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2023 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-22-020)

*Diversity Statement

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

CARVUNIS, ANNE-RUXANDRA (contact)

ATIANAND, MANINJAY K

JOGLEKAR, ALOK

SUBRAMANIAM, ARVIND

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGHUnraveling microprotein biology with an evolutionary-immunological framework
KODADEK, THOMAS JUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDADevelopment of Ubiquitin-Independent Degraders
RINBERG, DMITRY NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEOdorprint Based Disease Diagnostics
ROUKES, MICHAEL LCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNext-generation spatial -omics: High-throughput, single-molecule proteomic imaging with subcellular resolution

SHIN, LISA MARIE (contact)

ALLEN, AERIELLE

SOMMERS, SAMUEL

TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORDEffects of Racism on Brain and Physiological Pathways to Health Disparities
TYNES, BRENDESHA MARIEUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAUsing Immersive Virtual Reality and Media Literacy to Enhance Adolescents' Coping Skills in the Face of Traumatic Online Experiences

 

2022 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-21-017)

*Diversity Statement

PI NameInstitution NameTitle
ANDERSEN, JULIE KAYBUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGINGA Smart Cell Drug (SmaCD) Delivery Platform for Mobile, Targetable, and Self-Regulated Combination Therapy: A Model Project to Rescue Antibodies from Alzheimers Disease (AD) Clinical Trial Failures

ANTON, EVA S (contact)

LICHTMAN, JEFF W

YASUDA, RYOHEI

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILLPrimary Cilia: A Novel Signaling Gateway to Neural Circuit Modulation

BEAUCHAINE, THEODORE PATRICK (contact)

SHEFTALL, ARIELLE HOPE

VALENTINO, KRISTIN

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAMELeveraging Noninvasive Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Smartphone Technology to Reduce Suicidal Behaviors and Suicide Among Highly Vulnerable Adolescents
BISHEHSARI, FARAZRUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERDevelopment of a Precision Medicine Platform for Circadian Based Therapeutics in Pancreatic Cancer

BRADY, DONITA C (contact)

BURSLEM, GEORGE

BUSINO, LUCA

GADE, TERENCE P

WITZE, ERIC S

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAUnlocking the Chemical Space of Cancer-Associated Perturbations
FISCHBACH, MICHAEL ANDREWSTANFORD UNIVERSITYBuilding the Foundations of Commensal Vaccines

ICHIDA, JUSTIN KAWIKA (contact)

GOODARZI, HANI

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIALeveraging Natural Phenotypic Variations of Heterogenous ALS Populations-in-a-Dish to Enable Scalable Drug Discovery
VAN RYZIN, MARK JUNIVERSITY OF OREGONTransforming Adolescent Mental Health Through Accessible, Scalable, Technology-Supported Small-Group Instruction

ZINN, KAI G (contact)

GARCIA, KENAN CHRISTOPHER

THOMSON, MATTHEW

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYA Global Map of Interactions Among Human Cell Surface Proteins and Secreted Ligands

 

2021 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-20-013)

*Diversity Statement

PI NameInstitution NameTitle
BELLAMKONDA, RAVI VDUKE UNIVERSITYTumor Tractor Beam for Diffuse Cancers

BLACK, BEN E (contact)

LAMPSON, MICHAEL

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAMendelian Inheritance of Artificial Chromosomes

GITAI, ZEMER (contact)

ABOU DONIA, MOHAMED

MURPHY, COLEEN TARA

PRINCETON UNIVERSITYSmall RNAs as Novel Modulators of Microbe-Host Interactions

KIMBRO, KEVIN SEAN (contact)

NAVARRO, HERNAN A

WILLIAMS, KEVIN PETER

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITYAddressing the Biology of Health Disparities by Targeting Geographical Ancestry-Driven Variants of Immunity

NAAR, SYLVIE (contact)

ANDERSON, NORMAN B

PETTUS-DAVIS, CARRIE

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITYTransforming Health Equity Research in Integrated Primary Care: Antiracism as a Disruptive Innovation
OKWAN-DUODU, DERICKCEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTERHigh Dimensional Atlas of Circulating Neutrophils as Reporters of Solid Organ Functional Status

