Recent Funding
Zheng Chen
- Circadian Pathways Linking Metabolic Homeostasis and Gene Regulation During Aging – $386,900
National Institute on Aging (R56) 9/15/2023 to 8/31/2024 - Hypothalamic CRH Neurons in Diet-induced Obesity – $32,173
National Institutes of Health (R01)9/1/2023 to 8/31/2028 (Quingchun Tong, PI)
Guizhen Fan
Structural Basis of IP3R-BcI2 interaction – $231,000
American Heart Association (CDA) 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2026
Cuauhtemoc (Ulises) Gonzalez / Vasanthi Jayaraman
Synaptic Organization and Modulation of Kainate Receptors – $73,362
National Institutes of Health (F99) 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024
Wenbo Li
- The Role and Mechanisms of RNA m6A Modification in the Pathogenesis and Drug-resistance of Prostate Cancer – $58,635
National Institutes of Health (R01) 4/1/2023 to 3/31/2028 - Enhancer RNAs in Brain Gene Regulation and Alzheimer’s Disease – $3,560,407
National Institutes of Health (R01) 5/1/2023 to 2/29/2028 - Molecular Mechanism of Long Noncoding RNAs in Phenylketonuria – $291,075
National Institutes of Health (R01) 4/10/2023 to 1/31/2028 - Novel Roles of TAZ/YAP in DNA Damage Repair, 3D Genome Organization and Therapeutic Resistance in Glioblastoma – $1,022,198
National Institutes of Health (R01) 9/1/2023 to 5/31/2024 - Systematic Identification of Enhancer RNAs as Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets for Breast Cancer Treatment- $40,000
John S. Dunn Foundation 9/1/2023 to 8/31/2025
Irina Serysheva
Defining Architecture of EC Coupling Machinery in Situ – Total award $377,520
National Institutes of Health (R21) 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025
John L. Spudich
Developing an Optogenetics Technology Based on Natural Potassium-selective Channelrhodopsins – Total award $1,392.253
National Institutes of Health (R01) 9/1/2023 to 8/31/2026
Kuang-Lei Tsai
Circadian Rhythm as a Therapeutic Target for Perioperative Cardioprotection – Total award $457,160
National Institutes of Health (R01) 5/11/2023 to 4/30/2027
Xiaotian Zhang
The Dissection of Non-canonical Cis-regulatory Elements Downstream of beta-globin Locus in Fetal Hemoglobin Gene Regulation – Total Award $1,838,915
National Institutes of Health (R01) 9/1/2023 to 7/31/2028 (Multi-PI)
Lei Zheng
Structure and Function of a Metabolic Pacemaker in Bacterial Cell Membrane – Total award $198,891
National Institutes of Health (R01) 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2025 (Equipment Supplement)