Tag: Baron Chanda

Board grants faculty appointments, promotions, tenure

At the Washington University in St. Louis Board of Trustees meeting Oct. 1, numerous faculty members were appointed or promoted with tenure or granted tenure, effective that day. Promotion with tenure Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, to associate professor of surgery (public health services) at the School of Medicine; Milan G. Chheda, MD, to associate professor of medicine […]

Electrical signaling in cells focus of $8.8 million grant

The squiggly shapes in the illustration represent proteins that make up different parts of an ion channel in a cell. Ion channels are involved in the conversion of chemical and mechanical messages into electrical signals in cells. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an eight-year, $8.8 million grant to study ion channels as potential targets for new drugs to treat disorders affecting the brain, heart and muscles. (Image: Chanda lab)

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received an eight-year, $8.8 million grant to study cells’ ion channels as potential targets for new drugs to treat disorders affecting the brain, heart and muscles. Ion channels are found in a variety of cells, where they are involved in the conversion of chemical […]

Baron Chanda, PhD, joins Department of Anesthesiology

The Department of Anesthesiology extends a warm welcome to Baron Chanda, PhD, who has joined Washington University School of Medicine as Professor of Anesthesiology with secondary appointments in the Departments of Biochemistry and Neuroscience. Dr. Chanda comes to the department with a rich research background focused on understanding ion channel function in a physiological context. […]