Skip to main content
ConductScienceScienceDex

FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Anatomy & Cell Biology at Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Funding
$16.1M
$16,149,019
Awards
43
FY2025 NIH awards in Anatomy & Cell Biology
Principal investigators
42
35 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#7
of 82 · 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 Anatomy & Cell Biology row of the Vanderbilt University page.

Leads a grant in this department

35 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. Ken S Lau

    Leads 1 award · $4,096,529

    • 4U01CA294527-02Department: NIH department code
      A Multimodal 3D Atlas of Colorectal Cancer Across Ages of Onset

      Principal investigators: Ken S Lau (contact PI), Jeffrey M Spraggins

      $4,096,529
      award amount

  2. Jeffrey M Spraggins

    Leads 2 awards · $1,408,221

    • 5U01DK133766-04Department: NIH department code
      Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry and Spatial Omics for the Human Kidney
      $729,454
      award amount
    • 5R01AG078803-04Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Molecular Drivers of Aging and Alzheimer's Disease via Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry

      Principal investigators: Jeffrey M Spraggins (contact PI), Matthew Schrag, Rena A. S. Robinson

      $678,767
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 4U01CA294527-02, led by Ken S Lau.

  3. Alissa M Weaver

    Leads 3 awards · $1,247,883

    • 5R01CA206458-10Department: NIH department code
      Exosome secretion in breast cancer progression

      Principal investigators: Alissa M Weaver (contact PI), Suzanne Marie Ponik

      $453,988
      award amount
    • 1S10OD038366-01Department: NIH department code
      A Turn-Key Single Molecule Localization Microscope for Imaging Extracellular Vesicles and Nanoparticles
      $397,320
      award amount
    • 5R01CA249684-05Department: NIH department code
      Exosomes in HNSCC Progression
      $396,575
      award amount

  4. Matthew J Tyska

    Leads 2 awards · $977,158

    • 5R01DK095811-10Department: NIH department code
      Molecular basis of brush border assembly
      $526,441
      award amount
    • 5R01DK111949-09Department: NIH department code
      Role of actin bundlers during enterocyte differentiation
      $450,717
      award amount

  5. Andrea Page-McCaw

    Leads 3 awards · $846,911

    • 5R01GM130130-08Department: NIH department code
      Cell fusion and the role of syncytia in the response to epithelial damage

      Principal investigators: Andrea Page-McCaw (contact PI), M. Shane Hutson

      $332,198
      award amount
    • 1R35GM156631-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Tissue Repair
      $311,770
      award amount
    • 5R21AR084181-02Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Mobile Fraction of Basement Membranes
      $202,943
      award amount

  6. William Patrick Tansey

    Leads 2 awards · $807,353

    • 5T32CA119925-17Department: NIH department code
      Integrated Biological Systems Training in Oncology

      Principal investigators: William Patrick Tansey (contact PI), Vivian Gama

      $405,357
      award amount
    • 5R01CA200709-10Department: NIH department code
      Facilitated recruitment of MYC to chromatin by interaction with WDR5
      $401,996
      award amount

  7. Kathleen L Gould

    Leads 1 award · $725,291

    • 5R35GM131799-07Department: NIH department code
      Cell Division Signaling
      $725,291
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1UE5GM157255-01, led by Vivian Gama.

  8. Vivian Gama

    Leads 2 awards · $663,791

    • 5R35GM128915-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Principles Governing Mitochondrial and Peroxisomal Remodeling as Drivers of Cell Fate and Identity
      $427,950
      award amount
    • 1UE5GM157255-01Department: NIH department code
      ARC UE5 at Vanderbilt University

      Principal investigators: Vivian Gama (contact PI), Ashley Brady, Kathleen L Gould, Kimberly Petrie, Madhvi J Venkatesh

      $235,841
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32CA119925-17, led by William Patrick Tansey.

  9. Ethan Lee

    Leads 1 award · $562,675

    • 5R35GM122516-09Department: NIH department code
      Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
      $562,675
      award amount

  10. Chin Chiang

    Leads 1 award · $558,714

    • 5R01NS131495-02Department: NIH department code
      Regulatory mechanisms of cerebellar lineage development
      $558,714
      award amount

  11. Qiangjun Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $548,062

    • 5R01MH132918-02Department: NIH department code
      Synaptic nanostructure and dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders
      $548,062
      award amount

  12. Dylan Tyler Burnette

    Leads 1 award · $475,500

    • 5R35GM125028-08Department: NIH department code
      The assembly and function of cellular contractile systems
      $475,500
      award amount

  13. Ian G MacAra

    Leads 1 award · $435,875

    • 1R35GM158230-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Epithelial Cell Behavior and Polarity Establishment
      $435,875
      award amount

  14. Irina Kaverina

    Leads 1 award · $435,875

    • 5R35GM127098-08Department: NIH department code
      Dynamic architecture and function of microtubule networks
      $435,875
      award amount

  15. Marija Zanic

    Leads 1 award · $416,063

    • 5R35GM119552-09Department: NIH department code
      Biophysical Principles of Microtubule Dynamics
      $416,063
      award amount

