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Kai Sun
University Of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
$3,820,400
Attributed
$3,820,400
Total exposure
3
Grants
3
Lead (contact PI)
Attributed= this PI's even-split share of every grant they're on (the fair, additive number). Exposure = full size of all those grants. They are the sole PI on all grants (the two match).
Funding over time
peak $619K · FY2017–25$1M$750K$500K$250K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NIH$3,820,400 · 3
By mechanism
R01$3,586,400 · 2
R56$234,000 · 1
Top collaborators
No co-investigators on record.
Most similar at University Of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr Houston
Same institution · by research overlap
- Jeffrey A Frost$5,373,835
- Mikhail V. Bogdanov$945,576
- William Dowhan$16,071,319
- Alan L Myers$1,138,715
- Alan L. Buchman$204,144
Others in their field
Other Emerging Leaders on “Molecular”
- Leonard Freedman · Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$468,573,385
- Lynn Briscoe · Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$137,360,557
- Ethan Dmitrovsky · Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$109,548,439
- Leonard Freedmand · Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc.$85,594,314
- Peter W Pisters · University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr$76,895,673
- Scott Hensley · University Of Pennsylvania$41,662,743
Research focus
MolecularLinkRegulationMetabolicMetabolic DiseasesIn VivoLoss Of FunctionAdipocytesObesitySitePathologicAdverse EffectsIn VitroEventInflammationBaseUp-RegulationProgramsAdipose TissueProductionPreventDoxycyclineAngiogenesisEndopeptidases
Grant awards (11)
Discovering the new function of DRP1 on lipid metabolism$390,000
R01 · FY2025 · DK · contact PI
Discovering the new function of DRP1 on lipid metabolism$374,400
R01 · FY2024 · DK · contact PI
Discovering the new function of DRP1 on lipid metabolism$390,000
R01 · FY2023 · DK · contact PI
Discovering the new function of DRP1 on lipid metabolism$390,000
R01 · FY2022 · DK · contact PI
Dichotomous Effects of MT1-MMP on Adipose Tissue Remodeling$385,000
R01 · FY2021 · DK · contact PI
Dichotomous Effects of MT1-MMP on Adipose Tissue Remodeling$117,000
R01 · FY2021 · DK · contact PI
Dichotomous Effects of MT1-MMP on Adipose Tissue Remodeling$385,000
R01 · FY2020 · DK · contact PI
The unique role of Ces3 in PPAR-mediated thermogenesis$234,000
R56 · FY2020 · DK · contact PI
Dichotomous Effects of MT1-MMP on Adipose Tissue Remodeling$385,000
R01 · FY2019 · DK · contact PI
Dichotomous Effects of MT1-MMP on Adipose Tissue Remodeling$385,000
R01 · FY2018 · DK · contact PI
Dichotomous Effects of MT1-MMP on Adipose Tissue Remodeling$385,000
R01 · FY2017 · DK · contact PI