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Buffalo biophysicist wins $2.1mn NIH grant for disease research
The four-year grant supports research into how biomolecular condensates influence diseases like ALS and cancer.
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Pranavi Sharma - Tue, 14, Oct 2025
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Priya R. Banerjee / Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo biophysicist Priya R. Banerjee, who is of Indian origin, has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand his research on biomolecular condensates — liquid-like droplets formed by proteins and RNA that play crucial roles in cellular function and disease.
The Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) is part of the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences program and extends Banerjee’s previous five-year MIRA grant received in 2020. The new funding will allow him to continue exploring how protein and RNA condensates behave in healthy versus diseased cells, particularly in conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and cancer.
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