Biology at University of Pennsylvania

Leads a grant in this department

28 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. Xiaolu Yang

   Leads 4 awards · $6,849,702

   • 1RF1NS145280-01Department: NIH department code

     The role of a metazoan-specific PQC system in protecting against TDP-43 proteinopathies
     $2,817,215

     award amount
   • 1RF1NS140530-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Role of TRIM11 in regulating TDP-43 and FUS
     $2,709,695

     award amount
   • 4R01CA268645-04Department: NIH department code

     Regulation of the ERK signaling pathway by K63-linked polyubiquitination
     $809,250

     award amount
   • 1R01CA300302-01A1Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

2. Chengcheng Jin

   Leads 2 awards · $1,454,389

   • 4DP2CA280834-02Department: NIH department code

     A blueprint for neutrophil heterogeneity and reprogramming in cancer
     $975,000

     award amount
   • 5R01CA280601-03Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

3. Donita C Brady

   Leads 2 awards · $1,351,077

   • 4R01CA280833-04Department: 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

     $863,577

     award amount
   • 5R35GM124749-09Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

4. Luca Busino

   Leads 2 awards · $890,010

   • 1R01CA292407-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Assessment of DCAF15 role in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
     $483,760

     award amount
   • 5R01CA207513-09Department: NIH department code

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

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 4R01CA280833-04, led by Donita C Brady.

5. David Feldser

   Leads 2 awards · $889,366

   • 5R01CA279698-02Department: NIH department code

     Context dependent tumor suppression
     $454,922

     award amount
   • 5R01CA262619-04Department: NIH department code

     Identifying the Impact of SETD2 Inactivation in Lung Adenocarcinoma
     $434,444

     award amount

6. Roger A Greenberg

   Leads 2 awards · $741,044

   • 5R01CA174904-12Department: NIH department code

     Roles of Chromatin Modification in BRCA1 Dependent DNA Repair
     $412,716

     award amount
   • 5R01GM101149-12Department: NIH department code

     DNA double-strand break chromatin alterations and genome integrity
     $328,328

     award amount

7. Kathryn Elaine Wellen

   Leads 1 award · $698,008

   • 1R01CA292937-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Metabolic compartmentalization and the regulation of histone propionylation in cancer

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

     $698,008

     award amount

8. Wei Guo

   Leads 1 award · $620,906

   • 5R35GM141832-05Department: NIH department code

     Molecular Basis and Regulatory Mechanisms of Exosome Secretion
     $620,906

     award amount

9. Dustin Brisson

   Leads 1 award · $579,295

   • 5R01AI181007-03Department: NIH department code

     Impacts of phenology on disease transmission dynamics
     $579,295

     award amount

10. Liling Wan

    Leads 1 award · $541,647

    • 1R01CA293572-01A1Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

11. Xianxin Hua

    Leads 1 award · $518,949

    • 5R01CA259998-04Department: NIH department code

      Novel CART Cells for Treating AML
      $518,949

      award amount

12. Nancy M Bonini

    Leads 1 award · $446,875

    • 1R21AG095657-01Department: NIH department code

      Genetic insight into senescence from the Drosophila brain
      $446,875

      award amount

13. Mia Tauna Levine

    Leads 1 award · $428,281

    • 5R35GM124684-08Department: NIH department code

      Causes and functional consequences of chromatin evolution
      $428,281

      award amount

14. Michael Lampson

    Leads 1 award · $426,563

    • 5R35GM122475-09Department: NIH department code

      Cell Biological mechanisms of centromere drive
      $426,563

      award amount

15. Lewis A Chodosh

    Leads 1 award · $424,531

    • 5R01CA098371-17Department: NIH department code

      In Vivo Oncogene-Induced Tumorigenesis and Escape
      $424,531

      award amount

16. Aman Yebio Husbands

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 1R35GM158110-01Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms driving complex reproducible outcomes
      $406,250

      award amount

17. Tatyana Svitkina

    Leads 1 award · $406,250

    • 5R35GM140832-05Department: NIH department code

      Structure and functions of the actin cytoskeleton
      $406,250

      award amount

18. Mark D Goulian

    Leads 1 award · $396,267

    • 5R35GM139541-05Department: NIH department code

      Phosphorelay signaling and regulation in bacteria
      $396,267

      award amount

19. Yun Ding

    Leads 1 award · $394,296

    • 5R35GM142678-05Department: NIH department code

      From association to causation: pinpointing the genetic and molecular determinants underlying natural behavioral variations
      $394,296

      award amount

20. Junwei Shi

    Leads 1 award · $372,361

    • 5R01CA258904-04Department: NIH department code

      Investigating novel synthetic lethal epigenetic interactions in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
      $372,361

      award amount

21. Irfan Ahmed Asangani

    Leads 1 award · $371,719

    • 1R01CA299870-01Department: NIH department code

      Towards characterization of Epigenetic targets in Prostate Cancer
      $371,719

      award amount

22. John Nicholas Betley

    Leads 1 award · $357,397

    • 5R01DK133399-04Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of satiation centers in health and obesity
      $357,397

      award amount

23. Dejian Ren

    Leads 1 award · $349,375

    • 2R01GM133172-05Department: NIH department code

      Regulation of lysosomal potassium channels
      $349,375

      award amount

24. Eric J Brown

    Leads 1 award · $347,378

    • 5R01CA266645-03Department: NIH department code

      Effect of DNA repeat silencing on efficacy of ATRi in prostate cancer treatment
      $347,378

      award amount

25. Marc F Schmidt

    Leads 1 award · $342,485

    • 5R34DA059507-02Department: NIH department code

      Development of a "smart aviary" to probe neural dynamics of complex social behaviors in a gregarious songbird

      Principal investigators: Marc F Schmidt (contact PI), Firooz Aflatouni, Kostas Daniilidis, Vijay Balasubramanian

      $342,485

      award amount

26. Andrew Santiago-Frangos

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00GM147842-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

27. Dana Silverbush

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA263149-04Department: NIH department code

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

      award amount

28. Cassidy Hemphill

    Leads 1 award · $49,538

    • 1F31HD117524-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The impact of ultra-low oxygen IVF on preimplantation and postnatal development
      $49,538

      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.

• Eric S. Witze

  Co-investigator on 4R01CA280833-04, 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 4R01CA280833-04, led by Donita C Brady

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Terence P Gade

  Co-investigator on 4R01CA280833-04, led by Donita C Brady

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • University of Pennsylvania · Radiology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Nathaniel W. Snyder

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA292937-01A1, led by Kathryn Elaine Wellen

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

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

• Firooz Aflatouni

  Co-investigator on 5R34DA059507-02, 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 5R34DA059507-02, 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 5R34DA059507-02, led by Marc F Schmidt

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