Genetics at University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

Leads a grant in this department

31 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. Job Dekker

   Leads 2 awards · $2,941,642

   • 5UM1HG011536-05Department: NIH department code

     Center for 3D Structure and Physics of the Genome

     Principal investigators: Job Dekker (contact PI), Leonid A Mirny

     $2,209,868

     award amount
   • 5R01HG003143-19Department: NIH department code

     Structural Annotation of the Human Genome
     $731,774

     award amount

2. Anastasia Khvorova

   Leads 2 awards · $2,064,914

   • 1S10OD036329-01Department: NIH department code

     High-throughput Oligonucleotide Production System
     $1,397,364

     award amount
   • 5R01NS104022-07Department: NIH department code

     Expanding the Chemical Diversity of Therapeutic Oligonucleotides
     $667,550

     award amount

3. A. J. Marian Walhout

   Leads 2 awards · $1,527,237

   • 5R35GM122502-08Department: NIH department code

     Gene regulatory and metabolic network structure, function and evolution
     $843,915

     award amount
   • 2R01DK068429-18A1Department: NIH department code

     C. elegans models of metabolism in health and disease
     $683,322

     award amount

4. Andrei Korostelev

   Leads 2 awards · $867,562

   • 5R35GM127094-07Department: NIH department code

     Translational Control: Discovery and Mechanisms
     $645,311

     award amount
   • 3R35GM127094-07S1Department: NIH department code

     Translational Control: Discovery and Mechanisms
     $222,251

     award amount

5. Michael Jungho Lee

   Leads 2 awards · $849,434

   • 1R21CA294000-01Department: NIH department code

     Characterization of drug mechanisms of lethality in vivo
     $430,684

     award amount
   • 1R35GM152194-01Department: NIH department code

     Systems and Network-level Regulation of Cell Death
     $418,750

     award amount

6. Phillip D Zamore

   Leads 2 awards · $756,771

   • 5R35GM136275-05Department: NIH department code

     Understanding the Evolution, Biology, and Molecular Mechanism of Argonaute Proteins
     $509,771

     award amount
   • 3R35GM136275-05S1Department: NIH department code

     Understanding the Evolution, Biology, and Molecular Mechanism of Argonaute
     $247,000

     award amount

7. Athma A Pai

   Leads 1 award · $740,345

   • 5R01HG012967-02Department: NIH department code

     A kinetic framework to map the genetic determinants of alternative RNA isoform expression

     Principal investigators: Athma A Pai (contact PI), Barbara Engelhardt

     $740,345

     award amount

8. Elizabeth Anne Shank

   Leads 3 awards · $709,997

   • 5R35GM145261-03Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the molecules and mechanisms of bacterial cell-cell interactions
     $418,750

     award amount
   • 3R35GM145261-03S2Department: NIH department code

     DEIA Mentorship Supplement R35GM145261
     $216,731

     award amount
   • 3R35GM145261-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Investigating the molecules and mechanisms of bacterial cell-cell interactions
     $74,516

     award amount

9. Heather L Gray-Edwards

   Leads 1 award · $679,207

   • 1R01NS139268-01Department: NIH department code

     AAV Gene Therapy for Sialidosis: from Mice to IND
     $679,207

     award amount

10. Jonathan K Watts

    Leads 1 award · $665,737

    • 2R01NS111990-06Department: NIH department code

      Multi-Targeting Oligonucleotide Therapeutics for Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

      Principal investigators: Jonathan K Watts (contact PI), Robert H Brown

      $665,737

      award amount

11. Wen Xue

    Leads 1 award · $594,327

    • 5R01CA275945-02Department: NIH department code

      In vivo prime editing for precision cancer mouse models
      $594,327

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01GM150273-02, led by Erik J. Sontheimer.

12. Erik J. Sontheimer

    Leads 1 award · $583,738

    • 5R01GM150273-02Department: NIH department code

      Advanced Delivery Platforms for Base Editing In Vivo

      Principal investigators: Erik J. Sontheimer (contact PI), Wen Xue

      $583,738

      award amount

13. Craig C Mello

    Leads 3 awards · $567,406

    • 5R37GM058800-26Department: NIH department code

      RNA Mediated Genetic Interference in C. elegans
      $368,500

      award amount
    • 1R35GM153442-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigation of RNA interference and related gene regulatory mechanisms
      $115,156

      award amount
    • 3R37GM058800-26S1Department: NIH department code

      RNA Mediated Genetic Interference in C. elegans
      $83,750

      award amount

14. Amir Mitchell

    Leads 1 award · $534,489

    • 5R01AI170722-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms underlying bacterial sensitivity to host-targeted drugs
      $534,489