POSPISILIK, JOHN ANDREW (contact)

NADEAU, JOSEPH H

VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTEMaster Regulators of Unexplained Variation in Disease Risk

ROBERTS, TODD F (contact)

HAMRA, F KENT

TAKAHASHI, JOSEPH S

UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTERThe Genetic Basis of Vocal Learning
WESEMANN, DUANE RBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALFlipped Germinal Centers
YUN, SEOK-HYUN ANDYMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALLaser Particles for Multi-Dimensional Single-Cell Analysis

 

2021 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Awards - NOT-RM-20-019

The Accelerating Leading-edge Science in ALS (ALS2) initiative issued an opportunity to support ALS research through several Transformative Research Awards. The initiative aims to dramatically advance the understanding of what triggers and drives the rapid progression of ALS.

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

DONNELLY, CHRISTOPHER JAMES (contact)

BELZIL, VERONIQUE

HEIMAN, MYRIAM

KELLIS, MANOLIS

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGHIdentification of TDP-43 Modifiers Through Single-Cell Transcriptional and Epigenomic Dissection of ALS and FTLD-MND

FELDMAN, EVA LUCILLE (contact)

BATTERMAN, STUART A

GOUTMAN, STEPHEN

SARTOR, MAUREEN AGNES

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBORDeveloping Novel Strategies for Personalized Treatment and Prevention of ALS: Leveraging the Global Exposome, Genome, Epigenome, Metabolome, and Inflammasome with Data Science in a Case/Control Cohort
LU, QUNEAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITYHomeostatic Reset as a New Therapeutic Paradigm for Slow Progression Diseases

PHATNANI, HEMALI (contact)

HOLT, LIAM JOSEPH

YAMAMOTO, AI

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESThe Physical Biology of Neurodegeneration in Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/Frontotemporal Dementia

 

2021 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) Emergency COVID-19 Awards - RFA-RM-20-020

Due to the public health emergency, the Transformative Research Award and Early Independence Award issued additional funding opportunities for COVID-19-related research on the prevention of, preparation for, or response to coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 using funds provided through the CARES Act.

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

DEB, ARJUN (contact)

ARUMUGASWAMI, VAITHILINGARAJA

GRAEBER, THOMAS G

PELLEGRINI, MATTEO

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELESMetabolic and Epigenetic Reprogramming of Vital Organs in SARS-CoV-2 Induced Systemic Toxicity
MANCEBO, RICARDOGENENDEAVOR, LLCDevelopment of a Handheld Rapid Air Sensing System to Monitor and Quantify SARS-CoV-2 in Aerosols in Real-Time

RAY, ANIMESH (contact)

HERNANDEZ, JENIFFER BERTHA

KECK GRADUATE INST OF APPLIED LIFE SCISRapid Response for Pandemics: Single Cell Sequencing and Deep Learning to Predict Antibody Sequences Against an Emerging Antigen

WEINBERGER, LEOR S (contact)

RODICK, ROBERT

VXBIOSCIENCES, INC.Autonomously Deploying, Co-Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral: A New Paradigm for Pandemic Prevention

YAKOUB, ABRAAM M (contact)

LAZARTIGUES, ERIC D

TSENG, CHIEN-TE K

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTASARS-CoV-2 Tropism in the Brain and Its Relationship to COVID-19 Pathogenesis

 

2020 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-19-007)

*Diversity Statement

PI NameInstitution NameTitle
ADAMS, PETER DSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTEDefining Chromostasis - A Candidate Regulator of Healthy Aging and Longevity

BASS, BRENDA L (contact)

