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DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry · Molecular Biology

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h-index108
i10-index344
Publications703
Citations44,062

Grants

16 total · 1 active

NIH #R35GM122569

Single molecule and biophysical studies of nucleic acid remodeling

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-05-01 → 2027-04-30
PIs
1

NIH #U01DK127432

Chromatin Function During Transcription and DNA Repair at Single Molecule Resolutionin Living Cells

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2020-09-15 → 2025-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

NSF #2423952

Collaborative Research: Bottom-up Construction of a Synthetic Neuron and Programmable Neuronal Network

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2023-10-01 → 2024-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Children's Hospital Corporation

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All Grants

16 total · 1 active

NIH #R35GM122569

Single molecule and biophysical studies of nucleic acid remodeling

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2017-05-01 → 2027-04-30
PIs
1

NIH #U01DK127432

Chromatin Function During Transcription and DNA Repair at Single Molecule Resolutionin Living Cells

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2020-09-15 → 2025-06-30
PIs
3

Awarded at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

NSF #2423952

Collaborative Research: Bottom-up Construction of a Synthetic Neuron and Programmable Neuronal Network

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2023-10-01 → 2024-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Children's Hospital Corporation

NSF #1934864

Collaborative Research: Bottom-up Construction of a Synthetic Neuron and Programmable Neuronal Network

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2019-09-15 → 2024-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Johns Hopkins University

NSF #2031094

RAPID: Host-pathogen interactions during genome replication of SARS-CoV2

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2020-06-01 → 2022-05-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Johns Hopkins University

NIH #R01GM112659

Quantitative Imaging and Modeling of Regulation by Bacterial Small RNA

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2015-01-01 → 2018-11-30
PIs
3

Awarded at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01GM065367

Single Molecule Study of Helicase Mechanisms

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2002-04-01 → 2017-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

NIH #R21AG042332

Single-Molecule Dissection of mTOR Complexes

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2013-09-30 → 2016-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NSF #0822613

PFC: Center for the Physics of Living Cells

Amount
$7M–$8M
Period
2008-09-01 → 2015-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NSF #1132377

Workshop: How Molecules Come to Life: Biophysics Vision 2016 on April 28-29, 2011 in Arlington, VA

Amount
<$100K
Period
2011-04-01 → 2012-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NSF #0646550

High Resolution Single Molecule Study of RecA

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2007-04-01 → 2012-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NIH #R13GM084493

2008 Single Molecule Approaches to Biology Gordon Research Conference

Amount
<$100K
Period
2008-08-14 → 2009-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES

NIH #R21GM074526

Porous Biomimetric Nanocontainers

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2005-05-01 → 2008-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NSF #0134916

CAREER: Advanced Single Molecule Techniques on DNA-Protein Interactions

Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2002-04-01 → 2008-03-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

NIH #P41RR003155

SINGLE MOLECULE FLUORESCENCE

Amount
<$100K
Period
2004-08-01 → 2005-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

NIH #U19AI083025

Single-molecule and super-resolution studies of RIG-I pathways

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
— → —
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Cellular replisomes are powered by flex-fuel motors for unwinding DNA (Nature Communications)2026-06-29
  2. New preprint: Cohesin activity accelerates the homology search2026-06-10
  3. New NIH award: Single molecule and biophysical studies of nucleic acid remodeling2017-05-01

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