Recent Grants to Genetics Department Faculty.
| PI | Sponsor | Project Start Date | Project End Date | Award Total | Title |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH NIDDK R01 | 9/1/24 | 8/31/29 | $4,020,275 | Physiological Dissection of the Mevalonate Pathway |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH R01 | 7/1/24 | 6/30/28 | $3,367,991 | Intestinal uptake, translocation, biodistribution, and toxicity of ingested environmentally relevant micro-nanoplastics (MNPs) and the role of inflammation using advanced cellular and in vivo models |
| Heiman, Gary | NJ Center for Tourettes Syndrome | 7/1/24 | 6/30/25 | $15,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders Genetics Repository |
| Heiman, Gary | NIH/NCATS | 5/1/24 | 4/30/31 | $39,672,919 | NJ ACTS: A Platform for Translational Science in New Jersey |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH-NIDDK R01 | 4/1/24 | 3/31/28 | $2,713,686 | Nutrigenomics of Intestinal Vitamin D Action |
| Matise, Tara | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 11/1/23 | 3/31/25 | $850,000 | The Rutgers University Genetics Coordinating Center - Genetics of Breast Cancer |
| Schindler, Karen/Xing, Jinchuan | NIH-NICHD R01 | 7/15/23 | 4/30/28 | $2,474,125 | Association of the Maternal Exome with Risk of an Aneuploid Conception |
| Barr, Maureen | NIH-NIDDK R01 | 7/1/23 | 6/30/27 | $2,370,972 | Polycystins, cilia, and extracellular vesicles in C. elegans |
| Heiman, Gary | NJ Center for Tourettes Syndrome | 7/1/23 | 6/30/24 | $50,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders Genetics Repository |
| Knowles, James | NIH-NIMH R01 | 7/1/23 | 6/302024 | $3,354 | Latino Ancestry Genomic Psychiatry Cohort |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH-NCI R01 | 6/8/23 | 5/31/24 | $392,500 | Mechanisms of Serrated Colon Tumor Suppression |
| Verzi/Dennis Aldea | NIH-NIDDK R01 S1 | 6/1/23 | 5/31/24 | $80,579 | (Diversity Supplement) Mechanisms Driving Metabolic Shifts in the Intestinal Epithelium |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH-NIDA | 3/13/23 | 3/13/28 | $15,000,000 | NIDA Center for Genetics Studies |
| Barr, Maureen | NIH-NIDDK R01 | 2/15/23 | 12/31/26 | $2,326,082 | Nephronophthisis-Related Ciliopathies and Ciliary Compartmentalization - Renewal |
| Knowles, James | NIH-NIMH R01 | 1/1/23 | 6/30/24 | $71,035 | African Ancestry Genomic Psychiatry Cohort |
| Tischfield, Jay | NESARC | 12/1/22 | 11/30/27 | $676,840 | NESARC III DNA Storage - Renewal |
| Bergey, Christina | NSF (New York University) | 12/1/22 | 6/30/24 | $59,696 | The evolutionary mechanisms of hybridization across a primate radiation |
| Bergey, Christina | NSF (New York University) | 12/1/22 | 9/30/23 | $93,657 | The evolutionary mechanisms of hybridization across a primate radiation |
| Bergey, Christina | Rutgers-Busch Grant | 10/1/22 | 9/30/24 | $60,000 | Transgenic disruption of pathogen transmission in mosquito vectors using piRNA signaling |
| Knowles, James | NIH-NIMH R01 | 9/8/22 | 4/30/25 | $1,833,714 | The GEN-BLIP Study (GENetics of BipoLar Disorder In Pakistan) |
| Sahota, Amrik | Synlogic Therapeutics | 9/5/22 | 3/31/23 | $185,544 | Administration of a low-methionine diet to Slc3a1 knockout mice as a potential therapy for cystinuria |
| Jain, Devanshi | NIH-NIGMS R35 | 9/1/22 | 8/31/27 | $1,933,955 | Regulatory mechanisms of meiotic entry and progression |
| Leelabati, Biswas (Schindler Lab) | NIH-NICHD F30 | 9/1/22 | 8/31/23 | $46,064 | Functional evaluation of kinesin gene variants associated with female subfertility and egg aneuploidy. |
