Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Category: Research Awards

2022 Research Awards / Greenberg / Research Awards

Human heart-on-a-chip to study the immune system in cardiac disease pathogenesis and repair

July 1st, 2022 – Michael Greenberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics along with Kory J. Lavine, MD PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Nathaniel D. Huebsch, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering have received a new three-year grant award from American Heart Association for their research entitled “Human heart-on-a-chip to study the immune system in cardiac disease pathogenesis and repair”.

2022 Research Awards / Hall / Holehouse / Research Awards / Soranno

A multipronged investigation of SARS-CoV-2 genome packaging

April 22nd, 2022 – Andrea Soranno, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics along with Kathleen Hall, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Alex Holehouse, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics have received a new five-year grant from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for their research entitled “A multipronged investigation of SARS-CoV-2 genome packaging”

2022 Research Awards / Holehouse / Research Awards

Molecular determinants of evolutionary conservation in disordered protein regions

March 16th, 2022 – Alex Holehouse, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics along with Dolf Weijer, PhD, Associate Professor in Laboratory of Biochemistry from Wageningen University and Research, and Hyun Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry from University of Toronto, received a new three-year grant award from Human Frontier Science Program for their research entitled “Molecular determinants of evolutionary conservation in disordered protein regions”.

2022 Research Awards / Janetka / Research Awards

Optimizing CDPK1 inhibitors for chronic toxoplasmosis

March 1st, 2022 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and David Sibley, Professor in Molecular Microbiology received a new five-year grant R01 award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the NIH totaling 3.9 million dollars for their research entitled “Optimizing CDPK1 inhibitors for chronic toxoplasmosis”.

2021 Research Awards / Holehouse / Research Awards

Predicting the functional impact of genetic variation within intrinsically disordered protein regions

October 22nd, 2021 – Alex Holehouse, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, received a one year renewal grant award from Longer Life Foundation for his research entitled “Predicting the functional impact of genetic variation within intrinsically disordered protein regions”.

2021 Research Awards / Janetka / Research Awards

Integrative approach for accelerating filarial worm drug discovery to treat river blindness

September 30th, 2021 – Jim Janetka, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Makedonka Mitreva, Professor of Medicine and Genetics, and Sara Lustigman, Professor and Head, Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology Member, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center have received a new multi-PI R01 award from the National Institutes of Health, National Eye Institute entitled “Integrative approach for accelerating filarial worm drug discovery to treat river blindness”.

2021 Research Awards / Galletto / Research Awards

Functions of DNA helicases at hard-to-replicate sites and telomere regulation

September 17th, 2021 – Roberto Galletto, PhD, Associate Professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular biophysics was awarded a new five year MIRA grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for his research entitled “Functions of DNA helicases at hard-to-replicate sites and telomere regulation”.

2021 Research Awards / Research Awards

Investigating the molecular grammar driving the assembly of membraneless-organelles

September 15th, 2021 – Daniel Griffith, BS, Pre-Doc Trainee in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and the laboratory of Alex Holehouse, PhD, received a new three-year Graduate Research Fellowship award from the National Science Foundation for his research entitled “Investigating the molecular grammar driving the assembly of membraneless-organelles”.

2021 Research Awards / Garcia / Research Awards

Viral modulation of epitranscriptomic mechanisms

August 24th, 2021 – Benjamin Garcia, PhD, Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, along with Matthew D. Weitzman, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, received a five year grant renewal from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for their research entitled “Viral modulation of epitranscriptomic mechanisms”.