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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Funding
$19.1M
$19,089,427
Awards
41
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
36
34 lead a grant here, 2 co-investigators
Department rank
#12
of 136 · 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

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. Wesley I. Sundquist

    Leads 4 awards · $6,496,108

  2. Owen Pornillos

    Leads 2 awards · $6,117,110

  3. Michael S Kay

    Leads 3 awards · $5,965,128

    • 5U54AI170856-05Department: NIH department code
      CHEETAH Center for the Structural Biology of HIV Infection, Restriction, and Viral Dynamics

      Principal investigators: Christopher P. Hill (contact PI), Joseph D Puglisi (contact PI), Michael S Kay (contact PI), Owen Pornillos (contact PI), Pamela J Bjorkman (contact PI), Walther H Mothes (contact PI), Wesley I. Sundquist (contact PI)

      $5,548,958
      award amount
    • 5T32GM145431-04Department: NIH department code
      University of Utah Medical Scientist Training Program
      $355,003
      award amount
    • 3T32GM145431-04S1Department: NIH department code
      University of Utah Medical Scientist Training Program
      $61,167
      award amount

  4. Christopher P. Hill

    Leads 1 award · $5,548,958

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01GM112080-12, led by Wesley I. Sundquist; 3R01GM112080-12S1, led by Wesley I. Sundquist.

  5. Joseph D Puglisi

    Leads 1 award · $5,548,958

  6. Pamela J Bjorkman

    Leads 1 award · $5,548,958

  7. Walther H Mothes

    Leads 1 award · $5,548,958

  8. Matthew P Miller

    Leads 2 awards · $1,545,815

    • 1S10OD040117-01Department: NIH department code
      LUMICKS C-Trap Edge 350
      $1,079,965
      award amount
    • 2R35GM142749-06Department: NIH department code
      Mechanical activities ensuring accurate chromosome segregation
      $465,850
      award amount

  9. Erhu Cao

    Leads 2 awards · $1,341,294

    • 2R01DK128592-05A1Department: NIH department code
      Structures and Pharmacology of Cation-Chloride Cotransporters
      $680,627
      award amount
    • 5R01DK139541-03Department: NIH department code
      Structural Mechanisms of Polycystic Kidney Disease Proteins
      $660,667
      award amount

  10. Adam Hughes

    Leads 3 awards · $1,087,735

    • 5R01AG061376-08Department: NIH department code
      Endolysosomal Regulation of Amino Acid Homeostasis in Aging
      $448,567
      award amount
    • 2R35GM119694-11Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of Mitochondrial Homeostasis
      $423,500
      award amount
    • 1T32GM161852-01Department: NIH department code
      Program for Advanced Training in Cell Biology Research (PACeR)

      Principal investigators: Adam Hughes (contact PI), Minna Roh

      $215,668
      award amount

  11. Tyler Nelson Starr

    Leads 2 awards · $943,520

    • 1R01AI195471-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular evolution of entry receptor usage underlying zoonotic human betacoronaviruses
      $481,520
      award amount
    • 5DP2AI177890-04Department: NIH department code
      The evolutionary landscape of HIV broadly neutralizing antibody development
      $462,000
      award amount

  12. Brenda L. Bass

    Leads 1 award · $691,379

    • 2R35GM141262-06Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating roles and mechanisms of double-stranded RNA-mediated pathways
      $691,379
      award amount

  13. Yang Liu

    Leads 2 awards · $584,153

    • 5R35GM150941-04Department: 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
    • 3R35GM150941-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the Cellular Responses to DNA Double-Strand Breaks Using On-Demand CRISPR technologies and High-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy
      $199,153
      award amount

  14. Gregory S Ducker

    Leads 1 award · $463,634

    • 5R01HL177047-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and impact of direct mitochondrial lactate oxidation in heart failure
      $463,634
      award amount

  15. Paul A Sigala

    Leads 2 awards · $462,137

    • 1R35GM161383-01Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Metabolic Adaptations of Intracellular Parasitism
      $423,500
      award amount
    • 3R35GM161383-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Molecular and Metabolic Adaptations of Intracellular Parasitism
      $38,637
      award amount

