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RNA modifications and cancer · Molecular Biology

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Publications268
Citations23,439

Grants

27 total · 16 active

NSF #2118779

Collaborative Research: DMREF: Accelerated Discovery of Artificial Multiferroics with Enhanced Magnetoelectric Coupling

Expiring Soon
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-10-012026-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington University

NIH #R01CA315249

Biomimetic Migrating Nanoparticles Targeting Tumor Stroma and Neural Invasion to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Therapy and Pain Control

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2026-06-022031-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at EMORY UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01NR022445

Self-Compassion, Health, and Empowerment: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Chinese Immigrant Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2026-05-202031-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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All Grants

27 total · 16 active

NSF #2118779

Collaborative Research: DMREF: Accelerated Discovery of Artificial Multiferroics with Enhanced Magnetoelectric Coupling

Expiring Soon
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2021-10-012026-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington University

NIH #R01CA315249

Biomimetic Migrating Nanoparticles Targeting Tumor Stroma and Neural Invasion to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Therapy and Pain Control

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2026-06-022031-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at EMORY UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01NR022445

Self-Compassion, Health, and Empowerment: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Chinese Immigrant Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2026-05-202031-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

NIH #R35GM162624

Regulation of ER-phagy during cellular stresses

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2026-03-062031-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON

NIH #R01CA301488

Ultrahigh-throughput imaging of 3D tumor microenvironment at nanoscale

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2025-04-012030-03-31
PIs
3

Awarded at CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY

NIH #R01HG011067

Novel methods to detect and interpret splicing quantitative trait loci - Renewal

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2020-05-012029-12-31
PIs
2

NIH #R35GM153249

Computational genomics approaches to study mechanisms and function of mRNA splicing

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2024-07-192029-05-31
PIs
1

NSF #2504762

Collaborative Research: NeTS: Medium: CAML: Communication-constrained Adaptive Machine Learning in Heterogeneous Edge Networks

Active
Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2025-10-012028-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Board of Regents, NSHE, obo University of Nevada, Reno

NIH #R01HL173271

Unraveling molecular Complexity of Mitral Valve Disease using single cell and Spatial Multi-Omics analysis"

Active
Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2024-09-012028-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at YALE UNIVERSITY

NIH #R35GM150941

Mapping the Cellular Responses to DNA Double-Strand Breaks Using On-Demand CRISPR technologies and High-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2023-08-012028-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NIH #R01DK134494

Regulation and Function of Thioredoxin Interacting Protein (Txnip) in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2023-07-012028-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at TEMPLE UNIV OF THE COMMONWEALTH

NSF #2416896

Collaborative Research: SLES: Long-Term Safety for Human-AI Ecosystem

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2024-09-012027-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of California-Santa Cruz

NSF #2348376

CRII: CSR: Enabling On-Device Continual Learning through Enhancing Efficiency of Computing, Memory, and Data

Active
Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2024-08-012027-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

NSF #2425141

Collaborative Research: Wearable Distributed Metasurface Antenna Array for Reliable and Secure Wireless Body Area Networks

Active
Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2024-08-012027-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Baylor University

NIH #R35GM143067

Dissect the Timing Mechanism for Immune Maturation in Plants

Active
Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2021-07-012027-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

NIH #R01ES034175

The impact of wildfire smoke exposure on cardiovascular health in the western US

Active
Amount
$500K–$600K
Period
2022-08-092027-04-30
PIs
2

Awarded at EMORY UNIVERSITY

NSF #2039313

Investigate the roles of endogenous salicylic acids in de novo organogenesis

Amount
$700K–$800K
Period
2021-08-012026-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

NSF #2124934

Doping Effects on Excited-State Properties of Two-Dimensional Moiré Crystals

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2021-09-012026-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington University

NSF #2514583

Conference: Plant Genetics and Developmental Biology Symposium (August 22, 2025; Philadelphia, PA)

Amount
<$100K
Period
2025-03-012026-02-28
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

NSF #1531755

MRI: Acquisition of an Ultra Rapid Quenching Apparatus for Research and Education

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2015-10-012023-09-30
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez

NSF #1609371

Miniaturized Reconfigurable Wearable Antenna for Dynamic On-Body Wireless Communication

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2016-08-012022-01-31
PIs
2

Awarded at Baylor University

NSF #1938748

I-Corps: Remote Health Monitoring from Wearable Antenna Measurements

Amount
<$100K
Period
2019-09-152021-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at Baylor University

NSF #1455346

CAREER: Many-electron interactions and excited-state properties in two-dimensional van der waals interfaces

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2015-07-012020-12-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington University

NSF #1241651

Collaborative Project: Capacity Building in Mobile Security Through Curriculum and Faculty Development

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2012-11-012016-10-31
PIs
4

Awarded at University of Tennessee Chattanooga

NSF #1318439

EDU: Collaborative: Bolstering Security Education through Transiting Research on Browser Security

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2013-09-152016-08-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Tennessee Chattanooga

NSF #1207141

Excited-State Properties of Electrostatically Doped Low-Dimensional Structures

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2012-09-012015-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Washington University

NSF #1129444

Collaborative Project: Developing Faculty Expertise in Information Assurance through Case Studies and Hands-on Experiences

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2011-09-012014-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Recent Public Signals

  1. New preprint: Depleting prion protein using splice-switching small molecules2026-06-27
  2. New NIH award: Biomimetic Migrating Nanoparticles Targeting Tumor Stroma and Neural Invasion to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Therapy and Pain Control2026-06-02
  3. New NIH award: Self-Compassion, Health, and Empowerment: A Randomized Controlled Trial for Chinese Immigrant Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence2026-05-20

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