Biology at University of Pennsylvania

Leads a grant in this department

35 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. Roger A Greenberg

   Leads 3 awards · $2,499,530

   • 5P01CA265794-04Department: NIH department code

     Genome Instability Induced Anti-Tumor Immune Responses

     Principal investigators: Ben E. Black (contact PI), David Michael Chenoweth (contact PI), Dennis E. Discher (contact PI), Malay Haldar (contact PI), Roger A Greenberg (contact PI)

     $1,725,282

     award amount
   • 5R01CA174904-13Department: NIH department code

     Roles of Chromatin Modification in BRCA1 Dependent DNA Repair
     $405,592

     award amount
   • 2R01CA138835-16A1Department: NIH department code

     The BRCA1-A complex function in DNA repair
     $368,656

     award amount

2. Kathryn Elaine Wellen

   Leads 3 awards · $2,069,774

   • 1R01DK142729-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Acetyl-CoA metabolism and the regulation of hepatic lipid homeostasis in MASLD

     Principal investigators: Kathryn Elaine Wellen (contact PI), Christian Michael Metallo

     $892,491

     award amount
   • 5R01CA292937-02Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic compartmentalization and the regulation of histone propionylation in cancer

     Principal investigators: Kathryn Elaine Wellen (contact PI), Nathaniel W. Snyder

     $665,611

     award amount
   • 2R01CA248315-06A1Department: NIH department code

     Branched chain amino acids in pancreatic carcinogenesis

     Principal investigators: Kathryn Elaine Wellen (contact PI), Zoltan P Arany

     $511,672

     award amount

3. Lewis A Chodosh

   Leads 2 awards · $1,797,138

   • 4R01CA098371-18Department: NIH department code

     In Vivo Oncogene-Induced Tumorigenesis and Escape
     $1,273,594

     award amount
   • 1R01CA312067-01Department: NIH department code

     Role of JAK inhibition in quiescent cancer cells and their microenvironment
     $523,544

     award amount

4. Ben E. Black

   Leads 1 award · $1,725,282

   • 5P01CA265794-04Department: NIH department code

     Genome Instability Induced Anti-Tumor Immune Responses

     Principal investigators: Ben E. Black (contact PI), David Michael Chenoweth (contact PI), Dennis E. Discher (contact PI), Malay Haldar (contact PI), Roger A Greenberg (contact PI)

     $1,725,282

     award amount

5. David Michael Chenoweth

   Leads 1 award · $1,725,282

   • 5P01CA265794-04Department: NIH department code

     Genome Instability Induced Anti-Tumor Immune Responses

     Principal investigators: Ben E. Black (contact PI), David Michael Chenoweth (contact PI), Dennis E. Discher (contact PI), Malay Haldar (contact PI), Roger A Greenberg (contact PI)

     $1,725,282

     award amount

6. Dennis E. Discher

   Leads 1 award · $1,725,282

   • 5P01CA265794-04Department: NIH department code

     Genome Instability Induced Anti-Tumor Immune Responses

     Principal investigators: Ben E. Black (contact PI), David Michael Chenoweth (contact PI), Dennis E. Discher (contact PI), Malay Haldar (contact PI), Roger A Greenberg (contact PI)

     $1,725,282

     award amount

7. Malay Haldar

   Leads 1 award · $1,725,282

   • 5P01CA265794-04Department: NIH department code

     Genome Instability Induced Anti-Tumor Immune Responses

     Principal investigators: Ben E. Black (contact PI), David Michael Chenoweth (contact PI), Dennis E. Discher (contact PI), Malay Haldar (contact PI), Roger A Greenberg (contact PI)

     $1,725,282

     award amount

8. Xianxin Hua

   Leads 2 awards · $1,152,046

   • 1R01CA307504-01Department: NIH department code

     Interplay of CDH17 CAR T cells and tumor microenvironment in suppressing colorectal cancer
     $633,097

     award amount
   • 5R01CA259998-05Department: NIH department code

     Novel CART Cells for Treating AML
     $518,949

     award amount

9. Michael Lampson

   Leads 2 awards · $1,026,563

   • 1R01HD120404-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The functional consequences of DNA repeat evolution in the early mammalian embryo

     Principal investigators: Michael Lampson (contact PI), Mia Tauna Levine

     $600,000

     award amount
   • 5R35GM122475-10Department: NIH department code

     Cell Biological mechanisms of centromere drive
     $426,563

     award amount

10. David Feldser

    Leads 2 awards · $891,615

    • 5R01CA279698-03Department: NIH department code

      Context dependent tumor suppression
      $454,922

      award amount
    • 5R01CA262619-05Department: NIH department code

      Identifying the Impact of SETD2 Inactivation in Lung Adenocarcinoma
      $436,693

      award amount

11. Luca Busino

    Leads 2 awards · $874,385

    • 5R01CA292407-02Department: NIH department code

      Assessment of DCAF15 role in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $468,135

      award amount
    • 5R01CA207513-10Department: NIH department code

      Role of KLHL6 inactivation in mature B-cell malignancies
      $406,250

      award amount

12. David S. Roos

    Leads 1 award · $807,781

    • 1R01AI202404-01Department: NIH department code

      Empowering Collaborative Malaria Surveillance through a FAIR, Scalable Platform for Harmonizing, Integrating, and Interrogating Molecular Epidemiological Data: the Artemisinin Resistance Use Case
      $807,781

      award amount

13. Dejian Ren

    Leads 2 awards · $796,250

    • 1R21NS151013-01Department: NIH department code

      Uncovering Genetic Variations Driving Channelopathy in the NALCN Complex
      $446,875