ELDE, NELS C

JACKMAN, JANE ELIZABETH

STETSON, DANIEL B

UNIVERSITY OF UTAHUnlocking Evolutionarily Latent Immune Functions for Treating Disease
BROWN, BRIAN DICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIDevelopment of a Platform for Spatial Functional Genomics
CHUN, JEROLDSANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTETransformative Research on Somatic Gene Recombination in the Normal and Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementia Brain
DITTEL, BONNIE NVERSITI WISCONSIN, INC.Development of a B Cell Therapeutic
GUTTMAN, MITCHELLCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYHow Phase-Separation in the Nucleus Organizes 3D Spatial Assembly and Gene Regulation
HEDSTROM, LIZBETH KBRANDEIS UNIVERSITYUbiquitin-Independent Targeted Protein Degradation
HESSELBERTH, JAY RUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVERBiochemistry at Single-Cell Resolution: A New Approach to Understand Functional Heterogeneity

LIU, CHANG C (contact)

KRUSE, ANDREW

MARKS, DEBORA S

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINEMaking Antibody Generation Rapid, Scalable, and Democratic Through Machine Learning and Continuous Evolution

 

2019 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-18-009)

*Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group Findings

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

BREM, RACHEL BETH (contact)

BAUTISTA, DIANA MICHELE

ELLERBY, LISA M

VERDIN, ERIC M

BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGINGGenetic Dissection of Trait Variation Between Long-Diverged Mouse Species
CHAIT, BRIAN TROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYDevelopment of Next Generation Mass Spectrometric Instrumentation for Proteomics

DEDON, PETER C (contact)

ALM, ERIC JOHN

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYEpigenetics of the Human Gut Microbiome

DENNY, CHRISTINE ANN (contact)

RAMIREZ, STEVE

NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTESingle-Cell and Target-Specific Resolution of Multiple Memories Across the Brain
GEISSMANN, FREDERICSLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCHRole of Microglia Somatic Variants in Neurodegenerative Diseases
GLADYSHEV, VADIM NBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALUnbiased Identification of Interventions that Extend Lifespan
JARVIS, ERICH DROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYNeuroengineering a Robust Vocal Learning Phenotype in Mice as a Model for Treating Communication Disorders

RAJ, ARJUN (contact)

JAIN, RAJAN

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIADecoding the Bridges and Barriers to Cellular Reprogramming and Lineage Identity

SHEPHERD, JASON D (contact)

CAMPBELL, EDWARD M

GALLAGHER, THOMAS MILLER

UNIVERSITY OF UTAHVirus-Like Intercellular Communication in the Nervous System

 

2018 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-17-007)

*Commitment to Diversity

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

ALBEANU, DINU FLORENTIN (contact)

KOULAKOV, ALEXEI

COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORYA High-Throughput Sequencing and Imaging Approach to Understand the Functional Basis of Olfaction

DEISSEROTH, KARL A (contact)

BRUNET, ANNE

STANFORD UNIVERSITYBrain-Wide Screen for a Neural Pacemaker of Aging
KODADEK, THOMAS JSCRIPPS FLORIDAPhenotypic Screening Using DNA-Encoded Libraries
KORNBERG, ROGER DSTANFORD UNIVERSITYThree-Dimensional Structure of Eukaryote Chromosomes
LEE, RICHARD THARVARD UNIVERSITYNovel Age-Dependent DNA Modifications

PAYNE, AIMEE S (contact)

MASON, NICOLA J

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATranslating Cellular Immunotherapies for Autoimmunity to Canine Clinical Trials

PERRIMON, NORBERT (contact)

CARR, STEVEN A

MCMAHON, ANDREW P

TING, ALICE Y

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLMapping Protein Communication Between Organs in Homeostasis and Disease
SCHIFF, STEVEN JPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTRPredictive Personalized Public Health (P3H): A Novel Paradigm to Treat Infectious Disease
STRICK, PETERUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGHThe Neural Basis of the Brain-Body Connection

TRAVER, DAVID (contact)

BAO, ZHIRONG

HUISKEN, JAN

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGOAn Integrative Cellular Blueprint of Vertebrate Tissue Development

 

2017 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-16-007)

