Recent Grants to Genetics Department Faculty. Please click on the link below to download a copy.
Genetics_Grants_2018-11-07_1.pdf
| Principal Investigator | Sponsor | Start | End | Total Award | Title |
| Tischfield,Brooks | NIH/NIDA | 09/21/18 | 09/20/22 | $19,700,000 | NIDA Center for Genetic Studies |
| Verzi, Michael | Baylor COM-NIH/NIDDK | 09/20/18 | 06/30/21 | $231,000 | Mechanisms of intestinal stem cell differentiation and plasticity |
| Ellison, Christopher | NIH/NIGMS | 09/18/18 | 08/31/19 | $1,627,500 | Genetic Specification and Evolution of 3D Genome Organization |
| Sahota, Amrik | NIH/NINDS | 09/15/18 | 08/31/20 | $155,000 | Development of a New Mouse Model for Lesch-Nyhan Disease |
| Matise, Tara | NIH/NHGRI | 09/12/18 | 08/31/19 | $1,000,000 | PAGE III: Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (R56) |
| Tyc, Katarzyna | Misletoe Foundation | 09/01/18 | 08/31/19 | $10,000 | Identifying genetic mutations that cause early miscarriage and infertility (Mistletoe Foundation) |
| Brzustowicz/Tischfield | NIH/NIMH | 08/01/18 | 02/28/20 | $15,824,207 | Limited Competition:Continuation of the Center for Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders (U24) |
| Heiman/Tischfield | NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome | 07/01/18 | 06/30/19 | $50,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders Genetics Repository |
| Brzustowicz/Tischfield | NIH/NIMH | 07/01/18 | 06/30/18 | $1,716,126 | Center for Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NINDS | 07/01/18 | 06/30/19 | $249,793 | The NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository |
| Brooks, Andrew | Duke Univ-NIH/NIDDK-DILIN | 07/01/18 | 06/30/19 | $40,000 | Coordinating Center for the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) |
| Schindler, Karen | NIH/NIGMS | 07/01/18 | 06/30/19 | $135,280 | Control of Mammalian Meiosis I through Protein Kinase Signaling (Supplement) |
| Heiman/Tischfield | NIH/NIMH | 06/15/18 | 03/31/23 | $6,810,189 | Collaborative Genomic Studies of Tourette Disorder |
| Brzustowicz/Tischfield | NIH/NIMH | 05/01/18 | 06/30/18 | $1,716,126 | Center for Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders |
| Tischfield, Jay | USF-NIH/NIDDK | 03/01/18 | 02/28/19 | $1,072,470 | Data Coordinating Center for Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet (UC4) UC4-3 |
| Chen, Lei | NJCCR | 01/01/18 | 12/31/19 | $100,000 | Mechanisms Controlling Intestinal Homeostasis and Colorectal Oncogenesis by the Transcription Factor HNF4 |
| Barr, Maureen | NIH/NIDDK | 12/15/17 | 12/31/21 | $1,400,719 | Nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies and ciliary compartmentalization |
| Schindler/Xing | NIH/NICHHD | 12/15/17 | 11/30/22 | $1,863,023 | Association of the Maternal Exome with Risk of an Aneuploid Conception |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NICHHD-NESARC | 12/01/17 | 11/30/22 | $552,131 | NESARC-III DNA Storage |
| Shah, Premal | UPenn-NIH/NIDDK | 12/01/17 | 11/30/21 | $49,248 | The LIN28b-Let7-IMP1 axis in colonic epithelial biology |
| Schindler, Karen | Burroughs Wellcome Fund | 11/01/17 | 03/31/18 | $15,000 | Physician-Scientist Institutional Planning Grant |
| Matise, Tara | NIH/NHGRI | 09/18/17 | 05/31/18 | $710,189 | NHGRI PAGE Coordinating Center |
| Shah, Premal | NIH/NIGMS | 09/14/17 | 08/31/22 | $1,905,110 | R35-Dynamics and evolution of translational regulation |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NIDDK | 09/01/17 | 06/30/18 | $355,889 | NIDDK Genetics Repository Mod 27-31 |
| Heiman, Gary | Newark Beth Israel Medical Center | 09/01/17 | 08/31/18 | $3,000 | Parkinson's Disease and LRRK2 Research |
| Kern, Andrew | NIH/NIGMS | 09/01/17 | 07/31/21 | $1,181,920 | Population genomics of adaptation |