      award amount
    • 5R01GM133172-06Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of lysosomal potassium channels
      $349,375

      award amount

14. Adam Joseph Stevens

    Leads 1 award · $771,875

    • 1DP2GM170827-01Department: NIH department code

      Predictive Design of Tissue Architecture Using Synthetic Cell Adhesion
      $771,875

      award amount

15. Wei Guo

    Leads 1 award · $640,014

    • 2R35GM141832-06Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Basis and Regulatory Mechanisms of Exosome Secretion
      $640,014

      award amount

16. Andrew Santiago-Frangos

    Leads 2 awards · $594,581

    • 1R35GM162543-01Department: NIH department code

      Visualizing and Applying DNA shapes that regulate CRISPR adaptive immunity
      $345,581

      award amount
    • 5R00GM147842-05Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of CRISPR-mediated immunity and applications beyond editing
      $249,000

      award amount

17. Dustin Brisson

    Leads 1 award · $583,665

    • 5R01AI181007-04Department: NIH department code

      Impacts of phenology on disease transmission dynamics
      $583,665

      award amount

18. Liling Wan

    Leads 1 award · $541,647

    • 5R01CA293572-02Department: NIH department code

      Epigenetic mechanism in mammalian kidney development and tumorigenesis
      $541,647

      award amount

19. John Nicholas Betley

    Leads 1 award · $541,468

    • 5R01NS134976-03Department: NIH department code

      Intestinal regulation of exercise performance

      Principal investigators: John Nicholas Betley (contact PI), Christoph Alexander Thaiss

      $541,468

      award amount

20. Xiaolu Yang

    Leads 1 award · $513,542

    • 5R01CA300302-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of p53 in regulating chaperone-mediated autophagy
      $513,542

      award amount

21. Donita C Brady

    Leads 1 award · $487,500

    • 5R35GM124749-10Department: NIH department code

      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Copper-Dependent Nutrient Signaling and Metabolism
      $487,500

      award amount

22. Chengcheng Jin

    Leads 1 award · $479,389

    • 5R01CA280601-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the neutrophil-sensory neuron crosstalk in lung cancer
      $479,389

      award amount

23. Irfan Ahmed Asangani

    Leads 2 awards · $467,407

    • 1R01CA315904-01Department: NIH department code

      The Role of NNMT in Prostate Cancer
      $467,406

      award amount
    • 5R01CA299870-02Department: NIH department code

      Towards characterization of Epigenetic targets in Prostate Cancer
      $1

      award amount

24. Tatyana Svitkina

    Leads 1 award · $456,761

    • 2R35GM140832-06Department: NIH department code

      Structure and functions of the actin cytoskeleton
      $456,761

      award amount

25. Robert Lyle Bowman

    Leads 1 award · $434,969

    • 1R37CA307677-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating Type I Interferon response and differentiation in FLT3-inhibitor persistent acute myeloid leukemia
      $434,969

      award amount

26. Mia Tauna Levine

    Leads 1 award · $428,281

    • 5R35GM124684-09Department: NIH department code

      Causes and functional consequences of chromatin evolution
      $428,281

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01HD120404-01A1, led by Michael Lampson.

27. Aman Yebio Husbands

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 5R35GM158110-02Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms driving complex reproducible outcomes
      $406,250

      award amount

28. Mechthild Pohlschroder

    Leads 1 award · $393,306

    • 1R35GM163784-01Department: NIH department code

      Cell-cell signaling in Haloferax volcanii: how archaea communicate
      $393,306

      award amount

29. Junwei Shi

    Leads 1 award · $372,301

    • 5R01CA258904-05Department: NIH department code

      Investigating novel synthetic lethal epigenetic interactions in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $372,301

      award amount

30. Eric J Brown

    Leads 1 award · $346,973

    • 5R01CA266645-04Department: NIH department code

      Effect of DNA repeat silencing on efficacy of ATRi in prostate cancer treatment
      $346,973

      award amount

31. Dana Silverbush

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA263149-05Department: NIH department code

      Decoding glioma evolution and progression by multi-dimensional single-cell profiling
      $249,000

      award amount

32. Haoyang Jiang

    Leads 1 award · $135,637

    • 1K99CA312800-01Department: NIH department code

      BLM-Driven Recombination at Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres and Non-Telomeric Sites
      $135,637

      award amount

33. Lavinia Boccia

    Leads 1 award · $91,500

    • 1K99DK146120-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Decoding Peripheral-to-Central Mechanisms Regulating Food Choices Following Long-Term Exercise
      $91,500

      award amount

34. Nicholas K Smith

    Leads 1 award · $91,500

    • 1K99DK147917-01Department: NIH department code

      Investigating neural circuits for appetitive conditioning in the pedunculopontine nucleus
      $91,500

      award amount

35. Cassidy Hemphill

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HD117524-02Department: NIH department code

      The impact of ultra-low oxygen IVF on preimplantation and postnatal development
      $50,114

      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.

• Christian Michael Metallo

  Co-investigator on 1R01DK142729-01A1, led by Kathryn Elaine Wellen

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Salk Institute for Biological Studies (no department on record, 1 award)

• Nathaniel W. Snyder

  Co-investigator on 5R01CA292937-02, led by Kathryn Elaine Wellen

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Temple University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Christoph Alexander Thaiss

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS134976-03, led by John Nicholas Betley

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Stanford University (no department on record, 1 award)

• Zoltan P Arany

  Co-investigator on 2R01CA248315-06A1, led by Kathryn Elaine Wellen

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 5 awards)