| Nakamura, Tetsuya | NSF | 8/15/22 | 7/31/27 | $1,153,200 | The function of Gli proteins in the specification of ossification pathways in pectoral girdle development and evolution |
| Gonzalez, Sofia (Shumyatsky Lab) | SNJ - DOH | 7/1/22 | 6/30/24 | $130,000 | Cortical Circuits Regulating Social Behaviors |
| Heiman, Gary | NJ Center for Tourettes Syndrome | 7/1/22 | 6/30/23 | $50,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders Genetics Repository |
| Jonathon Walsh (Barr Lab) | PKD Foundation | 7/1/22 | 6/30/24 | $120,000 | Function of polycystins in ciliary extracellular vesicles |
| Power, Kaiden (Barr Lab) | NIH-NIDDK F31 | 7/1/22 | 11/30/24 | $43,049 | Role of a NIMA-Related Kinase in Neuronal Microtubule-Based Transport |
| Shumyatsky, Gleb | Rutgers-Busch Grant | 7/1/22 | 6/30/24 | $60,000 | Dissecting neural circuits of maternal care |
| Knowles, James | NIH-NIMH R01 | 4/18/22 | 4/30/23 | $616,799 | The GEN-SCRIP Study (GENetics of SChizophRenia in Pakistan) |
| Schindler, Schindler | ASRM | 3/15/22 | 3/14/24 | $49,998 | New Discoveries in the Basic or Translational Sciences that Impact the Treatment and Understanding of In Vitro Fertilization |
| Schindler, Schindler | EAST CAROLINA UNIV | 3/1/22 | 2/28/23 | $15,700 | Challenging the Role of Retinoic Acid in Meiotic Initiation |
| Yu, Lei | Plumeria Therapeutics, Inc | 3/1/22 | 2/28/23 | $231,000 | Chemokine-receptor in PDN - Lei Yu - SBIR Phase I Grant Resub |
| Vemuri, Kiran Mayi (Verzi Lab) | AHA predoctoral fellowship | 1/1/22 | 12/31/23 | $64,072 | Mechanisms of Intestinal Lipid Metabolism as Therapeutic Targets for Diet-Induced Obesity |
| Xing, Jinchuan | NSF | 10/1/21 | 9/30/23 | $30,218 | EAGER: Integration and analysis of high-dimensional dataset |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH-NINDK R01 | 9/23/21 | 5/31/26 | $3,345,816 | Mechanisms Driving Metabolic Shifts in the Intestinal Epithelium |
| Sahota, Amrik | Synlogic Therapeutics | 9/6/21 | 3/31/22 | $101,976 | Administration of a low-methionine diet to Slc3a1 knockout mice as a potential therapy for cystinuria |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH-NINDK R01 S1 | 8/6/21 | 6/30/23 | $89,982 | Mechanisms of Intestinal Epithelial Differentiation |
| Barr, Maureen | NIH-NINDS R01 | 8/1/21 | 7/31/24 | $1,177,500 | Fundamental Biology of Neuronal Extracellular Vesicles |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH-NINDS U24 Supplement | 8/1/21 | 7/31/22 | $305,242 | NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository |
| Heiman, Gary | NJ Center for Tourettes Syndrome | 7/1/21 | 6/30/22 | $50,000 | Center of Excellence for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders Genetics Repository |
| Ellison, Christopher | NJCU-NSF | 6/1/21 | 5/31/24 | $123,369 | Drosophila F Element Expansion: A Window on the C-value Paradox |
| Ellison, Christopher | NIH-NIGMS R01 | 1/1/21 | 12/31/24 | $1,255,000 | Mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of transposon strategies to counteract host silencing |
| Ellison, Christopher | NIH-NIGMS R01 S1 | 1/1/21 | 12/31/24 | $272,156 | Mechanisms and evolutionary consequences of transposon strategies to counteract host silencing |
| Heiman, Gary | UCSF | 10/1/20 | 4/30/23 | $214,109 | Breaking through OCD Genetics |
| Nakamura, Tetsuya | Rutgers | 10/1/20 | 9/30/22 | $40,000 | The Genetic Mechanisms that Specify Two Distinct Types of Ossification |
| Schindler, Schindler | NIH-NIGMS R35 | 9/17/20 | 7/31/25 | $1,914,210 | Signaling Mechanisms that Control Chromosome Segregation During Female Meiosis |
| Schindler, Schindler | NIH-NIGMS R35 S1 | 9/17/20 | 7/31/23 | $163,821 | Signaling Mechanisms that Control Chromosome Segregation During Female Meiosis |
