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RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms · Molecular Biology

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Publications144
Citations10,992

Grants

22 total · 4 active

NIH #R35GM153424

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial membrane transport systems in cellular energetics

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2024-05-01 → 2029-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NSF #2533680

Optical Phase Detection and Imaging by a Multimode Silicon Photonic Chip

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2025-10-01 → 2028-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NIH #R01AG080684

Molecular mechanisms of gamma-secretase modulation central to Alzheimer’s disease

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2022-12-01 → 2027-11-30
PIs
2

Awarded at SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH

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All Grants

22 total · 4 active

NIH #R35GM153424

Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial membrane transport systems in cellular energetics

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2024-05-01 → 2029-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NSF #2533680

Optical Phase Detection and Imaging by a Multimode Silicon Photonic Chip

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2025-10-01 → 2028-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NIH #R01AG080684

Molecular mechanisms of gamma-secretase modulation central to Alzheimer’s disease

Active
Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2022-12-01 → 2027-11-30
PIs
2

Awarded at SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH

NSF #2326699

Collaborative Research: First-Principle Control of Novel Resonances in Non-Hermitian Photonic Media

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2023-09-01 → 2027-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NSF #2023780

ASCENT: Collaborative Research: Programmable Photonic Computation Accelerators (PPCA)

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2020-09-01 → 2025-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NIH #R21AG081763

Phosphorylated Tau as Biomarkers of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorder in Older Adults

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2023-05-01 → 2025-04-30
PIs
2

Awarded at MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL

NSF #1846766

CAREER: Topological Engineering for Active Photonic Structures and Devices

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2019-03-01 → 2025-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NSF #2117775

MRI: Acquisition of an Electron-Beam Lithography Tool for Research, Education and Training

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2021-09-01 → 2024-08-31
PIs
5

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NIH #R01GM117108

Structure and Function of SWEET Sugar Transporters

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2016-09-01 → 2024-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01GM138590

Molecular Mechanism of Mitochondrial Membrane Transport

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2020-07-01 → 2024-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NSF #1916472

Learning Dependence Structures with Bayesian Regularization

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2019-09-01 → 2023-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NSF #1932803

New Microlasers: Structuring and Twisting Laser Radiations at a Microscale

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2019-09-01 → 2023-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NSF #1842612

RAISE-EQuIP: Integrated Higher-Dimensional Quantum Photonic Platform

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2018-10-01 → 2023-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NSF #1635026

Laser Chip Lithography-Patterned Nanomembranes for Wastewater Treatment

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2016-09-01 → 2020-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at SUNY at Buffalo

NIH #DP2AG052940

Molecular Mechanism and Novel Therapeutic Strategy in Alzheimer's Disease

Amount
$2M–$3M
Period
2015-09-30 → 2020-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at STANFORD UNIVERSITY

NSF #1811393

High spatial resolution tactile sensing imager using optical exceptional point structures

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2019-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NSF #1811370

Collaborative Research: Investigation of Rotation-Time and Inversion-Time Symmetries in Photonic Materials

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2017-09-01 → 2018-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Pennsylvania

NSF #1506884

Collaborative Research: Investigation of Rotation-Time and Inversion-Time Symmetries in Photonic Materials

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2015-07-01 → 2018-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at SUNY at Buffalo

NSF #1507312

High spatial resolution tactile sensing imager using optical exceptional point structures

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2015-09-01 → 2018-03-31
PIs
2

Awarded at SUNY at Buffalo

NSF #1209152

Bayesian Learning with Structured Sparsity

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2012-08-15 → 2015-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NSF #0732276

Collaborative Research: Probabilistic models and geometry for high dimensional data

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2007-09-01 → 2011-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NIH #F32GM020529

MISSING CYSTEINYL-TRNA SYNTHETASE IN METHANOGENS

Amount
<$100K
Period
2002-05-01 → —
PIs
1

Awarded at YALE UNIVERSITY

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Correction: Tian et al. CRU–Urea Mixtures Improve Maize Protein Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in the Black Soil Region of Northeast China. Plants 2026, 15, 675 (Plants)2026-07-08
  2. New NSF award: Optical Phase Detection and Imaging by a Multimode Silicon Photonic Chip2025-10-01
  3. New NIH award: Molecular mechanisms of mitochondrial membrane transport systems in cellular energetics2024-05-01

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