Full Professor(heuristic)

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies · Molecular Biology

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Publications211
Citations7,002

Grants

34 total · 27 active

NIH #2P30CA023100-38

Cancer Biology and Signaling Program

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
1996-07-012031-04-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R35GM131810-07

Intracellular Remodeling during Early Development

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2019-07-012029-11-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NIH #5R01ES036194-02

Cytoplasmic remodeling during the vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2025-01-242029-11-30
PIs
3
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

Student capacity is a rough estimate from remaining award size, split equally among PIs. Actual funding decisions vary.

All Grants

34 total · 27 active

NIH #2P30CA023100-38

Cancer Biology and Signaling Program

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
1996-07-012031-04-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R35GM131810-07

Intracellular Remodeling during Early Development

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2019-07-012029-11-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NIH #5R01ES036194-02

Cytoplasmic remodeling during the vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2025-01-242029-11-30
PIs
3
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NIH #2R35GM131810-06

Intracellular Remodeling during Early Development

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2019-07-012029-11-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NIH #1R01ES036194-01A1

Cytoplasmic remodeling during the vertebrate oocyte-to-embryo transition

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2025-01-242029-11-30
PIs
3
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NSF #2531367

Collaborative Research: Mechanics and Morphogenesis in Biofilms: A Model System of Adaptive Growth

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2025-12-012028-11-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at Yale University

NSF #2503017

Excellence in Research: Artificial Intelligence-Driven Learning Analytics to Predict Student Performance in STEM Education at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2025-09-152028-08-31
PIs
4
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at Tennessee State University

NIH #5R01CA262794-05

EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Mechanotransduction

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-06-012027-05-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

NIH #5R01CA262794-04

EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Mechanotransduction

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-06-012027-05-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

NIH #3R01CA262794-04S1

EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Mechanotransduction

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-06-012027-05-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

NIH #5R01CA262794-03

EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Mechanotransduction

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-06-012027-05-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

NIH #3R01CA262794-03S1

EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Mechanotransduction

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-06-012027-05-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

NIH #5R01CA262794-02

EPHA2 Receptor Signaling in Breast Cancer Mechanotransduction

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-06-012027-05-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at SANFORD BURNHAM PREBYS MEDICAL DISCOVERY INSTITUTE

NIH #5T32CA009523-38

Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and Communication

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
1993-03-012027-03-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA268179-05

Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-03-012027-02-28
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA268179-04

Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-03-012027-02-28
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R44HL165997-03

Developing small molecule inhibitors of Pleckstrin-2 to treat thrombosis

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-09-152027-02-28
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at APLEXIS, INC.

NIH #5R01CA268179-03

Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-03-012027-02-28
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA268179-02

Functional interplay between Hippo and estrogen receptor ESR1

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-03-012027-02-28
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA174869-10

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #3R01CA174869-09S2

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2025-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #3R01CA174869-09S1

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA174869-09

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA174869-08

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #3R01CA174869-08S1

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R01CA174869-07

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #3R01CA174869-07S1

Regulation of Tumor Invasion and Metastasis by Matrix Stiffness

Active
Amount
$NaNK
Period
2015-08-012027-01-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #3P30CA023100-37S2

Cancer Biology and Signaling

Amount
$NaNK
Period
1996-07-012026-04-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5T32CA009523-37

Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and Communication

Amount
$NaNK
Period
1993-03-012026-03-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5T32CA009523-36

Contemporary Approaches to Cancer Cell Signaling and Communication

Amount
$NaNK
Period
1993-03-012026-03-31
PIs
2
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #2R44HL165997-02

Developing small molecule inhibitors of Pleckstrin-2 to treat thrombosis

Amount
$NaNK
Period
2022-09-152026-02-28
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at APLEXIS, INC.

NIH #5R01CA236386-05

Apical-basal polarity in tumor progression and metastasis

Amount
$NaNK
Period
2019-09-012025-08-31
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #1R13HD117636-01

2024 Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) International Meeting

Amount
$NaNK
Period
2024-09-172025-06-30
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO

NIH #5R35GM131810-05

Maternal control of germline development

Amount
$NaNK
Period
2019-07-012025-01-14
PIs
1
Est. capacity / PI
~ students

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

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