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Hiroaki Matsunami

Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Duke Box 3054, Durham, NC 27710
264 CARL Bldg, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS IN HUMAN ODORANT RECEPTOR FUNCTION

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2023 - 2028

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Bitter chemosensation from gut to brain

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS IN HUMAN ODORANT RECEPTOR FUNCTION

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2023 - 2028

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Bitter chemosensation from gut to brain

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027

Otolaryngology Surgeon- Scientist career Path (OSSP) program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

Enhancing olfactory receptor expression for biochemical studies of odorant-receptor interactions

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · 2022 - 2027

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine

Inst. Training Prgm or CMESignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2026

NeuroNex: From Odor to Action: Discovering Principles of Olfactory-Guided Natural Behavior

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Colorado - Boulder · 2020 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Collaborative Research: SaTC: Medium: Secure and Trustworthy Cyberphysical Microfluidic Systems

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Arizona State University · 2023 - 2025

Biogenesis of olfactory G protein-coupled receptors

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2024

Engineering bioHybrid chemical sensing systems for diagnostic odor detection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Washington · 2021 - 2024

The neurotransmitter for calorie

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Develop new recombinant expression system for human OR's

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Givaudan International · 2021 - 2023

Copper Homeostasis in Mammals

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2004 - 2023

Understanding of G protein-coupled odorant receptors function

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

High-throughput mapping of mammalian olfactory glomeruli receptor identity by targeted transcriptomics

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2021

Peripheral Odor Coding in Mammals

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2021

In vivo patterns of receptor activation by odorants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Kentucky · 2015 - 2020

Collaborative Research: Analysis of the Mammalian Olfactory Code

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2020

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Olfactory moding in mammals

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Pennsylvania · 2015 - 2020

US-France Research Proposal: Predicting odorant-dependent and independent olfactory neuron activation based on receptor

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2019

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

NSF sponsored conference

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2017 - 2018

BRAIN EAGER: Solving the Code of Olfaction Using Nano-Robot Switchable Odorants

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2017

Building archaic hominin olfactory receptors: a functional approach to paleogenomes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Alaska - Fairbanks · 2015 - 2017

Modulation of Odorant Receptor Function

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2017

Gene expression Profiling in Mammalian Taste Tissue

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by International Flavors and Fragrances · 2015 - 2017

Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016

Automated Library Preparation System for Next-Generation Sequencing

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2014 - 2015

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Odorant Recognition

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2014

Variability in the human odorant receptor repertoire

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011

The Genetic Basis of Specific Anosmia

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

The in vivo roles of PKD1L3 and PKD2L1 in sour taste detection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2007 - 2010

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Specific Anosmia and Sensitization

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2007

External Relationships


  • Amazon
  • CNRS
  • Chemcom
  • Givaudan
  • Kao
  • Amazon
  • CNRS
  • Chemcom
  • Givaudan
  • Kao
  • Koniku
  • Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

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