Anatomy & Cell Biology at University of Massachusetts Medical School

Leads a grant in this department

55 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. Luban, Jeremy

   Leads 3 awards · $2,329,795

   • 5R01AI117839-02Department: NIH department code

     Next generation hybrid nucleases for precise excision of latent HIV-1 provirus
     $914,295

     award amount
   • 4DP1DA034990-05Department: NIH department code

     Human Genes that Influence HIV-1 Replication, Pathogenesis, and Immunity in IVDUs
     $829,125

     award amount
   • 5R01AI111809-03Department: NIH department code

     Boosting cell-intrinsic innate immune recognition of HIV-1 by dendritic cells
     $586,375

     award amount

2. Garber, Manuel

   Leads 2 awards · $2,221,687

   • 5U01HG007910-02Department: NIH department code

     Rules of gene expression modeled on human dendritic cell response to pathogens
     $2,012,312

     award amount
   • 5R21AI119885-02Department: NIH department code

     Functionally dissecting the transcriptional regulatory network of the innate immune response using CRISPR-effectors
     $209,375

     award amount

3. Richter, Joel D

   Leads 2 awards · $2,208,033

   • 5U54HD082013-03Department: NIH department code

     Rescuing the Fragile X Syndrome by Resetting Translational Homeostasis
     $1,841,627

     award amount
   • 4R01NS079415-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Translation in the CNS
     $366,406

     award amount

4. Theurkauf, William Edward

   Leads 2 awards · $1,764,358

   • 5P01HD078253-02Department: NIH department code

     Small Silencing RNA Function in Genome Maintenance and Gamete Development
     $1,257,251

     award amount
   • 5R01HD049116-12Department: NIH department code

     piRNA Biogenesis and Function in Germline Development
     $507,107

     award amount

5. Luzuriaga, Katherine F

   Leads 1 award · $1,716,544

   • 4P01AI049320-15Department: NIH department code

     Evolution & Maintenance of Memory CD8 T Cells
     $1,716,544

     award amount

6. Gottlinger, Heinrich

   Leads 3 awards · $1,634,154

   • 5DP1DA038034-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanism of HIV Cell-Cell Transmission of Relevance to Substance Users
     $829,125

     award amount
   • 1R01AI127263-01Department: NIH department code

     SERINCs and Nef Function
     $431,431

     award amount
   • 5R01AI029873-28Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Biology of HIV-Gag Proteins
     $373,598

     award amount

7. Mercurio, Arthur M

   Leads 4 awards · $1,383,589

   • 1R01CA203439-01Department: NIH department code

     Integrin splicing and cancer stem cell fate
     $383,156

     award amount
   • 4R01CA159856-05Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Carcinoma Differentiation and Invasion
     $347,563

     award amount
   • 4R01CA168464-05Department: NIH department code

     VEGF Signaling in Mammary Tumorigenesis
     $347,563

     award amount
   • 5T32CA130807-08Department: NIH department code

     Translational Cancer Biology Training Grant
     $305,307

     award amount

8. Clapham, Paul R

   Leads 4 awards · $1,327,014

   • 1R01NS095749-01A1Department: NIH department code

     HIV-1 Env conformation and tropism in brain colonization and neuroAIDS
     $418,750

     award amount
   • 4R01NS084910-04Department: NIH department code

     Neurotropic HIV-1 Reservoirs Inside and Outside the Brain
     $405,764

     award amount
   • 1R21AI127231-01Department: NIH department code

     The role of the trimer association domain (TAD) in controlling the conformation of the HIV-1 envelope trimer and protection of the CD4 binding site
     $251,250

     award amount
   • 1R21NS097145-01Department: NIH department code

     HIV-1 infection of hematopoietic progenitor cells, their differentiation and seeding of virus into brain tissue
     $251,250

