Iwahara Lab

About the Principal Investigator

Through his entire career, Prof. Junji Iwahara has studied various aspects of protein-DNA interactions using NMR spectroscopy and other biophysical methods.

Education & Training

  • 1989 - 1993    University of Tokyo (Japan): BS
  • 1993 - 1998    University of Tokyo (Japan): PhD (Supervisor: Shigeyuki Yokoyama)
  • 1998 - 2002    University of California, Los Angeles: Postdoctoral Fellow (Supervisor: Robert T. Clubb)
  • 2002 - 2007    National Institutes of Health: Research Fellow(Supervisor: G. Marius Clore)

Faculty Positions

  • 2017 - Present  Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UTMB: Professor
  • 2012 - 2017     Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UTMB: Associate Professor
  • 2007 - 2012     Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, UTMB: Assistant Professor

Current Grant Support

  1. Grant R35-GM130326 from NIH (2/1/19 - 1/31/24; Role, PI)
  2. Grant MCB-2026805 from NSF (9/1/20 - 8/31/24; Role, PI)
  3. Grant H-2104-20220331 from Welch Foundation (6/1/22 - 5/31/25; Role, PI)

Past Grant Support

    1. Research Agreement with Pfizer Inc. (1/1/22 - 6/30/23; Role, UTMB PI)
    2. Grant R21-MH113098 from NIH (3/15/19 - 1/31/21; Role, PI)
    3. Grant CHE-1608866 from NSF (9/1/16 - 8/31/20; Role, PI)
    4. Grant R01-GM107590 from NIH (8/1/14 - 7/31/19; Role, PI)
    5. Grant R01-GM105931 from NIH (4/1/14 - 3/31/18; Role, PI)
    6. Grant CHE-1307344 from NSF (8/1/13 - 7/31/16; Role, PI)
    7. Grant 2010424 from US - Israel Binational Science Foundation (10/1/11 - 9/30/15; Role, co-PI)
    8. Grant P01-HL107152 from NIH (10/1/11 - 8/31/15; Role, co-investigator)
    9. Grant 12BGIA8960032 from American Heart Association (1/1/12 - 12/31/13; Role, PI)
    10. Grant MCB-0920238 from NSF (7/1/09 - 6/30/12; Role, PI)
    11. Pilot grant from Institute of Translation Sciences (8/1/12 - 7/31/13; Role, PI)
    12. Pilot grant from UTMB NIHES Center (8/1/12 - 7/31/13; Role, PI)
    13. Grant PRF#49968-DNI4 from American Chemical Society (9/1/09 - 8/31/11; Role, PI)
    14. Grant H-1683 from Welch Foundation (6/1/08 - 5/31/11; Role PI)
    15. Pilot grant from UTMB NIHES Center (5/1/08 - 4/30/09; Role, PI)

    ORCiD: Junji Iwahara