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Murali Chandra

Murali Chandra

Professor

murali@wsu.edu
Office
Room: VBR 251
Phone: (509)-335-7561

 

Current Position

2007-Present Associate Professor, IPN, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Research

Dr. Chandra's research focuses on understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulation of the contractile machinery of heart muscle cells, and how myofilament remodeling is linked to pathogenesis of heart diseases. 

Education

1981 B.Sc. Chemistry, Karnataka University - Dharwad, India
1983 M.Sc. Biochemistry, Karnataka University - Dharwad, India
1989 Ph.D. Biochemistry, Australian National Uniersity - Canberra, Australia

Current Funding

NIH Mechanistic Understanding of Troponin T Role in Cardiac Thin Filament Activation, PI
NIH Kinetics of Cardiac Myofilament Activation, Co-PI