     award amount

9. Czech, Michael P

   Leads 2 awards · $1,094,894

   • 5R01DK103047-02Department: NIH department code

     Paracrine Signaling by Kupffer Cells in Hepatic Insulin Resistance
     $575,644

     award amount
   • 4R37DK030898-33Department: NIH department code

     Insulin Signaling and Metabolic Regulation in Adipocytes
     $519,250

     award amount

10. Peterson, Craig L

    Leads 2 awards · $1,022,527

    • 2R01GM049650-24Department: NIH department code

      Analysis of the yeast SWI1, SWI2, and SWI3 proteins
      $586,352

      award amount
    • 5R01GM054096-18Department: NIH department code

      Yeast chromatin structure and function
      $436,175

      award amount

11. Ambros, Victor

    Leads 2 awards · $1,003,662

    • 5R01GM104904-03Department: NIH department code

      microRNA gene networks regulating responses to environment
      $603,726

      award amount
    • 5R01GM034028-30Department: NIH department code

      Genetic control of animal development
      $399,936

      award amount

12. Pazour, Gregory J

    Leads 2 awards · $936,045

    • 5R01GM060992-15Department: NIH department code

      Intraflagellar Transport Proteins in Mice
      $559,170

      award amount
    • 5R01DK103632-02Department: NIH department code

      Trafficking of Cystoproteins to the Primary Cilium
      $376,875

      award amount

13. Bergmann, Andreas

    Leads 3 awards · $892,108

    • 4R01GM068016-14Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death in Drosphila
      $449,446

      award amount
    • 4R01GM107789-04Department: NIH department code

      Role of apoptosis for regenerative proliferation
      $442,661

      award amount
    • 1R35GM118330-01Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Control of Programmed Cell Death (Apoptosis) and Compensatory Proliferation in Drosophila
      $1

      award amount

14. Lawson, Nathan D

    Leads 2 awards · $837,500

    • 5R01HL093467-08Department: NIH department code

      Role of Notch in Artery Development
      $418,750

      award amount
    • 5R01HL122599-02Department: NIH department code

      Flt4 signaling in vascular and lymphatic development
      $418,750

      award amount

15. Aroian, Raffi V

    Leads 2 awards · $836,840

    • 5R01AI056189-13Department: NIH department code

      B. thuringiensis Crystal Proteins as Powerful Next-Generation Anthelmintics
      $593,268

      award amount
    • 5R21AI111173-02Department: NIH department code

      Harnessing Transcriptomics to Identify and Test Novel Hookworm Vaccine Targets
      $243,572

      award amount

16. Kim, Jason K

    Leads 1 award · $823,163

    • 2U2CDK093000-06Department: NIH department code

      UMass Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center
      $823,163

      award amount

17. Guertin, David A

    Leads 2 awards · $782,843

    • 4R01DK094004-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Pathways in Metabolism and Energy Expenditure
      $410,375

      award amount
    • 5R01CA196986-02Department: NIH department code

      Elucidating the AKT-dependent and AKT-independent mechanisms of metabolic control by mTORC2
      $372,468

      award amount

18. Kelliher, Michelle Alice

    Leads 2 awards · $776,781

    • 5R01AI075118-08Department: NIH department code

      Rip Proteins in Innate Immune Signaling
      $418,750

      award amount
    • 2R01CA096899-11Department: NIH department code

      Mechanism(s) of TAL1-and NOTCH1-mediated Leukemogenesis
      $358,031

      award amount

19. Brehm, Michael Allen

    Leads 1 award · $764,128

    • 5R24OD018259-03Department: NIH department code

      Development and Validation of Novel NSG Mouse Models for Human Stem Cell Therapy
      $764,128

      award amount

20. Wang, Yong-Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $728,626

    • 4R01DK076118-09Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of brown fat metabolism by histone demethylation
      $364,313

      award amount
    • 5R01DK098594-03Department: NIH department code

      MicroRNAs in brown fat development and metabolism
      $364,313

      award amount

21. Socolovsky, Merav

    Leads 2 awards · $726,125

    • 4R01DK099281-04Department: NIH department code

      DNA Replication and Genome-Wide Demethylation in Erythropoiesis
      $364,313

      award amount
    • 5R01DK100915-03Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic and Cell Cycle Functions of Glucocorticoids in Erythropoietic Stress
      $361,812

