Genetics at UT Health Science Center Houston

Leads a grant in this department

25 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. Mingjiang Xu

   Leads 2 awards · $1,332,164

   • 1R01HL174477-01Department: NIH department code

     Critical roles of RNA m5C-MBD6-H2AK119ub deubiquitylation axis in TET2-mediated HSC regulation

     Principal investigators: Mingjiang Xu (contact PI), Chuan He

     $717,415

     award amount
   • 1R01CA285299-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Therapeutic value and mechanistic action of PSPC1 in AML

     Principal investigators: Mingjiang Xu (contact PI), Jianlong Wang

     $614,749

     award amount

2. Thomas G Boyer

   Leads 3 awards · $1,052,671

   • 5R01HD106285-04Department: NIH department code

     Pathological reprogramming of the m6A epitranscriptome in uterine fibroids

     Principal investigators: Thomas G Boyer (contact PI), Ayman Al-Hendy, Qiwei Yang

     $641,284

     award amount
   • 5R01HD087417-08Department: NIH department code

     Molecular basis of MED12 in the pathogenesis of uterine fibroids
     $360,045

     award amount
   • 3R01HD087417-08S1Department: NIH department code

     Molecular basis of MED12 in the pathogenesis of uterine fibroids
     $51,342

     award amount

3. Qingchun Tong

   Leads 2 awards · $828,967

   • 5R01DK136284-02Department: NIH department code

     Neural pathways for obesity development by AgRP neurons
     $429,424

     award amount
   • 5R01DK135212-02Department: NIH department code

     Hypothalamic CRH Neurons in Diet-induced Obesity
     $399,543

     award amount

4. Ching-Kang Jason Chen

   Leads 2 awards · $726,265

   • 5R01EY034219-04Department: NIH department code

     The function of wide-field amacrine cells in mammalian retina
     $387,500

     award amount
   • 5R01EY032898-04Department: NIH department code

     Transducin and melanopsin independent phototransduction in postnatal retinal development
     $338,765

     award amount

5. Lingtao Jin

   Leads 2 awards · $671,224

   • 5R37CA249305-05Department: NIH department code

     The role of NFIB-MAST1 signaling in mediating adaptive cisplatin resistance in SCLC
     $336,246

     award amount
   • 5R01CA269782-03Department: NIH department code

     Platinum-induced lipid reprogramming and tumor immune microenvironment in SCLC
     $334,978

     award amount

6. Tim H.-M. Huang

   Leads 1 award · $637,168

   • 1U01CA283749-01A1Department: NIH department code

     The role of tumor-macrophage hybrid cells in prostate cancer metastasis
     $637,168

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA257391-04, led by Nameer Kirma.

7. Priyatansh Gurha

   Leads 1 award · $601,563

   • 1R01HL174481-01Department: NIH department code

     Roles of Histone lysine demethylases KDM5A and KDM5B in the pathogenesis of Heart failure
     $601,563

     award amount

8. Raushan Kurmasheva

   Leads 1 award · $593,085

   • 5U01CA263981-04Department: NIH department code

     A Testing Program to Identify Novel Agents for Treatment of Pediatric and AYA High-Risk Sarcoma, Kidney and Liver Cancer
     $593,085

     award amount

9. Zhijie Jason Liu

   Leads 2 awards · $579,545

   • 1R35GM153228-01Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of enhancer dynamics and assembly in gene regulation
     $387,508

     award amount
   • 3R35GM153228-01S1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of enhancer dynamics and assembly in gene regulation
     $192,037

     award amount

10. Katsumi Kitagawa

    Leads 3 awards · $566,476

    • 5R01GM147636-02Department: NIH department code

      The role of EWSR1 at the centromere
      $310,000

      award amount
    • 3R01GM147636-02S1Department: NIH department code

      THE ROLE OF EWSRI AT CENTROMERE-
      $199,523

      award amount
    • 3R01GM147636-02S2Department: NIH department code

      The role of EWSR1 at the centromere--
      $56,953

      award amount

11. Josephine A Taverna

    Leads 1 award · $546,433

    • 5R01CA269766-02Department: NIH department code

      Toward Clinical Trial: AXL-STAT3 Targeting of Lung Tumor Microenvironments
      $546,433

      award amount

12. Kexin Xu

    Leads 2 awards · $526,714

    • 1R01CA279681-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Function of the METTL3-NUP93 complex-mediated nuclear export of m6A-modified mRNAs in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
      $439,997