      award amount

15. Wenwen Fang

    Leads 2 awards · $514,860

    • 5R35GM150953-02Department: NIH department code

      Understanding double-stranded RNA recognition in human cells
      $418,750

      award amount
    • 3R35GM150953-02S1Department: NIH department code

      Understanding double-stranded RNA recognition in human cells
      $96,110

      award amount

16. Jae-Hyuck Shim

    Leads 1 award · $509,531

    • 5R01AR078230-03Department: NIH department code

      Novel approaches to promote healing of bone loss in inflammatory arthritis

      Principal investigators: Jae-Hyuck Shim (contact PI), Ellen M Gravallese

      $509,531

      award amount

17. Hyun Youk

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 5R35GM147508-03Department: NIH department code

      Dynamics in Eukaryotic Dormancy: Gene Expression and Aging
      $418,750

      award amount

18. Li Li

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 1R35GM155169-01Department: NIH department code

      IRES-mediated translation: mechanisms and applications in mRNA therapeutics
      $418,750

      award amount

19. Qinglan Ling

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HD109359-03Department: NIH department code

      First murine animal model and adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based gene therapy for MTATP6 mitochondrial diseases
      $249,000

      award amount

20. Cynthia N Fuhrmann

    Leads 1 award · $246,403

    • 5R25GM139076-05Department: NIH department code

      Catalyzing the Spread of Evidence-Based Practices in Biomedical Research Training
      $246,403

      award amount

21. Qi Tang

    Leads 1 award · $113,215

    • 5K99AR082987-02Department: NIH department code

      Developing a programmable siRNA-based therapeutic platform for gene silencing in the skin
      $113,215

      award amount

22. Nicholas Gaston

    Leads 1 award · $33,806

    • 1F31HL176178-01Department: NIH department code

      A single prime editing strategy for correcting diverse mutations responsible for RBM20-associated dilated cardiomyopathy
      $33,806

      award amount

23. Jenny Gao

    Leads 1 award · $33,780

    • 1F30HL176024-01Department: NIH department code

      Developing a novel adenine base editor tool for in vivo alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency gene correction.
      $33,780

      award amount

24. Johan Girgenrath

    Leads 1 award · $33,780

    • 5F31HD113307-02Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the role of Sumo in piRNA-mediated germline heterochromatin maintenance in C.elegans
      $33,780

      award amount

25. Sarah Jane Allen

    Leads 1 award · $33,780

    • 1F31NS137681-01Department: NIH department code

      Examining the Role of a Pathogenic HTT Isoform, HTT1a, in Somatic Expansion and RNA Aggregation in Huntington's Disease
      $33,780

      award amount

26. Carolyn Kraus

    Leads 1 award · $33,758

    • 5F31AR082678-02Department: NIH department code

      Muscle-Specific CRISPR/Cas9 Exon Skipping for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapeutics
      $33,758

      award amount

27. Jillian Belgrad

    Leads 1 award · $33,758

    • 5F31NS132424-02Department: NIH department code

      Modulation of Somatic Repeat Expansion as a Therapeutic Approach to Huntington's Disease
      $33,758

      award amount

28. Nicholas Wade Harper

    Leads 1 award · $33,758

    • 5F31CA284879-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism of cell lethality following loss of gene expression.
      $33,758

      award amount

29. David G. Keener

    Leads 1 award · $33,740

    • 5F31NS127555-02Department: NIH department code

      Establishing and Optimizing a Prime Editing Method in Neurons for Treatment of Rett Syndrome
      $33,740

      award amount

30. Julianna E Buchwald

    Leads 1 award · $33,740

    • 5F30DK131853-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating siRNA-mediated inhibition of ischemia-reperfusion injury during the liver transplantation process
      $33,740

      award amount

31. Samuel Hildebrand

    Leads 1 award · $26,672

    • 5F31NS122493-03Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Nucleotide Modification Patterns on Therapeutic Small Interfering RNA Activity in the Central Nervous System
      $26,672

      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.

• Leonid A Mirny

  Co-investigator on 5UM1HG011536-05, led by Job Dekker

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

• Barbara Engelhardt

  Co-investigator on 5R01HG012967-02, led by Athma A Pai

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • J. David Gladstone Institutes (no department on record, 1 award)

• Robert H Brown

  Co-investigator on 2R01NS111990-06, led by Jonathan K Watts

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

• Ellen M Gravallese

  Co-investigator on 5R01AR078230-03, led by Jae-Hyuck Shim

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