Biochemistry at Weill Cornell Medicine

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Joshua Levitz

   Leads 4 awards · $2,441,883

   • 5R01NS129904-04Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Regulation of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors
     $646,036

     award amount
   • 5R01NS131463-03Department: NIH department code

     Mechanisms of Regulation of Neuronal GPCRs by KCTDs

     Principal investigators: Joshua Levitz (contact PI), Andrew Kruse

     $642,062

     award amount
   • 5R01MH129693-05Department: NIH department code

     Photopharmacological interrogation of presynaptic neuromodulation of cortico-amygdalar circuits
     $611,295

     award amount
   • 5R01NS126590-05Department: NIH department code

     Molecular and Synaptic Mechanisms of Neurotrophin-glutamate Crosstalk

     Principal investigators: Joshua Levitz (contact PI), Francis Sang Yong Lee

     $542,490

     award amount

2. Timothy E McGraw

   Leads 2 awards · $1,194,353

   • 1R01DK142926-01A1Department: NIH department code

     GIP receptor signaling mechanisms

     Principal investigators: Timothy E McGraw (contact PI), Laura C Alonso

     $770,603

     award amount
   • 1R01DK144473-01A1Department: NIH department code

     A basic mechanism contributing to human insulin resistance and diabetes: role of the essential amino acid sensor SLC36A4 in GLUT4 trafficking in adipocytes
     $423,750

     award amount

3. David J Simon

   Leads 1 award · $694,133

   • 1R01CA311807-01Department: NIH department code

     Axonal Control of Tumor Progression
     $694,133

     award amount

4. Jeremy Samuel Dittman

   Leads 1 award · $615,206

   • 2R01NS116747-15A1Department: NIH department code

     Analysis of Synaptic Protein Dynamics
     $615,206

     award amount

5. Frederick R. Maxfield

   Leads 1 award · $561,563

   • 4R01AG078244-02Department: NIH department code

     Role of microglial lysosomes in amyloid-A-beta degradation
     $561,563

     award amount

6. Mary N Teruel

   Leads 1 award · $498,522

   • 5R01DK131432-04Department: NIH department code

     Cell cycle control of adipogenesis
     $498,522

     award amount

7. Timothy Aidan Ryan

   Leads 1 award · $493,813

   • 5R01NS036942-27Department: NIH department code

     Physiology of Single Synaptic CNS Terminals
     $493,813

     award amount

8. Anant K Menon

   Leads 1 award · $471,690

   • 1R35GM163781-01Department: NIH department code

     Discovery and mechanism of lipid scramblases
     $471,690

     award amount

9. Derek S Tan

   Leads 1 award · $431,337

   • 5T32GM136640-07Department: NIH department code

     Tri-institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology
     $431,337

     award amount

10. Yicheng Long

    Leads 1 award · $423,750

    • 5R35GM155228-03Department: NIH department code

      Spatiotemporal regulation of epigenetic silencing by macromolecular interactions
      $423,750

      award amount

11. David Eliezer

    Leads 1 award · $215,668

    • 5T32GM132081-07Department: NIH department code

      Molecular Biophysics Training Program

      Principal investigators: David Eliezer (contact PI), Olga Boudker

      $215,668

      award amount

12. Cheng-I Jonathan Ma

    Leads 1 award · $129,600

    • 5K99HL177310-02Department: NIH department code

      Novel mechanisms of macrophage foam cell formation.
      $129,600

      award amount

13. Noah Isaac Steinfeld

    Leads 1 award · $129,600

    • 1K99HL181309-01A1Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing a novel mechanism that contributes to the development of atherosclerosis
      $129,600

      award amount

14. Patreece H Suen

    Leads 1 award · $79,348

    • 5F32GM157937-02Department: NIH department code

      The Mechanism and Function of Organelle Hitchhiking
      $79,348

      award amount

15. Pamela Gallo

    Leads 1 award · $76,300

    • 1F32GM163382-01Department: NIH department code

      Structural determination of TrkB assembly and activation
      $76,300

      award amount

16. Abigail Xie

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA284711-04Department: NIH department code

      Metabolic vulnerabilities in cancers with impaired TCA cycle activity
      $55,114

      award amount

17. Alfred Choon Kit Chin

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DK138769-03Department: NIH department code

      Structural basis for deficient actin mechanosensing in ACTN4-driven podocytopathy
      $55,114

      award amount

18. Andrew D'avino

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AG085999-03Department: NIH department code

      Identification and characterization of clonal expansions in aging and aging-related disease
      $55,114

      award amount

19. Cheryl Mai

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI179148-04Department: NIH department code

      Lymph node stromal cells coordinate immune cell environments during Aspergillus fumigatus infection
      $55,114

      award amount

20. Jez Lim Marston

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA278653-04Department: NIH department code

      Identifying Endogenous Retroviral Factors in Viral Lymphomagenesis
      $55,114

      award amount

21. Kathleen Luckett

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA288018-03Department: NIH department code

      Dissecting the Functional Consequences of Mutations in ZFP36L2 on Tumor Progression and Inflammation in the Tumor Immune Microenvironment of Colorectal Cancer
      $55,114

      award amount

22. Rebecca Gelfer

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA284575-03Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing Oncogenic Nras in IDH1 Mutant AML Leukemogenesis and Therapeutic Responsiveness
      $55,114

      award amount

23. Rina Leah Davidson

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HD114477-03Department: NIH department code

      The Impact of Thalamocortical Axon Refinement on the Development of the Prefrontal Cortex
      $55,114

      award amount

24. Rohan Roy

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30DC021350-04Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of sensory hair cell reinnervation following lateral line cranial nerve damage in Danio rerio
      $55,114

      award amount

25. Sakila Zaman Nazia

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AI179167-03Department: NIH department code

      Arginine Biosynthesis: A Metabolic Battery for Mycobacteria tuberculosis to Survive Aerosolization Stress
      $55,114

      award amount

26. Won Jun Kim

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL172602-03Department: NIH department code

      Identifying mis-splicing-derived antigens in spliceosomal mutant myelodysplasia and targeting via T-cell receptor therapeutics
      $55,114

      award amount

27. Abraham Shim

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI181473-03Department: NIH department code

      Mechanisms of cytosolic DNA degradation by TREX1 in cancer and autoimmune disease
      $50,114

      award amount

28. Amanda Chen

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI181447-03Department: NIH department code

      Investigating the Role of the Microbiome in Mononuclear Phagocyte Function
      $50,114

      award amount

29. Friederike Buck

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31NS132477-04Department: NIH department code

      Neuronal Control of Motor State Transitions
      $50,114

      award amount

30. Mark Owyong

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31AI178958-03Department: NIH department code

      Role of Frizzled 5 in NK cell development and antiviral host immunity
      $50,114

      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.

• Laura C Alonso

  Co-investigator on 1R01DK142926-01A1, led by Timothy E McGraw

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Weill Cornell Medicine · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 2 awards)

• Andrew Kruse

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS131463-03, led by Joshua Levitz

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Harvard Medical School · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Francis Sang Yong Lee

  Co-investigator on 5R01NS126590-05, led by Joshua Levitz

  From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Weill Cornell Medicine · Psychiatry (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Olga Boudker

  Co-investigator on 5T32GM132081-07, led by David Eliezer

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Weill Cornell Medicine · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)