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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Funding
$12.3M
$12,326,327
Awards
32
FY2025 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
30
29 lead a grant here, 1 co-investigator
Department rank
#28
of 135 · Ranking
  • 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 Biochemistry row of the University of Utah page.

Leads a grant in this department

29 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. Christopher P. Hill

    Leads 2 awards · $2,383,950

    • 1S10OD036229-01A1Department: NIH department code
      JEOL CRYO ARM 200 Microscope with Direct Electron Apollo detector
      $2,000,000
      award amount
    • 5R01DK127268-05Department: NIH department code
      Structural Insights to Insulin Receptor Ligand Interactions
      $383,950
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01GM112080-11, led by Wesley I. Sundquist.

  2. Wesley I. Sundquist

    Leads 2 awards · $921,912

    • 5R37AI051174-24Department: NIH department code
      Biochemistry of HIV-1 Budding
      $557,086
      award amount
    • 5R01GM112080-11Department: NIH department code
      ESCRT and MIT Complexes in Cytokinesis

      Principal investigators: Wesley I. Sundquist (contact PI), Christopher P. Hill, Katharine S Ullman

      $364,826
      award amount

  3. Adam Hughes

    Leads 2 awards · $820,845

    • 5R01AG061376-07Department: NIH department code
      Endolysosomal Regulation of Amino Acid Homeostasis in Aging
      $439,595
      award amount
    • 5R35GM119694-10Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Mitochondrial-Derived Compartment Pathway
      $381,250
      award amount

  4. Erhu Cao

    Leads 1 award · $666,838

    • 5R01DK139541-02Department: NIH department code
      Structural Mechanisms of Polycystic Kidney Disease Proteins
      $666,838
      award amount

  5. Brenda L. Bass

    Leads 1 award · $603,900

    • 5R35GM141262-05Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating roles and mechanisms of double-stranded RNA-mediated pathways
      $603,900
      award amount

  6. Owen Pornillos

    Leads 1 award · $574,641

    • 5R37AI150479-12Department: NIH department code
      Structural Virology of Tripartite Motif Proteins
      $574,641
      award amount

  7. Gregory S Ducker

    Leads 1 award · $473,096

    • 1R01HL177047-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and impact of direct mitochondrial lactate oxidation in heart failure
      $473,096
      award amount

  8. Tyler Nelson Starr

    Leads 1 award · $462,000

    • 5DP2AI177890-03Department: NIH department code
      The evolutionary landscape of HIV broadly neutralizing antibody development
      $462,000
      award amount

  9. Jared P Rutter

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 5R35GM131854-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of metabolite signaling
      $423,500
      award amount

  10. Peter Shen

    Leads 1 award · $421,960

    • 5R35GM133772-07Department: NIH department code
      Visualizing the Mechanisms of Protein Quality Control
      $421,960
      award amount

  11. Helena Safavi-Hemami

    Leads 1 award · $391,024

    • 5R01DK139317-02Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and design of novel insulin evologs from venomous marine cone snails
      $391,024
      award amount

  12. Amy M Barrios

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM153175-02Department: NIH department code
      Out of the shadows: Illuminating mammalian histidine phosphorylation
      $385,000
      award amount

  13. Demian Cazalla

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM144241-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel functions for Sm-class RNAs in the regulation of gene expression
      $385,000
      award amount

  14. Janet Iwasa

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM153284-02Department: NIH department code
      New Tools for Visualizing Dynamic Molecular Complexes
      $385,000
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R25GM154387-02, led by Kristin Fenker.

  15. Julia Brasch

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM150961-03Department: NIH department code
      Basis and Function of Lateral Assembly of Cadherin Molecules in Adhesive Junctions of Humans and Model Organisms
      $385,000
      award amount

  16. Keren Hilgendorf

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R01DK133455-04Department: NIH department code
      Ciliary signaling mechanisms regulating white adipose tissue expansion
      $385,000
      award amount

  17. Yang Liu

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM150941-03Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the Cellular Responses to DNA Double-Strand Breaks Using On-Demand CRISPR technologies and High-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
      $385,000
      award amount

  18. Matthew P Miller

    Leads 1 award · $381,250

    • 5R35GM142749-05Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical activities ensuring accurate chromosome segregation
      $381,250
      award amount

  19. Michael S Kay

    Leads 1 award · $351,270

    • 5T32GM145431-03Department: NIH department code
      University of Utah Medical Scientist Training Program
      $351,270
      award amount

  20. Minna Roh

    Leads 1 award · $348,844

    • 5R37CA247994-05Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial lateral transfer during metastasis
      $348,844
      award amount

  21. Kristin Fenker

    Leads 1 award · $270,000

    • 5R25GM154387-02Department: NIH department code
      Genetics at Work: Science Careers and In-progress Solutions to Modern Health Challenges

      Principal investigators: Kristin Fenker (contact PI), Janet Iwasa

      $270,000
      award amount

  22. Paul A Sigala

    Leads 1 award · $192,500

    • 5R21AI185746-02Department: NIH department code
      Function of a putative iron transporter in the Plasmodium apicoplast
      $192,500
      award amount

  23. Rachel Torrez

    Leads 1 award · $75,520

    • 1F32GM154406-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic Modeling of Dicer Function
      $75,520
      award amount

  24. Jacob Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $75,052

    • 1F32AI195016-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of HIV-1 integrase in viral maturation
      $75,052
      award amount

  25. Caroline Craig

    Leads 1 award · $41,963

    • 1F31AI191716-01Department: NIH department code
      The evolutionary genetic basis for changes in viral receptor-binding specificities
      $41,963
      award amount

  26. Mark David Lee

    Leads 1 award · $40,771

    • 5F31DK139738-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the preadipocyte primary cilia signalosome
      $40,771
      award amount

  27. Kevin Chui

    Leads 1 award · $40,448

    • 5F31AG082494-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Lysosome and Plasma Membrane Systems in Protecting Cells Against Age-induced Amino Acid Toxicity
      $40,448
      award amount

  28. Rachel Anne Skabelund

    Leads 1 award · $40,157

    • 5F31GM153113-02Department: NIH department code
      Human COX7B Contains a cAMP-Responsive Riboswitch that Modulates Oxidative Phosphorylation
      $40,157
      award amount

  29. Michael Stewart

    Leads 1 award · $14,886

    • 5F31CA271740-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the regulation and mechanism of tension-sensors Stu2 & Ndc80c
      $14,886
      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.