*Statement on Diversity

PI NameInstitution NameTitle
ANDREWS, ANNE MILASINCICUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELESMicro- to Nanoscale Neurochemical Sensors
BENNER, STEVEN AFOUNDATION FOR APPLIED MOLECULAR EVOLUTNTransforming Life Sciences: Artificial Life
BOYDEN, EDWARD SMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYHigh-Performance Imaging through Scattering Living Tissue

CHIU, DANIEL T (contact)

VAUGHAN, JOSHUA

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONSpatially Resolved Transcriptomics Enabled by Ultrabright Pdot Probes for Interrogation of Complex Tissues
DAVIDSON, KARINA WCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESRe-engineering Precision Therapeutics through N-of-1 Trials

ELOWITZ, MICHAEL B (contact)

CAI, LONG

LOIS, CARLOS

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYMEMOIR: Recording, and In Situ Readout of Cell Lineage and Transcriptional History
JOHNSTON, CHRISTOPHER DFORSYTH INSTITUTEThe SyngenicDNA and μPOET Platform: Overcoming Innate Barriers to Genetic Engineering in Bacteria
MUCIDA, DANIEL SROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYFunctional Mapping of Enteric-Associated Neurons

 

2016 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-15-005)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

CHOUDHARY, AMIT (contact)

SECOR, STEPHEN M

WAGNER, BRIDGET K

BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.Leveraging Snakes Extreme Physiology to Modulate Human Beta-Cell Function

HEDRICK, STEPHEN M (contact)

BIER, ETHAN

GOLDRATH, ANANDA W

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGOMutagenic Chain Reaction-Facilitated Immunotherapy

LESSER, CAMMIE (contact)

GARRETT, WENDY S

LEONG, JOHN M

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALDesigner Probiotics for the Treatment of Intestinal Infection and Inflammation
LESTER, HENRY ACALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYFluorescent Biosensors for Subcellular Pharmacokinetics
MAGGERT, KEITH AUNIVERSITY OF ARIZONAInduced Transgenerational Inheritance without Epigenetics
RANGANATHAN, RAMAUT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTERSeeing Protein Mechanics: The Link between Molecular Structure, Function, and Evolution

RIENSTRA, CHAD M (contact)

MORRISSEY, JAMES H

TAJKHORSHID, EMAD

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGNToolkit for High-Resolution Structure and Dynamics of Functional Lipids
WOOLLEY, CATHERINE SNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYNew Tools to Study Neurosteroid Estrogens
WU, CHAO-TINGHARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLCulling the Human Genome of Disease Variants Using Ultraconserved Elements

YANKNER, BRUCE A (contact)

CHURCH, GEORGE M

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLExploring a Novel Paradigm of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
ZHANG, XIAOJINGDARTMOUTH COLLEGEImplantable Cardiac Power Generation Using Flexible 3D Porous Thin Films

ZHUANG, XIAOWEI (contact)
DULAC, CA

THERINE G

HARVARD UNIVERSITYIn Situ Transcriptome Imaging in Single Cells

 

2015 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-14-003)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

ALLBRITTON, NANCY L (contact)

BULTMAN, SCOTT J

GOMEZ, SHAWN MICHAEL

MAGNESS, SCOTT T

UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILLDevelopment of Human Intestinal Simulacra

BADAWI, RAMSEY D (contact)

CHERRY, SIMON R

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVISEXPLORER: Changing the Molecular Imaging Paradigm with Total Body PET
BARKER, THOMAS HARRISON

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

 

Mechanosensors that Detect and Treat Lung Fibrosis

 

DOLINOY, DANAUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANDevelopment of piRNAs for Target-Specific Methylation
HETZER, MARTIN WSALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIESThe Role of Long-Lived Proteins in the Survival of Nerve Cells
HOTOPP, JULIEUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMOREExtent and Significance of Bacterial DNA Integrations in the Human Cancer Genome
TAVAZOIE, SAEED FCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESMassively Parallel Mapping of All Molecular Interactions in a Single Tube
ZHANG, FENGBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.Massively-Parallel Functional Interrogation of Psychiatric Genetics

 

2014 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-13-008)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

ARNOLD, DONALD B (contact)

