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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Funding
$9.6M
$9,640,042
Awards
21
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
21
16 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#37
of 136 · 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 Florida page.

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. Ramon C. Sun

    Leads 3 awards · $1,841,562

    • 5R01AG078702-06Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Glycan Code in Human Alzheimer's Disease Brain

      Principal investigators: Ramon C. Sun (contact PI), Peggi M Angel, Richard R. Drake, Sean Curtis Bendall

      $747,003
      award amount
    • 5R01CA288696-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Glycogen Metabolism in Ewing's Sarcoma: Diagnostic, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Applications

      Principal investigators: Ramon C. Sun (contact PI), Matthew S. Gentry

      $575,863
      award amount
    • 5R01CA266004-06Department: NIH department code
      Aberrant Glycogen in Lung Adenocarcinoma Tumorigenesis

      Principal investigators: Ramon C. Sun (contact PI), Matthew S. Gentry

      $518,696
      award amount

  2. Matthew S. Gentry

    Leads 2 awards · $1,476,372

    • 5R35NS116824-07Department: NIH department code
      Brain Glycogen-Metabolism,Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Potential
      $1,055,382
      award amount
    • 1R61NS146312-01Department: NIH department code
      Advanced Brain-Penetrant Enzyme Therapy to Treat Lafora Disease

      Principal investigators: Matthew S. Gentry (contact PI), Liqun Wang

      $420,990
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA288696-03, led by Ramon C. Sun; 5R01CA266004-06, led by Ramon C. Sun.

  3. Thomas J. Kodadek

    Leads 2 awards · $1,454,315

    • 5R01CA290247-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of Ubiquitin-Independent Degraders
      $826,413
      award amount
    • 5R35GM151875-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel platforms for the discovery of bioactive small molecules
      $627,902
      award amount

  4. Mingyi Xie

    Leads 2 awards · $915,595

    • 5R01CA282812-04Department: NIH department code
      Exploring microRNA degradation in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

      Principal investigators: Mingyi Xie (contact PI), Jonathan D. Licht

      $503,845
      award amount
    • 5R35GM128753-09Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms for regulating microRNA levels in metazoans
      $411,750
      award amount

  5. Donald G Phinney

    Leads 1 award · $799,190

    • 5R01HL144089-08Department: NIH department code
      A Clinical Indications Prediction (CLIP) Scale for Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
      $799,190
      award amount

  6. Ciaran Seath

    Leads 1 award · $483,000

    • 5R35GM150765-04Department: NIH department code
      Photoproximity labeling as a tool for epigenetic drug discovery
      $483,000
      award amount

  7. James M Burke

    Leads 1 award · $483,000

    • 5R35GM151249-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the OAS/RNase L pathway during pathogenic viral infections
      $483,000
      award amount

  8. Masayuki Wasa

    Leads 1 award · $483,000

    • 5R35GM128695-09Department: NIH department code
      Catalytic and Stereoselective C-C-Heteroatom Bond Forming Reactions
      $483,000
      award amount

  9. Artem Aleksandrovich Nemudryi

    Leads 1 award · $422,125

    • 1R35GM165302-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of Schlafen-mediated phage defense
      $422,125
      award amount

  10. Chen Zhao

    Leads 1 award · $410,601

    • 5R35GM160009-02Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms Underlying TRPM3 Regulation in the Cell Membrane
      $410,601
      award amount

  11. Robert McKenna

    Leads 1 award · $405,390

    • 5R01GM082946-16Department: NIH department code
      AAV capsids and their cellular interactions
      $405,390
      award amount

  12. Antonette D Bennett

    Leads 1 award · $230,250

    • 1R21AI202370-01Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Biophysical Characterization of AAV Genome Packaging and Ejection for Enhanced Vector Design
      $230,250
      award amount

  13. Kaylie Allyson Padgett-Pagliai

    Leads 1 award · $114,100

    • 1K99GM164667-01Department: NIH department code
      Functional Dynamics of Rad3/XPD-Family Helicases
      $114,100
      award amount

  14. Jon F Zachary

    Leads 1 award · $47,314

    • 1F31AI191797-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Structural and Mechanistic Understanding of Antibody Inhibition of AAV2 Gene Therapy
      $47,314
      award amount

  15. James M Watkins

    Leads 1 award · $37,114

    • 1F31AI200225-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding RNase L Deactivation and Promotion of Cellular Immunity.
      $37,114
      award amount

  16. Skyler Briggs

    Leads 1 award · $37,114

    • 1F31AI200262-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the antiviral mechanisms of OAS family innate immune sensors.
      $37,114
      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.