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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Worcester, MA

Funding
$38.6M
$38,592,142
Awards
75
FY2024 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
59
47 lead a grant here, 12 co-investigators
Department rank
#2
of 90 · 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester page.

Leads a grant in this department

47 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. Katherine F. Luzuriaga

    Leads 1 award · $5,145,053

    • 5UL1TR001453-09Department: NIH department code
      University of Massachusetts Center for Clinical and Translational Science
      $5,145,053
      award amount

  2. Nathan D Lawson

    Leads 2 awards · $1,748,464

    • 1R35HL171534-01Department: NIH department code
      Developmental origins of pericyte heterogeneity
      $1,172,500
      award amount
    • 1R01HD114312-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of Rasa1 in embryonic development
      $575,964
      award amount

  3. Jeremy Luban

    Leads 2 awards · $1,656,786

    • 4R37AI147868-06Department: NIH department code
      The HUSH complex in HIV-1 latency
      $837,467
      award amount
    • 5R01AI148784-05Department: NIH department code
      Insight into the Ebola virus glycoprotein fusion mechanism gleaned from the 2013-2016 epidemic GP-A82V variant
      $819,319
      award amount

  4. William Alexander Flavahan

    Leads 1 award · $1,507,500

    • 1DP2GM159179-01Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the capabilities of third-generation sequencing for multi-dimensional genome and transcriptome analysis.
      $1,507,500
      award amount

  5. Brian C Lewis

    Leads 4 awards · $1,464,676

    • 5R01CA258712-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting MTOR signaling in pancreatic cancer
      $556,470
      award amount
    • 5R25GM121220-07Department: NIH department code
      Pathway to graduate study post-baccalaureate training program

      Principal investigators: Brian C Lewis (contact PI), Kate L Lapane

      $407,161
      award amount
    • 5T32GM135751-05Department: NIH department code
      IMSD at the University of Massachusetts Medical School

      Principal investigators: Brian C Lewis (contact PI), Kate L Lapane

      $335,743
      award amount
    • 2R25HL092610-16Department: NIH department code
      UMass Chan Medical School Summer Undergraduate Research Program

      Principal investigators: Brian C Lewis (contact PI), Pranoti Mandrekar

      $165,302
      award amount

  6. Thomas G Fazzio

    Leads 3 awards · $1,406,791

    • 5R01HD104971-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of the gene regulatory network governing the first cell fate decision in mammalian embryonic development

      Principal investigators: Thomas G Fazzio (contact PI), Juan Ignacio Fuxman Bass

      $510,739
      award amount
    • 5R01HD072122-13Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic control of developmental gene regulation
      $477,302
      award amount
    • 5UG3NS132136-02Department: NIH department code
      varCUT&Tag: A Method for Simultaneous Identification and Characterization of Sequence Variants in Regulatory Elements and Genes

      Principal investigators: Thomas G Fazzio (contact PI), Manuel Garber

      $418,750
      award amount

  7. Michelle Alice Kelliher

    Leads 4 awards · $1,340,326

    • 5R01AI075118-15Department: NIH department code
      Rip Proteins in Innate Immune Signaling
      $502,500
      award amount
    • 5R01CA271613-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of EZH2 as a Driver and Therapeutic Target of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

      Principal investigators: Michelle Alice Kelliher (contact PI), Narendra Wajapeyee

      $438,898
      award amount
    • 5R01CA096899-18Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism(s) of TAL1- and NOTCH1-mediated Leukemogenesis
      $377,922
      award amount
    • 3R01AI075118-15S1Department: NIH department code
      Rip Proteins in Innate Immune Signaling
      $21,006
      award amount

  8. Heinrich Gottlinger

    Leads 2 awards · $1,269,238

    • 1R01AI184042-01Department: NIH department code
      Ectodomain shedding and HIV replication
      $736,427
      award amount
    • 5R01AI147869-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of cell polarity regulators in HIV spreading
      $532,811
      award amount

  9. Paul D. Kaufman

    Leads 3 awards · $1,231,499

    • 5U01CA260699-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of the nucleolus in human genome organization in normal and disease states

      Principal investigators: Paul D. Kaufman (contact PI), Daniel Richard Foltz, Sui Huang

      $631,011
      award amount
    • 1R35GM152201-01Department: NIH department code
      Cell Biology of Mammalian Nuclei
      $418,750
      award amount
    • 3U01CA260699-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Pipelines for Multiplexed FISH Chromatin Tracing data deposition, quality control, and sharing through the 4DN-Data Portal

      Principal investigators: Paul D. Kaufman (contact PI), Daniel Richard Foltz, Sui Huang