FRASER, SCOTT E

KESSELMAN, CARL

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIADynamic Mapping of the Complete Synaptome Using Recombinant Probes
GIMELBRANT, ALEXANDERDANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTEMechanism and Function of Autosomal Analog of X Inactivation
JAIN, SANJAYJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYNovel Imaging Tracers for Rapid and Noninvasive Assessment of Bacterial Infection

KIM, DENNIS H (contact)

SCHROEDER, FRANK CLEMENS

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYAntimicrobial Discovery from Metabolomics of Nematode Pathogen Interactions
LIM, WENDELL AUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCORedesigning the T cell: Using Synthetic Biology to Engineer Therapeutic Cells
MCMANUS, MICHAEL TUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCOTracing Cell Lineages
MOCARSKI, EDWARD SEMORY UNIVERSITYInnate Activation and Death Signals in Health and Disease
RAFII, SHAHINWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIVDeciphering Molecular Determinants of Vascular Heterogeneity for Organ Repair

SMITH, STEPHEN J (contact)

BURNS, RANDAL

ALLEN INSTITUTE OF BRAIN SCIENCESynaptomes of Mouse and Man

 

2013 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-12-017)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

CARNES, MOLLY L (contact)

DEVINE, PATRICIA G

FORD, CECILIA E

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONExploring the Science of Scientific Review 

KORDING, KONRAD P (contact)

BOYDEN, EDWARD S

CHURCH, GEORGE M

REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

 

Recording Neural Activities onto DNA

MANDEL, GAIL (contact)

ADELMAN, JOHN P

BREHM, PAUL

ROSENTHAL, JOSHUA J C

OREGON HEALTH AND SCI UNIVERSITYSite-Directed RNA Editing: A New Method to Correct Disease Causing Mutations
OCHOA, AUGUSTO CLOUISIANA STATE UNIV HSC NEW ORLEANSMetabolic Approaches to Treat Severe Viral and Inflammatory Diseases

RELMAN, DAVID ARNOLD (contact)

HOLMES, SUSAN P

PALO ALTO INSTITUTE FOR RES & EDU, INC.Predicting Resilience in the Human Microbiome
TING, ALICE YMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYSpatially-Resolved Proteomic Mapping of Living Cells
WANG, LIHONGWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYIn Vivo Imaging of Single Circulating Cells

WYSSCORAY, TONY (contact)

RANDO, THOMAS A

PALO ALTO INSTITUTE FOR RES & EDU, INC.A New Muscle-Brain Axis Underlying the Cognitive Benefits of Physical Activity
YANNOPOULOS, DEMETRIUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAReperfusion Injury Protection Strategies during Basic Life Support
YIN, PENGHARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL)Super-Resolution Imaging via Programmable Autonomous Blinking

 

2012 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-11-006)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle
ABELIOVICH, ASACOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESGeneration and Integration of New CNS Neurons by In Vivo Directed Conversion
ALLISON, DAVID BUNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAMEnergetics, Disparities, & Lifespan: A Unified Hypothesis

ALTSHULER, DAVID (contact)

COWAN, CHAD ALBERT

THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.Isogenic Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Based Models of Human Disease Mutations
BARRES, BEN ASTANFORD UNIVERSITYAn Astrocytic Basis for Humanity
BLAU, HELEN MSTANFORD UNIVERSITYTelomere Extension Using Nucleoside-Modified mRNA and Exosomes as a Novel Therape

BROWN, EMERY N (contact)

BOYDEN, EDWARD S

SOLT, KEN

WILSON, MATTHEW A

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYRedesigning General Anesthesia

CHRISTMAN, KAREN L (contact)

GIANNESCHI, NATHAN CLAUDE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGOAutonomously Assembling Nanomaterial Scaffolds for Treating Myocardial Infarction
DARNELL, ROBERT BTHE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYMapping the Mechanisms of Protein Synthesis-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity
DEISSEROTH, KARL ALEXANDERSTANFORD UNIVERSITYCLARITY: Fully-Assembled Biology

