
      Maintenance of cellular memory during replication
      $427,571
      award amount
  25. Olivia Selfridge Rissland

    Leads 1 award · $409,392

    • 5R35GM128680-08Department: NIH department code
      Cytoplasmic mechanisms of gene regulation: intersections and coordination
      $409,392
      award amount
  26. Aaron M. Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $401,587

    • 5R35GM144358-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of heterochromatin targeting and epigenetic genome regulation
      $401,587
      award amount
  27. Soyeon Park

    Leads 1 award · $391,250

    • 5R35GM153336-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Chaperone-Mediated Control in the Assembly of the Proteasome
      $391,250
      award amount
  28. Allison McClure

    Leads 1 award · $390,000

    • 1R35GM156773-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication in mitosis
      $390,000
      award amount
  29. Neelanjan Mukherjee

    Leads 1 award · $388,750

    • 5R35GM147025-04Department: NIH department code
      Temporal coordination of stimulus-induced gene expression by RNA-binding proteins
      $388,750
      award amount
  30. Min Han

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM139631-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel Nutrient Functions and Sensing Mechanisms
      $385,000
      award amount
  31. Jay R Hesselberth

    Leads 1 award · $377,446

    • 5R35GM119550-10Department: NIH department code
      Biology of RNA damage and repair
      $377,446
      award amount
  32. Lee A. Niswander

    Leads 1 award · $324,262

  33. Beat Rolf Vogeli

    Leads 1 award · $275,100

    • 1R35GM156171-01Department: NIH department code
      Functional protein disorder in intracellular transport
      $275,100
      award amount
  34. John Janetzko

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00GM147609-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the molecular details of assembly, disassembly and trafficking of GPCR-arrestin complexes
      $249,000
      award amount
  35. Joe Nassour

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00CA252447-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of autophagy in the escape from replicative crisis and tumorigenesis
      $248,999
      award amount
  36. Ning Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $248,999

    • 5R00GM141453-05Department: NIH department code
      Imaging cotranslational protein folding with high spatiotemporal resolution in living cells
      $248,999
      award amount
  37. Robin Deanne Dowell-Deen

    Leads 1 award · $238,865

    • 1T32GM144289-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Predoctoral Training Program in Biological Data Science (BDS)
      $238,865
      award amount
  38. Michael H. B. Stowell

    Leads 1 award · $160,313

    • 5R21GM154148-02Department: NIH department code
      Shapeshifting Cyclic Peptides as Single Molecule Polypharmacological Drugs
      $160,313
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U24GM139174-06, led by Andreas Hoenger; 3U24GM139174-06S1, led by Andreas Hoenger; 3U24GM139174-05S2, led by Andreas Hoenger.

  39. Anneke D Kakebeen

    Leads 1 award · $140,400

    • 1K99HD116973-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Functions of Lipid Homeostasis During Neural Tube Closure
      $140,400
      award amount
  40. Usman Hyder

    Leads 1 award · $97,709

    • 7K00CA264296-04Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting oncogenic chromatin regulators in cancer initiation and progression
      $97,709
      award amount
  41. Joshua Yoshioka Fandel

    Leads 1 award · $42,798

    • 1F31HD118805-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the relationship between embryonic glucose homeostasis and neural tube closure
      $42,798
      award amount
  42. Ira Fleming

    Leads 1 award · $38,558

    • 1F30AI191533-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of type 1 interferon signaling on vaccine stability within lymphatic endothelial cells
      $38,558
      award amount
  43. Elizabeth Spear

    Leads 1 award · $38,481

    • 5F31AI176728-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Formation and Function of Subgenomic Flavivirus RNAs During Flavivirus Infection of the Mosquito Vector
      $38,481
      award amount
  44. Katherine F Vaeth

    Leads 1 award · $38,476

    • 5F31GM155957-02Department: NIH department code
      High-throughput experimental and computational identification of RNA elements that regulate trafficking to midbodies
      $38,476
      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.

  • Karolin Luger

    Co-investigator on 5U24GM139174-06, led by Andreas Hoenger; 3U24GM139174-06S1, led by Andreas Hoenger; 3U24GM139174-05S2, led by Andreas Hoenger

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Adam N. Goldfarb

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL146442-07, led by Angelo D'alessandro

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Julio A. Aguirre-Ghiso

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA301643-01, led by James V Degregori

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Mercedes Rincon

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA301643-01, led by James V Degregori

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Holger A. Russ

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS122911-03, led by Jefferson Matthew Taliaferro

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Daniel A Pollyea

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA292432-02, led by James V Degregori

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

  • Cheryl Hoke

    Co-investigator on 5T34GM142601-03, 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 5T34GM142601-03, 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 5T34GM142601-03, 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 5T34GM142601-03, 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 5T34GM142601-03, 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 5T34GM142601-03, led by Lee A. Niswander

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