Grant Funding

Current Grant Funding

Federal

  • NIH R01 HG004659 (NHGRI): Functional RNA elements in the human genome

  • NIH R01 HG011864 (NHGRI): STAMP technology to enable single-cell and isoform-sensitive detection of RBP sites

  • NIH RF1 MH126719 (NHGRI): Ribo-STAMPEDE: novel tools for molecular profiling of brain cell types — with Giordano Lippi at TSRI

  • NIH U24 HG009889 (NHGRI): A comprehensive binding and functional map of human RNA-binding proteins — with Brent Graveley at UConn

  • NIH R01 HD101534 (NICHD): Dissecting the role of FMRP in RNA processing using human stem cell models — with Lindy Barrett (PI) at the Broad Institute

  • NIH R01 DK018477 (NIDDK): Enhancer connectomes in regulation of gene expression — with Geoff Rosenfeld (PI) at UCSD

  • NIH R01 NS103172 (NINDS): Therapeutic strategies for microsatellite expansion diseases using RNA-targeting — with Maury Swanson at U.Florida

  • NIH R01 MH131907 (NIMH): Human isogenic organoid models of genetic forms of autism to identify convergent and divergent pathomechanisms in autism — with Stefan Aigner in the Yeo lab

  • NIH R01 CA259562 (NCI): Dissecting stress granule dependencies in leukemia stem cells — with Kristin Hope at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre / University of Toronto

Non-federal

Previous Grant Funding

Federal

  • NIH U24 HG011735 (NHGRI via the Jackson Laboratory’s TDCC / PI Mark Adams): Recruitable and inducible tools to map protein-RNA interactions at scale — with Rahul Kohli at UPenn [2023-2024]

  • DoD ALS Research Program Therapeutic Idea Award: RNA-directed therapy for C9ORF72-linked ALS using engineered zinc finger nucleases — with Martin Marsala at UCSD [2021-2023]

  • NIH P01 AI132122 (NIAID): Molecular determinants of tissue-resident memory T cell Fate in acute and chronic infection — with Ananda Goldrath (contact PI), Elena Zuniga, John Chang, and Wei Wang at UCSD [2018-2023]

  • NIH U01 MH115747 (NIMH): The Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative (PCMI) — with Nevan Krogan (PI) at UCSF [2020-2022]

  • NIH R01 NIH HD085902 (NICHD): Reconstruction of cardiovascular regulatory networks from large-scale single-cell analyses of cardiovascular lineages — with Neil Chi at UCSD [2016-2021]

  • NIH U01 HG009417 (NHGRI): Analysis of functional genetic variants in RNA processing and expression — with Grace Xiao (PI), UCLA [2017-2022]

  • U41 NIH HG009889 (NHGRI): A comprehensive functional map of human protein-RNA interactions — with Brent Graveley at UConn [2018-2022]

  • NIH R01 EY029166 (NEI): Application of RNA-targeting Cas9 to Fuchs' dystrophy — with Natalie Afshari at UCSD and the Shiley Eye Institute [2018-2022]

  • NIH R01 HL137223 (NHLBI): Analysis of RNA binding proteins directing hematopoietic stem cell fate — with Kristin Hope, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto (Canada) [2018-2022]

  • IARPA grant: High throughput, sensitive, rapid detection of viral infection and spread with an innovative isothermal lateral flow assay — with Yu-Hwa Lo (PI) at UCSD [2020-2021]

  • DoD ALS Research Program Therapeutic Idea Award: RNA-directed therapy for C9ORF72-linked ALS — with Martin Marsala at UCSD [2019-2021]

  • NIH R01 AI123202 (NIAID): Using single-cell RNA-seq to interrogate host immunity to pathogens — with with John Chang at UCSD [2016-2021]

  • NIH R56 AG069098 (NIA): Evaluating and Targeting RNA granules in neurodegenerative diseases — with Eric Bennett, UCSD [2020-2021]

  • NIH U19 MH107367 (NIMH): Collaboration on preclinical autism cellular assays, biosignatures, and network analyses (Copacabana) — with Alysson Muotri, Larry Goldstein, and Shelley Halpain at UCSD, and Ed Callaway at the Salk Institute [2015-2021]

  • NIH R01 HD085902 (NICHD): Reconstruction of cardiovascular regulatory networks from large-scale single-cell analyses of cardiovascular lineages — with Neil Chi at UCSD [2016-2021]

  • NIH R01 HL137219 (NHLBI): Dissecting splicing factor mutations in iPSCs — with Eirini Papapetrou at Icahn [2017-2021]

  • NIH R56 AG055824 (NIA): The Role of alternative splicing in neurodegeneration — with Towfique Raj (PI) at Mt. Sinai [2019-2020]

  • NIH U54 HG007005 (NHGRI): Comprehensive analysis of functional RNA elements encoded in the human genome — with Brent Graveley at UConn [2012-2019]

  • NIH R01 NS075449 (NGHRI): Defining the messenger RNP code in the brain [2012-2017]

  • NIH R01AI095277 (NIAID): Regulation and function of polarity and asymmetric cell division in immunity — with John Chang (PI) at UCSD [2014-2016]

  • NIH U01 HL107442 (NHLBI): Regulatory genomic studies in a cohort of IPS cell derived cardiomyocytes — with Kelly Frazer (PI) at UCSD [2014-2015]

  • NIH R01 GM084317 (NIGMS): Genomic measurement of alternative splicing — with Manny Ares (PI) at UCSC [2009-2012]

Non-federal

  • CDC contract: Total microbial knowledge of wastewater on a college campus: lessons for NWSS — with Rob Knight (PI) at UCSD and others [2022-2024]

  • CDC contract: Genomic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 to investigate local and cross-border emergence and spread — with Kristian Andersen (PI) at TSRI and others [2020-2024]