GEREAU, ROBERT W (contact)

BRUCHAS, MICHAEL R

ROGERS, JOHN

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYMultimodal Biocompatible MicroLED Devices for Diverse Neuroscience Applications
GLASS, CHRISTOPHER KUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGOEnhancer Therapy
MARASCO, PAULCLEVELAND VA MEDICAL RESEARCH/ED/FDNRestoring Upper Limb Movement Sense to Amputees; A Move towards Natural Control of Prosthetic Limbs
NEWMAN, DIANNE KCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYGeobiological Approaches to Understanding Pulmonary Infections In Situ

SHEA, LONNIE D (contact)

BACKMAN, VADIM

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYAn In Vivo Metastasis Sensor
SHEVKOPLYAS, SERGEY STULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANAEliminating Mediators of Toxicity from Stored Blood

STOJANOVIC, MILAN N (contact)

YAN, HAO

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESTheranostic Nano-objects: Basic Principles and Initial Applications

TUSCHL, THOMAS (contact)

OHLER, UWE

PATEL, DINSHAW J

THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYPosttranscriptional Regulation by mRNA-Binding Shuttling and Transport Proteins
WEINER, HOWARD LBRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INCRole of the Innate Immune System in Aging and Development of Alzheimer's Disease

WISNIEWSKI, NATALIE ANN (contact)

MCSHANE, MIKE

PROFUSA, INC.Implantable Multi-Analyte Sensors for the Continuous Monitoring of Body Chemistries

WUCHERPFENNIG, KAI W (contact)

GOTTSCHALK, STEPHEN

DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTEReprogramming of T cells for the Treatment of Melanoma

 

2011 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-10-010)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

BEN-YAKAR, ADELA (contact)

PIERCE-SHIMOMURA, JONATHAN T

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTINHigh-Speed Opto-Fluidics to Screen Entire Nervous System in Aging and Disease
BOAHEN, KWABENASTANFORD UNIVERSITYFully Implantable and Programmable Spike-based Codecs for Neuroprosthetics
GAGE, FRED HSALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIESSingle-Cell Approaches to Reveal How Jumping Genes Individualize Neural Circuits
HARTUNG, THOMASJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITYMapping the Human Toxome by Systems Toxicology
HONKANEN, RICHARD EUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMAMethods to Enable Cholesterol Catabolism in Human Monocyte Derived Macrophages
JASANOFF, ALANMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYNoninvasive Imaging-Based Electrophysiology Using Microelectronic Devices

KUPPER, THOMAS S

CLARK, RACHAEL ANN

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALVaccination to Generate Protective Tissue Resident T Cells

LECKMAN, JAMES F (contact)

WEXLER, BRUCE E

YALE UNIVERSITYIntegrated Brain, Body and Social Intervention for ADHD

LICHTMAN, JEFF W (contact)

MEISTER, MARKUS

SANES, JOSHUA R

SEUNG, H SEBASTIAN

HARVARD UNIVERSITYHigh Resolution Connectomics of Mammalian Neural Circuits

LIN, HENING (contact)

CERIONE, RICHARD A

WEISS, ROBERT S

CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACASuccinylation and Malonylation as Novel Protein Modifications in Cancer
MCDEVITT, TODD CGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYStem Cell Morphogen Delivery via Engineered Biomaterials
MOOTHA, VAMSI KRISHNAMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALMolecular Prostheses for Mitochondrial Disorders

NIE, SHUMING (contact)

SINGHAL, SUNIL

EMORY UNIVERSITYContrast-Enhanced and Image-Guided Surgery of Lung Cancer
NOLTA, JAN AUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVISDirect Cell to Cell Transfer of microRNA for Tissue Repair
PAPAVASILIOU, F NINAROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYBuilding Novel Vaccines on a Borrowed Coat
PUGLISI, JOSEPH DSTANFORD UNIVERSITYSingle Molecule Translational Profiling

ROSS, MARGARET

ELIZABETH (contact)

MASON, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD

WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVEpigenome Interactions in Complex Neurogenetic Disorders

