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FY2024 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biology at University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$16.6M
$16,597,254
Awards
48
FY2024 NIH awards in Biology
Principal investigators
44
34 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
Not ranked
Outside the 27 ranked departments
  • 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 Biology row of the University of Pennsylvania page.

Leads a grant in this department

34 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. Donita C Brady

    Leads 4 awards · $1,193,265

    • 5R35GM124749-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Copper-Dependent Nutrient Signaling and Metabolism
      $487,500
      award amount
    • 5R01CA280833-03Department: NIH department code
      Unlocking the Chemical Space of Cancer-Associated Perturbations

      Principal investigators: Donita C Brady (contact PI), Eric S. Witze, George Burslem, Luca Busino, Terence P Gade

      $431,789
      award amount
    • 3R35GM124749-08S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Copper-Dependent Nutrient Signaling and Metabolism
      $248,976
      award amount
    • 1R13TR005098-01Department: NIH department code
      13th International Copper Meeting: From Mechanisms to Therapy
      $25,000
      award amount
  2. Roger A Greenberg

    Leads 3 awards · $1,048,151

    • 2R01CA174904-11Department: NIH department code
      Roles of Chromatin Modification in BRCA1 Dependent DNA Repair
      $414,092
      award amount
    • 5R01GM101149-11Department: NIH department code
      DNA double-strand break chromatin alterations and genome integrity
      $328,328
      award amount
    • 5R01CA138835-15Department: NIH department code
      The RAP80-BRCC36 Deubiquitinating Complex in DNA Repair
      $305,731
      award amount
  3. Luca Busino

    Leads 2 awards · $1,001,286

    • 5R01HL159175-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of emergency hematopoiesis by the ubiquitin-proteasome system

      Principal investigators: Luca Busino (contact PI), Iannis Aifantis

      $615,348
      award amount
    • 5R01CA207513-08Department: NIH department code
      Role of KLHL6 inactivation in mature B-cell malignancies
      $385,938
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA280833-03, led by Donita C Brady.

  4. Liling Wan

    Leads 1 award · $975,000

    • 4DP2HG012443-02Department: NIH department code
      Illuminating transcriptional condensates using an integrated approach
      $975,000
      award amount
  5. David Feldser

    Leads 2 awards · $865,550

    • 1R01CA279698-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Context dependent tumor suppression
      $454,922
      award amount
    • 5R01CA262619-03Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the Impact of SETD2 Inactivation in Lung Adenocarcinoma
      $410,628
      award amount
  6. Xiaolu Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $815,457

    • 5R01CA243520-05Department: NIH department code
      A novel protein quality control system and its role in tumorigenesis
      $431,063
      award amount
    • 5R01CA268645-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the ERK signaling pathway by K63-linked polyubiquitination
      $384,394
      award amount
  7. Kathryn Elaine Wellen

    Leads 2 awards · $805,568

    • 5R01CA248315-05Department: NIH department code
      Branched chain amino acids and pancreatic cancer

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

      $441,899
      award amount
    • 5R01CA174761-10Department: NIH department code
      Role of acetyl-CoA in linking cancer cell metabolism and epigenetics
      $363,669
      award amount
  8. Nancy M Bonini

    Leads 1 award · $760,833

    • 5R35NS097275-08Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Genetic Insight into Neurodegenerative Disease from Drosophila
      $760,833
      award amount
  9. Wei Guo

    Leads 2 awards · $669,082

    • 5R35GM141832-04Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Basis and Regulatory Mechanisms of Exosome Secretion
      $620,906
      award amount
    • 3R35GM141832-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Basis and Regulatory Mechanisms of Exosome Secretion
      $48,176
      award amount
  10. Irfan Ahmed Asangani

    Leads 3 awards · $631,634

    • 5R01CA249210-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of MED1 in the AR-dependent transcription in advanced prostate cancer
      $353,134
      award amount
    • 5R21CA274009-02Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and characterization of exceptionally specific surface oncoprotein LIPI in Ewing Sarcoma
      $216,512
      award amount
    • 3R01CA249210-05S1Department: NIH department code
      Role of MED1 in the AR-dependent transcription in advanced prostate cancer
      $61,988
      award amount
  11. Dustin Brisson

    Leads 1 award · $580,899

    • 5R01AI181007-02Department: NIH department code
      Impacts of phenology on disease transmission dynamics
      $580,899
      award amount
  12. Paul Schmidt

    Leads 1 award · $538,250

    • 5R01GM137430-04Department: NIH department code
      Rapid evolution of pigmentation in D. melanogaster: from cis regulation to phenotype

      Principal investigators: Paul Schmidt (contact PI), Lauren M. McIntyre

      $538,250
      award amount
  13. Xianxin Hua

    Leads 1 award · $493,002

    • 5R01CA259998-03Department: NIH department code
      Novel CART Cells for Treating AML
      $493,002
      award amount
  14. Tatyana Svitkina