      award amount

22. Benanti, Jennifer A

    Leads 2 awards · $715,897

    • 1R01GM117152-01Department: NIH department code

      Rewiring cell cycle-regulated transcription in response to stress
      $359,959

      award amount
    • 1R01GM115708-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Cell cycle regulation of chromosome structure
      $355,938

      award amount

23. Ip, Y. Tony

    Leads 2 awards · $707,688

    • 5R01DK083450-07Department: NIH department code

      Epithelial niche regulation of intestinal stem cell division in Drosophila
      $376,875

      award amount
    • 5R01GM107457-02Department: NIH department code

      Homeostatic signaling in the Drosophila intestine
      $330,813

      award amount

24. Baehrecke, Eric H

    Leads 2 awards · $703,563

    • 2R01GM079431-10Department: NIH department code

      Genetic Regulation of Autophagic Cell Death
      $385,313

      award amount
    • 5R01GM111658-02Department: NIH department code

      Characterization of a novel autophagy pathway
      $318,250

      award amount

25. Witman, George B

    Leads 1 award · $698,974

    • 4R37GM030626-36Department: NIH department code

      Flagellar Motility and Assemlby
      $698,974

      award amount

26. Moormann, Ann M

    Leads 1 award · $576,703

    • 5R01CA189806-03Department: NIH department code

      Impact of malaria on shaping immunity to EBV in the etiology of Burkitt lymphoma
      $576,703

      award amount

27. Corvera, Silvia

    Leads 1 award · $475,452

    • 2R01DK089101-06Department: NIH department code

      Adipose Tissue Angiogenesis and Metabolic Disease
      $475,452

      award amount

28. Craig, Roger W

    Leads 1 award · $471,956

    • 5R01AR067279-02Department: NIH department code

      Skeletal myosin-binding protein C (MyBP-C): molecular structure and function
      $471,956

      award amount

29. Lawson, Nathan D

    Leads 1 award · $418,750

    • 4R01HL093766-09Department: NIH department code

      Using site-specific nucleases to manipulate the zebrafish genome
      $418,750

      award amount

30. Sontheimer, Erik J

    Leads 1 award · $401,355

    • 1R01GM115911-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Engineered Cas9 Nucleases with Single-Genomic-Site Precision for CYBB Correction
      $401,355

      award amount

31. Dekker, Job

    Leads 1 award · $395,012

    • 5U01DA040588-02Department: NIH department code

      Nucleolar Genomics During Early Mammalian Development
      $395,012

      award amount

32. Bortell, Rita

    Leads 1 award · $376,875

    • 1R01DK105837-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Stage-specific Beta Cell Response and Biomarker Profile During Virus-induced T1D
      $376,875

      award amount

33. Davis, Roger J.

    Leads 1 award · $376,875

    • 1R01DK107220-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Metabolic stress signaling
      $376,875

      award amount

34. Lambright, David G

    Leads 1 award · $368,500

    • 5R01GM056324-19Department: NIH department code

      Structural Basis for Rab and Arf GTPase Regulated Membrane Trafficking
      $368,500

      award amount

35. Mao, Junhao

    Leads 1 award · $361,812

    • 5R01DK099510-03Department: NIH department code

      Growth and patterning in the gut mesenchyme
      $361,812

      award amount

36. Shaw, Leslie M

    Leads 2 awards · $356,863

    • 4R01CA177167-04Department: NIH department code

      Autophagy-independent function of Beclin 1 in Breast Cancer
      $347,563

      award amount
    • 3R01CA177167-04S1Department: NIH department code

      Autophagy-independent function of Beclin 1 in Breast Cancer
      $9,300

      award amount

37. Ceol, Craig Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $355,938

    • 4R01AR063850-04Department: NIH department code

      Use of comparative genomics to identify novel regulators of melanoma progression
      $355,938