 

2010 NIH Director's Transformative Research Award (R01) (RFA-RM-09-022)

PI NameInstitution NameTitle

ARLOTTA, PAOLA (contact)

JOUNG, J KEITH

ZHANG, FENG

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALGenome-Wide Light-Inducible Tuning of Transcriptional Network Dynamic
BLASER, MARTIN JNEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINEDisappearing Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Epidemic Obesity
COUKOS, GEORGEUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIATransformative Personalized Vascular Disrupting Cancer Immunotherapy
ELLINGTON, ANDREW DUNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTINDNA Circuits for Point-of-Care Diagnostics

FLAVELL, RICHARD A (contact)

DHODAPKAR, MADHAV V

MANZ, MARKUS G

YALE UNIVERSITYUnderstanding Hemotopoietic Neoplasias Using Humanized Mice
GREEN, PAMELA JUNIVERSITY OF DELAWAREGlobal Analysis of the Human RNA Degradome
GRUTZENDLER, JAIMENORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYEmbolus Extravasation: An Alternative Mechanism of Microvascular Recanalization
KEATING, AMY EMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYVery Large Datasets and New Models to Predict and Design Protein Interactions

NICKELS, BRYCE EDWARD (contact)

DOVE, SIMON L

RUTGERS THE ST UNIV OF NJ NEW BRUNSWICKNanoRNA-Mediated Control of Gene Expression
NICOLELIS, MIGUEL A LDUKE UNIVERSITYDorsal Column Stimulation as a New Therapy for Motor Disorders

OLTZ, EUGENE M (contact)

PAYTON, JACQUELINE E

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYTargeting Epigenomic Signatures in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma for Novel Therapeutics
PELTZ, GARY ASTANFORD UNIVERSITYHuman Pharmacogenetics and Human Liver Regeneration
SHAHAM, SHAIROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYGlial Control of Neuronal Receptive Ending Morphology
WANG, LIGUOYALE UNIVERSITYStructure of a Membrane Protein in a Lipid Membrane: Cryo-EM Study of the HCN Cha
WEINER, DAVID BUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIADevelopment of a Universal Influenza Seasonal Vaccine

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SUDHOF, THOMAS C

STANFORD UNIVERSITYDirect Conversion of Fibroblasts into Neurons: A Novel Approach to Study Neuropsy
YANIK, MEHMET FATIHMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYHigh-Throughput In Vivo Subcellular-Resolution Vertebrate Screening Platform
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DING, SHENG

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGORegeneration of Retinal Neurons by Chemically Induced Reprogramming of Muller Gli

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XIE, XIAOLIANG SUNNEY

HARVARD UNIVERSITYDynamic Cellular Architecture of Bacteria by System-Wide Super-Resolution Imaging

 

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AUSUBEL, FREDERICK MMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITALIdentifying Novel Anti-Infectives by High Through-put Screening in Whole Animals
BRETON, SYLVIEMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL3-Dimensional Modeling of Basal Cell Function in Pseudostratified Epithelia
CAMARERO, JULIO AUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIACell-Based Screening and Selection of Cyclotide-Based Capture Reagents for Protei
COHEN, PINCHASUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELESNovel Mitochondrially Encoded Peptides and Their Role in Health and Disease

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KODADEK, THOMAS J

SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTEMassively Parallel Identification of Protein Ligands
CZECH, MICHAEL PUNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTEROral Delivery Vehicles for RNAi Therapies

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HAHN, KLAUS M

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOLQuantitative Imaging of Signaling Networks
DUBNAU, JOSHUA TCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORYGenome-Wide Regulatory Network Governing Neuronal mRNA Translation.
FIDOCK, DAVID ARMANDCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCESExploiting Fatty Acid Metabolism to Cure Malaria
GRIFFITH, LINDA GMASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYPerfused 3D Tissue Surrogates for Complex Cell-Cell Communication Systems
HOFFMAN, ANDREW RPALO ALTO VETERANS INSTIT FOR RESEARCHRole of Long-Range Chromatin Interactions in Genetic Disease

