FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Biology at University of Washington
Seattle, WA
- 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 Washington page.
Leads a grant in this department
9 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Jeffrey A Riffell
Leads 2 awards · $1,607,049
- 5R01AI175152-04Department: NIH department codeOlfactory modulation of color vision and behavior in mosquitoes
Principal investigators: Jeffrey A Riffell (contact PI), Omar Sultan Akbari
$835,047award amount - 2R01AI148300-06Department: NIH department codeThe olfactory basis of locating nectar sugar sources in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Principal investigators: Jeffrey A Riffell (contact PI), Omar Sultan Akbari, Ronald Jason Pitts
$772,002award amount
Jay Z Parrish
Leads 3 awards · $1,007,445
- 1R01NS143223-01A1Department: NIH department codeIdentifying mechanisms of axon length-dependent degeneration
Principal investigators: Jay Z Parrish (contact PI), Chun Han
$502,070award amount - 1R21NS149049-01Department: NIH department codeIdentification of axon length-dependent gene expression programs$427,625award amount
- 5R03AI188419-02Department: NIH department codeDefining the larval repertoire of Aedes aegypti somatosensory neurons
Principal investigators: Jay Z Parrish (contact PI), Chang Yin
$77,750award amount
David W Raible
Leads 1 award · $490,487
- 1R01DC023245-01Department: NIH department codeSpatial Patterining in Zebrafish Inner Ear$490,487award amount
Willem Jeffrey Laursen
Leads 1 award · $442,877
- 5DP2AI192443-02Department: NIH department codeUncovering the Sensory Mechanisms of Blood Detection by Mosquitoes Using Innovative Genetic Approaches$442,877award amount
Clemens C Cabernard
Leads 1 award · $376,659
- 5R35GM148160-04Department: NIH department codeCell and mechanobiology of Asymmetric Cell Division$376,659award amount
Jennifer L Nemhauser
Leads 1 award · $372,889
- 5R35GM148135-04Department: NIH department codeControl of protein degradation and transcriptional dynamics in the auxin response$372,889award amount
Yi Shen
Leads 1 award · $274,794
- 5T32DC005361-25Department: NIH department codeAuditory Neuroscience Training Program
Principal investigators: Yi Shen (contact PI), Adrian Kc Lee, David J Perkel
$274,794award amount
Alexander Richard Paredez
Leads 1 award · $186,658
- 5R21AI188716-02Department: NIH department codeSingle-cell transcriptional atlas of Giardia encystation$186,658award amount
Grace Emily Van Susteren
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31AI191763-02Department: NIH department codeVisual Olfactory Learning in Mosquitoes$50,114award 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.
Omar Sultan Akbari
Co-investigator on 5R01AI175152-04, led by Jeffrey A Riffell; 2R01AI148300-06, led by Jeffrey A Riffell
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California, San Diego · Biology (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Ronald Jason Pitts
Co-investigator on 2R01AI148300-06, led by Jeffrey A Riffell
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Chun Han
Co-investigator on 1R01NS143223-01A1, led by Jay Z Parrish
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Cornell University · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 2 awards)
Adrian Kc Lee
Co-investigator on 5T32DC005361-25, led by Yi Shen
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Washington · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
David J Perkel
Co-investigator on 5T32DC005361-25, led by Yi Shen
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- University of Washington · Biology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Chang Yin
Co-investigator on 5R03AI188419-02, led by Jay Z Parrish
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.