      award amount
    • 1R21CA277399-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Development of a new class of EZH2 inhibitors in ERa-negative breast cancer.
      $86,717

      award amount

13. Mengwei Zang

    Leads 1 award · $504,482

    • 1R01AA031407-01Department: NIH department code

      Deciphering RNA Splicing Control of Lipid Metabolism and Alcoholic Liver Injury
      $504,482

      award amount

14. Sang Eun Lee

    Leads 2 awards · $435,695

    • 5R01GM141631-02Department: NIH department code

      Repair of DNA ends with adducts
      $310,000

      award amount
    • 3R01GM141631-02S1Department: NIH department code

      REPAIR OF DNA ENDS WITH ADDUCTS
      $125,695

      award amount

15. Nicholas J Justice

    Leads 1 award · $429,000

    • 1R21AG086907-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Direct activation of CRF neurons by Abeta disrupts the stress response in Alzheimer's Disease
      $429,000

      award amount

16. Nameer Kirma

    Leads 1 award · $424,546

    • 5R01CA257391-04Department: NIH department code

      PAI-1-mediated early-onset endometrial cancer

      Principal investigators: Nameer Kirma (contact PI), Tim H.-M. Huang

      $424,546

      award amount

17. Kristin Eckel Mahan

    Leads 1 award · $406,217

    • 1R21CA292148-01Department: NIH department code

      Circadian regulation of astrocytic adenosine kinase in the irradiated and cancer brain

      Principal investigators: Kristin Eckel Mahan (contact PI), Munjal M Acharya

      $406,217

      award amount

18. Jihoon Lee

    Leads 1 award · $366,240

    • 5R01CA279696-02Department: NIH department code

      The role and mechanism of RNA m6A modification in the pathogenesis and drug-resistance of prostate cancer
      $366,240

      award amount

19. Sidney Wang

    Leads 1 award · $303,282

    • 5R01GM139980-04Department: NIH department code

      Expanding the known coding genome: identifying biological function for novel tORFs
      $303,282

      award amount

20. Yuanzhong Xu

    Leads 1 award · $195,000

    • 1R21MH133228-01A1Department: NIH department code

      The direct regulation of feeding-driving hypothalamic GABAergic neurons on stress responses
      $195,000

      award amount

21. Bandana Chatterjee

    Leads 1 award · $191,675

    • 1R21CA289167-01Department: NIH department code

      Activation of Drug and Biologic Conjugates by Click Chemistry and their Tumor-selective Targeting for Prostate Cancer Suppression

      Principal investigators: Bandana Chatterjee (contact PI), John Cong-Gui Zhao

      $191,675

      award amount

22. Zhao Lai

    Leads 1 award · $191,363

    • 5R50CA265339-03Department: NIH department code

      Advancing Cancer Research Through Next Generation Sequencing at Mays Cancer Center of UT Health San Antonio
      $191,363

      award amount

23. Angelina V Vaseva

    Leads 1 award · $141,608

    • 5R37CA262657-03Department: NIH department code

      Improving Therapeutic Approaches for RAS-driven Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma
      $141,608

      award amount

24. Angela Mary Jasper

    Leads 1 award · $38,936

    • 5F30CA278370-02Department: NIH department code

      The Mechanistic Role of BRCA1-BARD1 DNA and RAD51 Binding in DNA Double-Strand Break Repair
      $38,936

      award amount

25. Stephen M Farmer

    Leads 1 award · $38,124

    • 1F99NS141400-01Department: NIH department code

      The role of Huntingtin in endolysosomal trafficking and Huntington's disease pathogenesis
      $38,124

      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.

• Chuan He

  Co-investigator on 1R01HL174477-01, led by Mingjiang Xu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of Chicago · Chemistry (NIH department code, 2 awards)
  • University of Chicago · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ayman Al-Hendy

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD106285-04, led by Thomas G Boyer

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

• Qiwei Yang

  Co-investigator on 5R01HD106285-04, led by Thomas G Boyer

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

• Jianlong Wang

  Co-investigator on 1R01CA285299-01A1, led by Mingjiang Xu

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Columbia University · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Munjal M Acharya

  Co-investigator on 1R21CA292148-01, led by Kristin Eckel Mahan

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • University of California-Irvine · Radiology (NIH department code, 4 awards)

• John Cong-Gui Zhao

  Co-investigator on 1R21CA289167-01, led by Bandana Chatterjee

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