  16. Jared P Rutter

    Leads 1 award · $423,500

    • 5R35GM131854-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of metabolite signaling
      $423,500
      award amount

  17. Peter Shen

    Leads 1 award · $421,960

    • 5R35GM133772-08Department: NIH department code
      Visualizing the Mechanisms of Protein Quality Control
      $421,960
      award amount

  18. Minna Roh

    Leads 1 award · $392,942

    • 1R01GM160384-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of single cell migration in vivo
      $392,942
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1T32GM161852-01, led by Adam Hughes.

  19. Amy M Barrios

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM153175-03Department: NIH department code
      Out of the shadows: Illuminating mammalian histidine phosphorylation
      $385,000
      award amount

  20. Demian Cazalla

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM144241-05Department: NIH department code
      Novel functions for Sm-class RNAs in the regulation of gene expression
      $385,000
      award amount

  21. Janet Iwasa

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM153284-03Department: NIH department code
      New Tools for Visualizing Dynamic Molecular Complexes
      $385,000
      award amount

  22. Julia Brasch

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R35GM150961-04Department: NIH department code
      Basis and Function of Lateral Assembly of Cadherin Molecules in Adhesive Junctions of Humans and Model Organisms
      $385,000
      award amount

  23. Keren Hilgendorf

    Leads 1 award · $385,000

    • 5R01DK133455-05Department: NIH department code
      Ciliary signaling mechanisms regulating white adipose tissue expansion
      $385,000
      award amount

  24. Helena Safavi-Hemami

    Leads 1 award · $318,584

    • 5R01DK139317-03Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and design of novel insulin evologs from venomous marine cone snails
      $318,584
      award amount

  25. Rebecca Peterson

    Leads 1 award · $270,000

    • 5R25GM154387-03Department: NIH department code
      Genetics at Work: Science Careers and In-progress Solutions to Modern Health Challenges

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Peterson (contact PI), Molly Malone

      $270,000
      award amount

  26. Niladri K Sinha

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00GM146031-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular mechanisms of ZAK- and GCN2-mediated signaling in response to ribotoxic stress
      $249,000
      award amount

  27. Luis Angel Cedeno-Rosario

    Leads 1 award · $125,000

    • 1K99GM163031-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of Wnt/beta-catenin in mitochondrial metabolism and cell behavior
      $125,000
      award amount

  28. Yan-Ting Chen

    Leads 1 award · $105,534

    • 4K00CA294267-03Department: NIH department code
      Metabolite- Macromolecule Interactions Modulating Intratumoral T-Cell Fate
      $105,534
      award amount

  29. Jacob Lewis

    Leads 1 award · $76,780

    • 5F32AI195016-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the role of HIV-1 integrase in viral maturation
      $76,780
      award amount

  30. Mark David Lee

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F31DK139738-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the preadipocyte primary cilia signalosome
      $55,114
      award amount

  31. Jamin Andrew Willoughby

    Leads 1 award · $42,960

    • 1F31AI191958-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mapping the mutational landscape of CD4bs broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies
      $42,960
      award amount

  32. Caroline Craig

    Leads 1 award · $42,539

    • 5F31AI191716-02Department: NIH department code
      The evolutionary genetic basis for changes in viral receptor-binding specificities
      $42,539
      award amount

  33. Abigail Jackson

    Leads 1 award · $37,417

    • 1F31CA301931-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of the mammary fat pat in obesity-linked breast cancer metastasis
      $37,417
      award amount

  34. Rachel Anne Skabelund

    Leads 1 award · $3,000

    • 3F31GM153113-02S1Department: NIH department code
      Human COX7B Contains a cAMP-Responsive Riboswitch that Modulates Oxidative Phosphorylation
      $3,000
      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.

  • Katharine S Ullman

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM112080-12, led by Wesley I. Sundquist; 3R01GM112080-12S1, led by Wesley I. Sundquist

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Molly Malone

    Co-investigator on 5R25GM154387-03, led by Rebecca Peterson

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