      $181,738
      award amount

  10. Silvia Corvera

    Leads 2 awards · $1,183,906

    • 5R01DK137403-02Department: NIH department code
      Human adipose tissue in control of sympathetic tone and metabolic rate
      $696,393
      award amount
    • 5R01DK089101-13Department: NIH department code
      Adipose Tissue Angiogenesis and Metabolic Disease
      $487,513
      award amount

  11. Jason K Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $1,178,316

    • 1R01AG085308-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role of Peripheral Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in Alzheimer’s Disease
      $720,621
      award amount
    • 5R01DK133772-02Department: NIH department code
      Role of Interferon-Gamma / Interleukin-12 Axis in Metabolic Liver Disease
      $457,695
      award amount

  12. Eric H Baehrecke

    Leads 2 awards · $1,103,560

    • 2R35GM131689-06Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of autophagy during animal development
      $684,810
      award amount
    • 5R01AG082740-02Department: NIH department code
      VPS13D, organelle contact, and cellular stress in models of disease
      $418,750
      award amount

  13. Merav Socolovsky

    Leads 2 awards · $1,052,524

    • 5R01DK130498-04Department: NIH department code
      The DNA damage response of fast-cycling erythroblasts

      Principal investigators: Merav Socolovsky (contact PI), Ralph Scully

      $557,921
      award amount
    • 5R01DK136321-02Department: NIH department code
      EpoR & Stat5 regulation of ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis in erythropoiesis
      $494,603
      award amount

  14. Amy Karol Walker

    Leads 2 awards · $1,044,116

    • 5R01AG053355-07Department: NIH department code
      Role of methylation-dependent pathways in aging and stress
      $613,602
      award amount
    • 5R01AG068670-04Department: NIH department code
      Dual transcriptional programs coordinate lipogenic and membrane stress responsive programs in C. elegans
      $430,514
      award amount

  15. Joel D Richter

    Leads 3 awards · $1,037,871

    • 5R35GM149216-02Department: NIH department code
      RNA Control of Neural Function
      $542,080
      award amount
    • 5R01NS132935-02Department: NIH department code
      Therapeutic Potential of Rescued FMR1 Mis-Splicing in Fragile X Syndrome
      $406,188
      award amount
    • 3R35GM149216-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Acquisition of a Luminex Multiplex Platform
      $89,603
      award amount

  16. Craig L Peterson

    Leads 1 award · $972,930

    • 5R35GM122519-08Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of chromatin dynamics
      $972,930
      award amount

  17. Raffi V Aroian

    Leads 2 awards · $922,272

    • 2R01AI056189-20A1Department: NIH department code
      B. thuringiensis crystal proteins as powerful next-generation anthelmintics
      $719,185
      award amount
    • 5R01AI150866-05Department: NIH department code
      Automated high throughput compound screening for broadly active anti-parasitic nematode drugs
      $203,087
      award amount

  18. Sharon B Cantor

    Leads 2 awards · $905,715

    • 5R01CA247232-05Department: NIH department code
      Targeting replication stress avoidance in cancer
      $462,089
      award amount
    • 5R01CA254037-04Department: NIH department code
      Defining BRCA replication dysfunction in therapy response
      $443,626
      award amount

  19. Michael Allen Brehm

    Leads 1 award · $881,450

  20. Arthur M Mercurio

    Leads 2 awards · $876,581

    • 1R01CA285607-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Therapy of Radiation Resistance in Breast Cancer
      $512,582
      award amount
    • 5R01CA276863-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
      $363,999
      award amount

  21. Andreas Bergmann

    Leads 1 award · $721,156

    • 5R35GM118330-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and consequences of programmed cell death (apoptosis) and compensatory proliferation in Drosophila
      $721,156
      award amount

  22. Junhao Mao

    Leads 2 awards · $715,987

    • 5R01DK127180-05Department: NIH department code
      Dependence for TEAD transcription factors in intestinal development and polyposis
      $362,016
      award amount
    • 5R01DK127207-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of YAP/TAZ crosstalk with Wnt signaling
      $353,971
      award amount

  23. Dohoon Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $712,761

    • 5R01CA269711-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting the detoxification function of the enzyme KDSR for cancer therapy
      $369,386
      award amount
    • 5R01GM148832-02Department: NIH department code
      Selenoprotein-independent biological roles for selenium in selenium deficiency and excess
      $343,375
      award amount

  24. Jennifer A Benanti

    Leads 1 award · $689,745

    • 5R35GM136280-05Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Cycle Control
      $689,745
      award amount

  25. Michael P Czech

    Leads 1 award · $623,634

    • 5R01DK130852-04Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR-enhanced adipocyte browning to improve glucose tolerance in obesity and diabetes
      $623,634
      award amount