    Leads 2 awards · $477,685

    • 5R35GM140832-04Department: NIH department code
      Structure and functions of the actin cytoskeleton
      $406,250
      award amount
    • 3R35GM140832-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Structure and functions of the actin cytoskeleton
      $71,435
      award amount
  15. Chengcheng Jin

    Leads 1 award · $455,419

    • 5R01CA280601-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the neutrophil-sensory neuron crosstalk in lung cancer
      $455,419
      award amount
  16. Eric J Brown

    Leads 1 award · $440,628

    • 5R01CA266645-02Department: NIH department code
      Effect of DNA repeat silencing on efficacy of ATRi in prostate cancer treatment
      $440,628
      award amount
  17. Mia Tauna Levine

    Leads 1 award · $428,281

    • 5R35GM124684-07Department: NIH department code
      Causes and functional consequences of chromatin evolution
      $428,281
      award amount
  18. Michael Lampson

    Leads 1 award · $426,563

    • 5R35GM122475-08Department: NIH department code
      Cell Biological mechanisms of centromere drive
      $426,563
      award amount
  19. Lewis A Chodosh

    Leads 1 award · $424,531

    • 2R01CA098371-16Department: NIH department code
      In Vivo Oncogene-Induced Tumorigenesis and Escape
      $424,531
      award amount
  20. Mark D Goulian

    Leads 1 award · $396,267

    • 5R35GM139541-04Department: NIH department code
      Phosphorelay signaling and regulation in bacteria
      $396,267
      award amount
  21. Yun Ding

    Leads 1 award · $394,296

    • 5R35GM142678-04Department: NIH department code
      From association to causation: pinpointing the genetic and molecular determinants underlying natural behavioral variations
      $394,296
      award amount
  22. Junwei Shi

    Leads 1 award · $358,194

    • 5R01CA258904-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating novel synthetic lethal epigenetic interactions in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $358,194
      award amount
  23. John Nicholas Betley

    Leads 1 award · $343,104

    • 5R01DK133399-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of satiation centers in health and obesity
      $343,104
      award amount
  24. Marc F Schmidt

    Leads 1 award · $343,050

  25. Richard Scott Poethig

    Leads 1 award · $331,119

    • 5R01GM051893-27Department: NIH department code
      Genetic analysis of a developmental clock in Arabidopsis
      $331,119
      award amount
  26. Junhyong Kim

    Leads 1 award · $260,128

    • 5T32HG000046-25Department: NIH department code
      Training Program in Computational Genomics

      Principal investigators: Junhyong Kim (contact PI), Maja Bucan

      $260,128
      award amount
  27. Andrew Santiago-Frangos

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00GM147842-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of CRISPR-mediated immunity and applications beyond editing
      $249,000
      award amount
  28. Dana Silverbush

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA263149-03Department: NIH department code
      Decoding glioma evolution and progression by multi-dimensional single-cell profiling
      $249,000
      award amount
  29. Robert Lyle Bowman

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA248460-05Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating oncogene-dependency and mutation order in FLT3 mutant AML
      $249,000
      award amount
  30. Cara Brand

    Leads 1 award · $122,747

    • 5K99GM149943-02Department: NIH department code
      Causes and consequences of intra-genomic coevolution
      $122,747
      award amount
  31. Piero Lamelza

    Leads 1 award · $105,680

    • 5K99GM152835-02Department: NIH department code
      Testing the functional consequences of rapid centromeric DNA and protein evolution
      $105,680
      award amount
  32. Pedro Filipe Da Costa Pinheiro

    Leads 1 award · $77,669

    • 5K00CA245802-06Department: NIH department code
      Ceramide NanoLiposomes as a novel therapeutic for prostate cancer
      $77,669
      award amount
  33. Nicholas K Smith

    Leads 2 awards · $77,284

    • 5F32DK135401-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the contribution of a brainstem circuit to compulsive food seeking
      $74,284
      award amount
    • 3F32DK135401-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the contribution of a brainstem circuit to compulsive food seeking
      $3,000
      award amount
  34. Jessica Anne Wojick

    Leads 1 award · $9,632

    • 5F31NS125927-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional characterization of an amygdala to accumbens nociceptive circuit
      $9,632
      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.

  • Iannis Aifantis

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL159175-04, led by Luca Busino

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Lauren M. McIntyre

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM137430-04, led by Paul Schmidt

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

  • Zoltan P Arany

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA248315-05, led by Kathryn Elaine Wellen

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Eric S. Witze

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA280833-03, led by Donita C Brady

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

  • George Burslem

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA280833-03, led by Donita C Brady

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Terence P Gade

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA280833-03, led by Donita C Brady

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Firooz Aflatouni

    Co-investigator on 1R34DA059507-01, led by Marc F Schmidt

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

  • Kostas Daniilidis

    Co-investigator on 1R34DA059507-01, led by Marc F Schmidt

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

  • Vijay Balasubramanian

    Co-investigator on 1R34DA059507-01, led by Marc F Schmidt

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

  • Maja Bucan

    Co-investigator on 5T32HG000046-25, led by Junhyong Kim

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