IYENGAR, SRINIVAS RAVI V

HE, JOHN C

HONE, JAMES C

LOEW, LESLIE M

ZAPH, SUSANA NEVES

ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIDynamics Underlying Tissue Integrity
JAFFREY, SAMIE RWEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIVNovel Fluorescent Sensors for Simple, Sensitive, and Specific Protein Detection

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SERHAN, CHARLES NICHOLAS

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITALResolvins, Protectins, and Chronic Pain Resolution.
KOIDE, SHOHEIUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGORational Generation of Directed Protein-Capture Reagents
KUO, CALVIN JSTANFORD UNIVERSITYThree-Dimensional Scaffold-Based Systems for Primary Human Intestinal Culture
LAGASSE, ERICUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGHOrganogenesis of Ectopic Tissue in Lymph Node
LEE, BRENDANBAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINEArgininosuccinate Lyase Is an Essential Regulator of Systemic Nitric Oxide Produc
LEE, FRANK SUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIAThe Hydroxylprolylproteome
LEWIS, KIMNORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITYSuper-Persistent Cells and the Paradox of Untreatable Infections

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LI, HAO

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOTranscriptional Activation by Small RNA: Mechanism and Design Rules

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CRAIGHEAD, HAROLD G

JIN, MOONSOO M

CORNELL UNIVERSITYDevelopment of High Throughput Aptamer-based Protein Capture/Detection Assays tow
MACIEJEWSKI, JAROSLAW PCLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRUViral Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Bone Marrow Failure and Immune Cytopenias

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SEID, MICHAEL

CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTROpen Source Science: Transforming Chronic Illness Care
MARKOVITZ, DAVID MICHAELUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANReplication of Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Modern Humans
MARKOWITZ, SANFORD DCASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITYIdentifying Inborn Genetic Susceptibility to Development of Cancer Metastasis
MARSHALL, WALLACEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOPattern Formation & Regeneration in a Single Cell

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PIEPER, ANDREW A

UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTERDiscovery, Characterization and Preclinical Development of Pro-Neurogenic Drugs
MITRA, PARTHA PRATIMCOLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORYThe Missing Circuit: The First Brainwide Connectivity Map for Mouse
MURDOCK, DEBORAH GVANDERBILT UNIVERSITYFatty Acid Signals as Quorum Sensing Regulators of Mitochondrial Biogenesis

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BAEZCONDE-GARBANATI, LOURDES

ALBERTINA
BALL-ROKEACH, SANDRA

HAILE, ROBERT WILLIAM

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIATransforming Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior through Narrative

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GALLI, AURELIO

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYInsulin Regulation of Monoamine Signaling: Pathway to Obesity
PARSONNET, JULIESTANFORD UNIVERSITYChildhood Infection and Prevention of Obesity
POLLACK, GERALD HUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONUnexpectedly Profound Role of Water in Biology and Medicine

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BHATIA, SANGEETA N

ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITYModeling Human Hepatotropic Infections in Complex Tissue Organoids

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SOH, HYONGSOK TOM

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIAPolypeptide Design with Proteomic Scope via Microfluidic mRNA Display
SUKI, BELABOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)Regulatory Roles of Variable Mechanical Stimuli in Cell Function
TEWARI, MUNEESHFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTERRNA as a Hormone: Systemic Signaling in Mammals via Circulating, Cell-Free Small
WALENSKY, LOREN DAVIDDANA-FARBER CANCER INSTA Lexicon of Stapled Peptide Helices Engineered to Capture the Protein Interactom
WILSON, ROBERT BUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIARandom shRNA Selection
WU, JOSEPH CSTANFORD UNIVERSITYRe-Education of the Immune System for hES Cell Tolerance
XIE, XIAOLIANG SUNNEYHARVARD UNIVERSITYImaging the Invisible with No Labels: A Major Opportunity in Biology and Medicine
ZYLKA, MARK JUNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILLHarnessing Ectonucleotidases to Treat Chronic Pain

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