  26. Ingolf M Bach

    Leads 2 awards · $604,684

    • 5R35GM145263-03Department: NIH department code
      Transgenerational epigenetic regulation by Rlim
      $418,750
      award amount
    • 3R35GM145263-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Microscope
      $185,934
      award amount

  27. William Edward Theurkauf

    Leads 1 award · $592,794

    • 5R01HD049116-20Department: NIH department code
      piRNA biogenesis and function in germline development
      $592,794
      award amount

  28. Roger J. Davis

    Leads 1 award · $557,977

    • 5R01DK112698-07Department: NIH department code
      Adipose Tissue Metabolic Stress Responses
      $557,977
      award amount

  29. Richard I. Gregory

    Leads 1 award · $555,410

    • 7R35CA232115-07Department: NIH department code
      Role of the Epitranscriptome in Cancer
      $555,410
      award amount

  30. Leslie M Shaw

    Leads 1 award · $533,806

    • 1R01CA290778-01A1Department: NIH department code
      IRS2 and mitotic regulation in breast cancer
      $533,806
      award amount

  31. David A Guertin

    Leads 1 award · $521,288

    • 5R01DK127175-04Department: NIH department code
      Quantitative and functional analysis of brown fat nutrient fluxes in vivo and its role in organ metabolite exchange
      $521,288
      award amount

  32. Paul Lieberman Greer

    Leads 1 award · $498,748

    • 1R56AG089801-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidation of the mechanisms by which Ms4a genes regulate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s Disease and related disorders
      $498,748
      award amount

  33. Yong-Xu Wang

    Leads 1 award · $469,235

    • 1R01DK140159-01Department: NIH department code
      Resolution of nonalcoholic fatty liver and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by a novel adipokine
      $469,235
      award amount

  34. Gregory J Pazour

    Leads 1 award · $453,484

    • 5R01GM060992-23Department: NIH department code
      Intraflagellar Transport Proteins in Mice
      $453,484
      award amount

  35. Cole M Haynes

    Leads 1 award · $446,523

    • 5R37AG047182-10Department: NIH department code
      Coordinated Repair and Regeneration of Defective Mitochondria
      $446,523
      award amount

  36. Kuang Shen

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM146824-03Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and temporal regulation of nutrient sensing
      $418,750
      award amount

  37. Y. Tony Ip

    Leads 1 award · $391,725

    • 5R01DK083450-13Department: NIH department code
      Conserved mechanisms in epithelial niche regulation of intestinal stem cells
      $391,725
      award amount

  38. Marcus A. Ruscetti

    Leads 1 award · $383,156

    • 1R37CA282805-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering the heterogenous role of senescence in prostate immune suppression and tumorigenesis
      $383,156
      award amount

  39. Heidi A Tissenbaum

    Leads 3 awards · $354,583

    • 5R21AG084042-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting connections between diet, the microbiome and Alzheimers disease
      $209,375
      award amount
    • 3R21AG084042-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting connections between diet, the microbiome and Alzheimers disease
      $122,066
      award amount
    • 3R21AG084042-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting connections between diet, the microbiome and Alzheimers disease
      $23,142
      award amount

  40. Craig Joseph Ceol

    Leads 1 award · $114,906

    • 5R01AR081355-02Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and molecular regulators of melanocyte regeneration
      $114,906
      award amount

  41. Jenna Whalen

    Leads 1 award · $76,756

    • 5F32CA268524-02Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the BRCA2 replication gap suppression domain to uncover themolecular mechanism of chemotherapy response
      $76,756
      award amount

  42. Sookyung Kim

    Leads 1 award · $54,344

    • 5F30AG077833-03Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by the Integrated Stress Response (ISR)
      $54,344
      award amount

  43. Kevin O'Connor

    Leads 1 award · $50,649

    • 5F30CA257270-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting dormant leukemia-initiating cells in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
      $50,649
      award amount

  44. Abigail Jean Hiller

    Leads 1 award · $36,080

    • 5F31NS134324-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of MS4As in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
      $36,080
      award amount

  45. Ayush Kumar

    Leads 1 award · $33,758

    • 5F30CA275327-02Department: NIH department code
      VEGF/Neuropilin-2 Signaling and Radioresistance in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
      $33,758
      award amount

  46. Lucas John Restrepo

    Leads 1 award · $33,758

    • 1F31NS134242-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identification of a Putative Mitochondrial Solute Carrier that Regulates Mitophagy
      $33,758
      award amount

  47. John Anthony Haley

    Leads 1 award · $16,871

    • 5F31DK129018-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of hepatic mTORC2 as a key regulator of carbohydrate metabolism in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
      $16,871
      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.