| Verzi, Michael | UMich-NIH/NIDDK | 09/01/17 | 08/31/18 | $35,650 | Mechanisms of fetal intestinal stem cell regulation and maturation |
| Rongo, Christopher | NIH/NIGMS | 08/01/17 | 07/31/21 | $1,340,305 | Genetic Analysis of Neuronal Hypoxic Stress Resistance |
| Verzi/Christakos | NIH/NIDDK | 07/05/17 | 03/31/21 | $2,164,802 | Nutrigenomics of Intestinal Vitamin D Action |
| Heiman/Tischfield | NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome | 07/01/17 | 06/30/18 | $3,322 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders Genetics Repository (mod) |
| Heiman/Tischfield | NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome | 07/01/17 | 06/30/18 | $50,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders, Inc. |
| Brooks, Andrew | Duke Univ-NIH/NIDDK | 07/01/17 | 06/30/18 | $42,510 | Coordinating Center for the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) |
| Brooks, Andrew | Johns Hopkins-NIH /NIDDK | 07/01/17 | 06/30/18 | $77,600 | Continuation of the Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network |
| Wang, Juan | Univ of Kansas-NIH/NIDDK | 07/01/17 | 06/30/19 | $100,000 | Mechanisms partitioning Polycystin localization and function between cilia and extracellular vesicles (EVs) |
| McKim, Kim | NIH/NIGMS | 07/01/17 | 06/30/21 | $1,542,624 | Homolog bi-orientation and segregation in oocyte acentrosomal meiosis |
| Rongo, Christopher | NIH/NINDS | 07/01/17 | 06/30/19 | $213,939 | Molecular Genetic Analysis of Mitrochondrial Dynamics in Neurons |
| Tischfield, Jay | TN - Sanofi | 06/01/17 | 05/31/18 | $63,600 | Anti-thymocyte Globulin and PEGylated GCFS in New Type 1 Diabetes Protocol (mod) |
| Barr, Mareen | NIH/NIDDK | 06/01/17 | 05/31/19 | $143,116 | Polycystins, cilia, and extracellular vesicles in C. elegans ( Research Supplement to Promote Diversity for R01K059418) |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NIDDK | 05/31/17 | 11/30/17 | $434,000 | NIDDK Genetics Repository modifications |
| Tischfield, Jay | Foundation Associates, LLC | 05/23/17 | 05/22/19 | $98,202 | Autism Brain Net |
| Brooks, Andrew | RTI | 05/01/17 | 04/02/19 | $534,634 | Harnessing Knowledge of Gene Function... Heroin Addiction |
| Pellon-Cardenas, Oscar | NJCCR Post-Doc Fellowship | 04/01/17 | 03/31/19 | $100,000 | Novel transcriptional and Epigenetic Networks in Colorectal Tumorigenesis. |
| Tischfield, Jay | Henry M. Jackson Foundation | 03/01/17 | 10/31/17 | $22,358 | Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) – Biological Material Transfer (CHIRP) (Mod 2&3) |
| Tischfield, Jay | Henry M. Jackson Foundation | 03/01/17 | 09/30/19 | $93,195 | Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) – Biological Material Transfer (CHIRP)(Mod 4) |
| Sahota, Amrik | NIH/NIDDK | 03/01/17 | 01/31/21 | $2,878,846 | L-Cystine Diamides as Inhibitors of L-Cystine Stone Formation in Cystinuria |
| Tischfield, Jay | Henry M. Jackson Foundation | 02/01/17 | 04/01/17 | $81,092 | Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) – Biological Material Transfer |
| Tischfield, Jay | Benaroya Reserarch Institute at VM | 02/01/17 | 01/31/18 | $814,868 | ITN renewal |
| Brzustowicz, Linda | Nancy Laurie Marks Foundation | 01/02/17 | 01/01/19 | $10,717 | Molecular and Cellular Characterization of Autism and Language Neural Stem Cells |
| Gantar/Schindler | NJCCR Post-Doc Fellowship | 01/01/17 | 12/31/18 | $100,000 | Aurora Kinase C regulation of centrosome clustering in cancer cells |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NIDDK | 12/01/16 | 03/31/17 | $300,000 | NIDDK Genetics Repository Mod 18 |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NIDA | 09/30/16 | 09/29/17 | $637,650 | NIDA Center for Genetics Studies |