      award amount

38. Cantor, Sharon B

    Leads 1 award · $347,563

    • 5R01CA176166-03Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Biomarkers of Cisplatin Resistance Mechanisms in Ovarian Cancer
      $347,563

      award amount

39. Green, Michael R.

    Leads 1 award · $347,563

    • 4R01CA163926-04Department: NIH department code

      Identification and Characterization of Genes that Suppress BCR-ABL+ Leukemia
      $347,563

      award amount

40. Fazzio, Thomas G

    Leads 1 award · $344,087

    • 4R01HD072122-05Department: NIH department code

      Roles of Chromatin Regulation in Embryonic Stem Cell Self-Renewal
      $344,087

      award amount

41. Haynes, Cole M

    Leads 1 award · $343,375

    • 7R01AG040061-07Department: NIH department code

      MAINTENANCE OF MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN FOLDING AS AN AGING EFFECTOR
      $343,375

      award amount

42. Acharya, Usha R

    Leads 1 award · $339,471

    • 5R01GM110288-02Department: NIH department code

      Adaptation to ceramide involves AKT/FOXO regulated novel triglyceride lipases
      $339,471

      award amount

43. Bach, Ingolf M

    Leads 1 award · $337,136

    • 4R01CA131158-09Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of mammary gland biology by RLIM/Rnf12 and the paternal X chromosome
      $337,136

      award amount

44. Lapane, Kate L

    Leads 1 award · $329,594

    • 5R25GM113686-02Department: NIH department code

      Enhancing the success of underrepresented students in the biomedical sciences
      $329,594

      award amount

45. Kaufman, Paul D.

    Leads 1 award · $313,880

    • 5R01GM100164-03Department: NIH department code

      Breaking Nucleosomal Symmetry
      $313,880

      award amount

46. Jones, Peter L

    Leads 2 awards · $174,173

    • 4R01AR062587-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of DUX4 mediated FSHD pathology
      $156,811

      award amount
    • 1R21AR070438-01Department: NIH department code

      Establishing an FSHD-like mouse for therapeutic development
      $17,362

      award amount

47. McJunkin, Katherine

    Leads 1 award · $73,345

    • 5K99GM113063-02Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Mechanisms of microRNA and miRISC turnover
      $73,345

      award amount

48. Neto, Ana

    Leads 1 award · $58,002

    • 4F32CA177216-03Department: NIH department code

      Examining melanoma cell subpopulations in tumor maintenance and drug resistance
      $58,002

      award amount

49. Feldman, Jessica

    Leads 1 award · $54,294

    • 1F32GM119229-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of Histone H3 lysine 56 acetylation in noncoding transcription and chromatin architecture
      $54,294

      award amount

50. Hendricks, Gregory

    Leads 1 award · $53,186

    • 1S10OD021580-01Department: NIH department code

      Ultramicrotome
      $53,186

      award amount

51. Mercado-Matos, Jose Raul

    Leads 1 award · $35,985

    • 4F31CA180706-04Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of IRS2-microtubule interactions in the progression of breast cancer
      $35,985

      award amount

52. McFleder, Rhonda

    Leads 1 award · $30,251

    • 5F31NS092415-02Department: NIH department code

      The Role of 3' End Formation in Synaptic Function
      $30,251

      award amount

53. Elaimy, Ameer

    Leads 1 award · $30,172

    • 1F30CA206271-01Department: NIH department code

      Integrin Function in Breast Cancer Initiation
      $30,172

      award amount

54. Matthew, Asia

    Leads 1 award · $30,172

    • 1F31CA206378-01Department: NIH department code

      Impact of Beclin 1 Loss on Breast Cancer Progression
      $30,172

      award amount

55. Lee, Peter Lin

    Leads 1 award · $28,219

    • 5F30AA024385-02Department: NIH department code

      Ethanol's Effects on Brown Adipose Development and Function
      $28,219

      award amount