  16. Jason A MacGurn

    Leads 1 award · $396,250

    • 5R35GM144112-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the ubiquitin code in stress signaling and membrane trafficking
      $396,250
      award amount

  17. Kathleen Elizabeth Delgiorno

    Leads 1 award · $396,250

    • 5R35GM142709-05Department: NIH department code
      A multi-modality approach to decode epithelial heterogeneity and function in metaplasia
      $396,250
      award amount

  18. Kristopher Burkewitz

    Leads 1 award · $318,427

    • 5R01AG073354-04Department: NIH department code
      Targeting ER-mitochondrial calcium signaling to promote healthier aging
      $318,427
      award amount

  19. Krishna Chaitanya Mudumbi

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA256350-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding biased agonism in receptor tyrosine kinases to devise new modalities for their targeting in cancer
      $249,000
      award amount

  20. Bong Hwan Sung

    Leads 1 award · $200,877

    • 5R50CA283661-02Department: NIH department code
      Exosome Secretion in Tumor Aggressiveness
      $200,877
      award amount

  21. David Aslaner

    Leads 1 award · $38,654

    • 1F31HL178162-01Department: NIH department code
      Attenuation of sepsis-induced microvascular permeability and inflammation with the GLP-1R agonist liraglutide.
      $38,654
      award amount

  22. Julia Steele

    Leads 1 award · $34,980

    • 1F31CA305875-01Department: NIH department code
      Determining the Immunologic Effects of Trastuzumab Deruxtecan (T-DXd) in a Novel Chimeric HER2 Tumor Model
      $34,980
      award amount

  23. Adam C Ebert

    Leads 1 award · $34,960

    • 1F31AG096889-01Department: NIH department code
      Understanding how sphingolipid metabolism regulates mitochondrial maintenance in aging cells
      $34,960
      award amount

  24. Anthony Wokasch

    Leads 1 award · $34,955

    • 1F31DK142262-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of the Pdx1 C-terminal interaction domains during pancreatic endocrine differentiation and proliferation.
      $34,955
      award amount

  25. Breelyn A Karno

    Leads 1 award · $34,934

    • 5F31CA294618-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating Glutamine Metabolism in Breast to Bone Metastasis
      $34,934
      award amount

  26. Arlene Garcia

    Leads 1 award · $34,859

    • 1F30AG089936-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating mechanisms of mitochondrial DNA copy number regulation in aging
      $34,859
      award amount

  27. Casey Gailey

    Leads 1 award · $34,851

    • 5F31NS134292-02Department: NIH department code
      NCAM drives synaptic remodeling in developing GABAergic neurons in C. elegans
      $34,851
      award amount

  28. Megan Stone

    Leads 1 award · $34,833

    • 5F31EY035554-03Department: NIH department code
      Reprogramming adult murine Müller glia via L-Myc expression
      $34,833
      award amount

  29. Caroline Bodnya

    Leads 1 award · $32,243

    • 5F31HD114431-02Department: NIH department code
      Examining the Impact of Peroxisomal Fission on Cell Fate Decisions During Neurodevelopment
      $32,243
      award amount

  30. Kyle Joseph Riedmann

    Leads 1 award · $27,382

    • 5F31HL167471-03Department: NIH department code
      Cell-Free Hemoglobin Induces Endothelial Mitochondrial Oxidative Damage Causing Extracellular DNA Release
      $27,382
      award amount

  31. Jennifer Silverman

    Leads 1 award · $15,710

    • 5F31DK141157-02Department: NIH department code
      The Role of LIMA1 in the Formation of the Giant Core Actin Bundles in Tuft Cells
      $15,710
      award amount

  32. Alexis A Guenther

    Leads 1 award · $7,426

    • 5F31CA284715-02Department: NIH department code
      SOX9 as a key transcriptional regulator of SPEM cells in gastric carcinogenesis
      $7,426
      award amount

  33. Margret A Fye

    Leads 1 award · $7,173

    • 5F31DK136344-03Department: NIH department code
      Cytoskeleton-mediated regulation of insulin secretion hot spots in pancreatic beta cells
      $7,173
      award amount

  34. Tierney Baum

    Leads 1 award · $4,727

    • 5F31NS129296-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the effects of mitochondrial fission disruption during early cortical development
      $4,727
      award amount

  35. Kara McNamara

    Leads 1 award · $4,627

    • 5F31CA278330-03Department: NIH department code
      Polyamine Dysregulation in the Gastric Epithelium during Helicobacter pylori Infection and its Impact on Gastric Carcinogenesis
      $4,627
      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.

  • Matthew Schrag

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG078803-04, led by Jeffrey M Spraggins

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

  • Rena A. S. Robinson

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG078803-04, led by Jeffrey M Spraggins

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Suzanne Marie Ponik

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA206458-10, led by Alissa M Weaver

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

  • M. Shane Hutson

    Co-investigator on 5R01GM130130-08, led by Andrea Page-McCaw

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

  • Ashley Brady

    Co-investigator on 1UE5GM157255-01, led by Vivian Gama

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

  • Kimberly Petrie

    Co-investigator on 1UE5GM157255-01, led by Vivian Gama

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

  • Madhvi J Venkatesh

    Co-investigator on 1UE5GM157255-01, led by Vivian Gama

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