| Schindler, Schindler | NIH-NIGMS R35 S2 | 9/17/20 | 7/31/23 | $119,078 | Signaling Mechanisms that Control Chromosome Segregation During Female Meiosis |
| Nguyen, Mai-Uyen (Verzi Lab) | NIH-NINDK F31 | 9/1/20 | 8/31/23 | $126,278 | Functions of Histone Acetyltransferases KAT2A and KAT2B in Intestinal Homeostasis and Colon Cancer |
| Barr, Maureen | NIH-NIDDK R01 | 8/1/20 | 6/30/23 | $705,250 | Polycystins, Cilia, and Extracellular Vesicles in C. elegans |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH-NINDS U24 Supplement | 8/1/20 | 7/31/25 | $6,575,700 | NINDS Human Cell and Data Repository (U24) |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH-NINDK R01 | 7/1/20 | 6/30/24 | $2,339,863 | Mechanisms of Intestinal Epithelial Differentiation |
| Tong, Kevin (Verzi Lab) | NIH-NCI K99 | 5/1/20 | 4/30/22 | $240,528 | Elucidating the Role of SMAD4 in Colorectal Cancer |
| Shah, Premal | CHOP | 4/1/20 | 3/31/25 | $299,146 | Defining Post-Transcriptional Regulons in Intestinal Epithelial Regeneration |
| Brzustowicz, Linda/Tischfield, Jay | NIH-NIMH U24 | 3/1/20 | 2/28/25 | $49,014,164 | Continuation of the Center for Genomic Studies on Mental Disorders |
| Matise, Tara | NIH UL1TR003017 | 1/20/20 | 2/28/22 | $72,353 | New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science: NJ ACTS |
| Tischfield, Jay | COGA U10 | 9/1/19 | 8/31/24 | $4,340,266 | Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism |
| Verzi, Michael | NIH_ UOM _ Verzi | 9/1/19 | 8/31/24 | $658,750 | Niche Support of Human Intestinal Stem Cells |
| Yu, Lei | Office for Research | 9/1/19 | 2/28/23 | $40,000 | Targeting SIP30 for Neuropathic Pain Relief with U1 Adaptor Gene Silencing Technology |
| Shah, Premal | NSF | 7/1/19 | 6/30/22 | $266,257 | Collaborative Research: RiboViz for Reliable, Reproducible and Rigorous Quantification of Protein Synthesis |
| Matise, Tara | NIH-NHGRI R01 | 6/15/19 | 4/31/24 | $6,731,593 | PAGE III: Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology |
| Xing, Jinchuan | SNJ - DOH | 6/1/19 | 5/31/22 | $200,000 | Elucidating Genetic Components of Autism and Co-occurring ADHD using Whole Genome Sequencing |
| Matise, Tara | NIH-NHGRI U24 S1 | 12/1/18 | 7/31/22 | $924,687 | NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center |
| Matise, Tara | NIH-NHGRI U24 | 12/1/18 | 7/31/22 | $1,063,224 | NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center |
| Tischfield, Jay | NIH-NIDA | 9/21/18 | 3/13/23 | $16,159,752 | NIDA Center for Genetics Studies |
| Ellison, Christopher | NIH-NIGMS R01 | 9/18/18 | 8/31/23 | $1,627,500 | Genetic Specification and Evolution of 3D Genome Organization |
| Tischfield, Jay | VCU through NIAAA | 9/1/18 | 7/31/22 | $307,963 | A Genome Wide Association Study of Severe Alcohol Use Disorder (Subaward) |
| Heiman, Gary | NIH-NIMH | 6/15/18 | 3/31/25 | $5,468,396 | Collaborative Genomic Studies of Tourette Disorder |
| Schindler, Karen/Xing, Jinchuan | NIH-NICHD R01 | 12/15/17 | 11/30/22 | $1,847,723 | Association of the Maternal Exome with Risk of an Aneuploid Conception |
| Barr, Maureen | NIH-NIDDK R01 | 12/12/17 | 12/31/22 | $1,400,718 | Nephronophthisis-Related Ciliopathies and Ciliary Compartmentalization |
| Tischfield, Jay | NESARC | 12/1/17 | 11/30/22 | $517,636 | NESARC III DNA Storage |
| Shah, Premal | NIH-NIGMS R35 | 9/14/17 | 8/31/22 | $1,905,110 | Dynamics and Evolution of Translational Regulation |
| Sahota, Amrik/Hu, Longqin | NIH-NIDDK R01 | 3/1/17 | 1/31/23 | $2,878,846 | L-Cystine Diamides as Inhibitors of L-Cystine Stone Formation in Cystinuria |
