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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biochemistry at Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Funding
$15.4M
$15,423,110
Awards
36
FY2026 NIH awards in Biochemistry
Principal investigators
29
23 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#18
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 Vanderbilt University page.

Leads a grant in this department

23 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. David K Cortez

    Leads 4 awards · $1,782,042

    • 5R01ES030575-08Department: NIH department code
      Function of HMCES in abasic site repair and tolerance
      $529,884
      award amount
    • 5R01CA239161-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Functions of ATR signaling
      $515,443
      award amount
    • 5R01GM116616-12Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of the Replication Stress Response
      $462,758
      award amount
    • 5T32CA009582-39Department: NIH department code
      Biochemical and Chemical Training for Cancer Research
      $273,957
      award amount

  2. Walter J. Chazin

    Leads 3 awards · $1,433,077

    • 5T32GM152286-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biophysics Training Grant at Vanderbilt

      Principal investigators: Walter J. Chazin (contact PI), Dana Borden Lacy, Lauren Parker Jackson

      $540,671
      award amount
    • 5R01CA218315-09Department: NIH department code
      The XPA scaffold protein in Nucleotide Excision Repair
      $456,531
      award amount
    • 5R35GM118089-10Department: NIH department code
      Integrative Structural Biology in DNA Replication and Damage Response
      $435,875
      award amount

  3. Yi Ren

    Leads 2 awards · $1,317,569

    • 5R01AI184975-03Department: NIH department code
      mRNA Nuclear Export Machinery as Target of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 Protein

      Principal investigators: Yi Ren (contact PI), Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Beatriz Ma Fontoura

      $802,444
      award amount
    • 5R35GM133743-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Regulation of Nuclear mRNA Export
      $515,125
      award amount

  4. Fatma Sezen Meydan Marks

    Leads 2 awards · $1,001,875

    • 1DP2GM170993-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Disome Code: Investigating the Fate and Function of Regulatory Ribosome Collisions
      $752,875
      award amount
    • 5R00GM144688-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of ribosome collisions during health, development and disease
      $249,000
      award amount

  5. James M Dewar

    Leads 2 awards · $943,187

    • 5R01ES034847-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of replication fork degradation in vertebrates
      $475,612
      award amount
    • 5R35GM128696-09Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms that ensure the completion of DNA synthesis
      $467,575
      award amount

  6. Kevin L Schey

    Leads 2 awards · $859,628

    • 1R21EY039463-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Formation and Cataractogenic Properties of Gamma-S-Crystallin Cleavage Products
      $435,875
      award amount
    • 5R01EY013462-24Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Aquaporins in Lens Structure and Function
      $423,753
      award amount

  7. Katrin Karbstein

    Leads 1 award · $804,521

    • 5R35GM136323-09Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Mechanisms of Regulation and Quality Control in Ribosome Assembly and the Consequences of their Failure
      $804,521
      award amount

  8. Douglas Alan Mitchell

    Leads 2 awards · $739,085

    • 5R35GM158411-02Department: NIH department code
      Discovery and Engineering of RiPP Natural Products
      $610,225
      award amount
    • 1S10OD040170-01Department: NIH department code
      Solid Phase Peptide Synthesizer
      $128,860
      award amount

  9. Bruce D Carter

    Leads 2 awards · $694,291

    • 5R01NS136342-02Department: NIH department code
      Long distance regressive signaling underlies sculpting of the nervous system during development.

      Principal investigators: Bruce D Carter (contact PI), Christopher D Deppmann

      $528,712
      award amount
    • 1T32NS141738-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Fundamental Neuroscience Training Program

      Principal investigators: Bruce D Carter (contact PI), Lisa M Monteggia

      $165,579
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS095989-09, led by Charles R Sanders.

  10. Neil Osheroff

    Leads 1 award · $668,942

    • 5R01AI170546-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic Studies of Gyrase/Topoisomerase IV-Targeted Antibacterials
      $668,942
      award amount

  11. Douglas Kojetin

    Leads 1 award · $662,435

    • 2R01AG070719-07Department: NIH department code
      Molecular basis of ligand activation of the orphan NR4A nuclear receptors
      $662,435
      award amount

  12. Fiona Edith Harrison

    Leads 1 award · $594,668

  13. Andrew William Folkmann

    Leads 2 awards · $554,372

    • 5R35GM155303-03Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and Function of Biomolecular Condensate
      $396,250
      award amount
    • 3R35GM155303-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and Function of Biomolecular Condensate
      $158,122
      award amount

  14. Charles R Sanders

    Leads 1 award · $546,135

    • 5R01NS095989-09Department: NIH department code
      Folding, Misfolding, and Function of PMP22

      Principal investigators: Charles R Sanders (contact PI), Bruce D Carter

      $546,135
      award amount

  15. Breann Brown

    Leads 1 award · $474,174

    • 1R35GM163617-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering mechanisms of enzyme allostery regulating eukaryotic heme synthesis
      $474,174
      award amount

  16. F Peter Guengerich

    Leads 1 award · $412,100

    • 5R35GM151905-03Department: NIH department code
      Functional Roles of Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes
      $412,100
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5T32ES007028-52, led by Fiona Edith Harrison.

  17. Joshua A. Bauer

    Leads 2 awards · $405,075

    • 1S15OD042566-01Department: NIH department code
      Automated Liquid Spotter to Enhance Organoid High-Throughput Screening and Therapeutic Discoveries at Vanderbilt University.
      $250,000
      award amount
    • 2R50CA211206-11Department: NIH department code
      Cancer Pharmacologist and HTS Scientist
      $155,075
      award amount

  18. Rahul Bhowmick

    Leads 1 award · $396,250

    • 5R35GM155237-03Department: NIH department code
      Characterizing the effect of transcription-replication conflicts on transcription and co-transcriptional processes
      $396,250
      award amount

  19. Emily Hodges

    Leads 1 award · $375,596

    • 5R01GM147078-05Department: NIH department code
      Decoding genome function with DNA methylation and human phenome data
      $375,596
      award amount

  20. Galina I Lepesheva

    Leads 1 award · $364,550

    • 5R35GM151876-03Department: NIH department code
      Structural requirements for sterol 14α-demethylases
      $364,550
      award amount

  21. John Kuriyan

    Leads 1 award · $322,500

    • 5R01GM144512-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and Evolutionary Design of DNA Polymerase Clamp Loaders.
      $322,500
      award amount

  22. Andrea Ascura

    Leads 1 award · $35,582

    • 1F31AI197582-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating SPEN-Driven m6A Regulation During Henipavirus Infection
      $35,582
      award amount

  23. Lauren Emmerson

    Leads 1 award · $35,456

    • 5F31AI194801-02Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the Role of Lipid-Laden Macrophages in Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis Abscess Formation
      $35,456
      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.