| Matise, Tara | NIH/NHGRI | 09/28/16 | 11/30/16 | $100,000 | NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center (supplement) |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NIDDK | 09/24/16 | 11/30/16 | $258,308 | NIDDK Genetics Repository Mod 16 |
| Shumyatsky, Gleb | NIH/NIMH | 09/23/16 | 07/31/21 | $1,933,100 | Activity-Dependent Cellular and Molecular Events Regulating Memory |
| Shumyatsky, Gleb | NARSAD - Brain and Behavior Research Fndn | 09/15/16 | 09/14/19 | $100,000 | The Role of CVTC1 Transport from Synapse to Nucleus in Establishing Memory Strength |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NINDS | 09/12/16 | 06/30/17 | $53,842 | The NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository |
| Tischfield, Jay | USF-NIH/NIDDK | 09/01/16 | 02/28/17 | $564,395 | Trial Net-USF |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH/NIDDK | 09/01/16 | 09/23/16 | $53,840 | NIDDK Genetics Repository Mod 15 |
| Chen, Kevin | NSF IIS | 07/01/16 | 06/30/19 | $226,775 | RI: Small: Collaborative Research: New Directions in Spectral Learning with Applications to Comparative Epigenomics |
| Brzustowicz/Tischfield | NIH/NIMH | 07/01/16 | 02/28/18 | $2,053,244 | Supplement -Center for Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders |
| Heiman/Tischfield | NJ Center for Tourette Syndrome | 07/01/16 | 06/30/17 | $50,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders, Inc. |
| Akella, Shilpa | NJCSCR - Fellowship | 07/01/16 | 06/30/19 | $150,000 | Identifying mechanisms that regulate stress-induced neuronal restructuring using C.elegans |
| Legeza/Nguyen, Alexandra | NIH/F31 Fellowship | 07/01/16 | 06/30/19 | $131,763 | Investigating the discrete functions of the aurora kinases in meiosis I |
| Brooks, Andrew | Johns Hopkins-NIH /NIDDK | 07/01/16 | 06/30/17 | $77,600 | NASH CRN Year 3 |
| Schrider, Dan | NIH/NHGRI | 07/01/16 | 06/30/21 | $926,683 | K99/R00 Inferring selection from human population genomic data |
| Tischfield, Jay | Simons Foundation | 07/01/16 | 06/30/21 | $4,775,085 | SFARI Biospecimen Collections Repository |
| Brooks, Andrew | Duke Univ-NIH/NIDDK | 07/01/16 | 06/30/17 | $35,434 | Coordinating Center for the Drug Induced Liver Injury Network (DILIN) |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIDDK | 07/01/16 | 08/31/16 | $82,672 | NIDDK Genetics Repository Mod 14 |
| Tischfield, Jay | SUNY-NIH/NIAAA | 07/01/16 | 08/31/16 | $173,694 | COGA - mod |
| Tischfield, Jay | USF (Sanofi) | 06/01/16 | 05/31/17 | $100,786 | Trial Net-USF (Sanofi funded) |
| Nickels, Bryce | NIH/NIGMS | 06/01/16 | 05/31/21 | $3,411,935 | Transcription: Mechanism and Regulation |
| Matise, Tara | NIH/NHGRI | 01/14/16 | 11/30/19 | $3,285,749 | NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center |
| Yu, Lei | Hongguan Biological Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | 08/26/15 | 08/25/20 | $150,000 | Measuring SIP30 Oligonucleotide In Vivo Distribution Following Intrathecal Administration in Rodents |
| Barr, Mareen | NIH/NIDDK | 08/17/15 | 05/31/20 | $1,860,580 | Polycystins, cilia, and extracellular vesicles in C. elegans |
| Schindler, Karen | NIH/NIGMS | 07/01/15 | 06/30/20 | $1,755,395 | Control of Mammalian Meiosis I through Protein Kinase Signaling |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH/NCI | 07/01/15 | 06/30/20 | $1,772,815 | Transcriptional Mechanisms of Tumor Suppression |
| Shumyatsky, Gleb | SNJ CBIR | 06/01/15 | 05/31/19 | $535,000 | The role of stathmin and microtubule stability in vulnerability, development and recovery from mTBI and accompanying PTSD |
| Rongo, Christopher | NIH/NINDS | 02/01/14 | 12/31/18 | $1,835,764 | Synapse Formation in the C. elegans Nervous System |
| Singson, Andrew | NIH/NICHHD | 11/01/13 | 10/31/18 | $1,596,866 | Gamete Interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans |
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