Arabinda Das, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Contact Information
Department of Neuroscience (Neurology Division)
CSB 310/325C
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone: (843) 792-8570 (W)
Fax: (843) 792-8626
E-mail: dasa@musc.edu

Education
Ph.D., 1999, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India

Training
2000 - 2001: Research Associate, Molecular Biology- Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
2001- 2003: Postdoctoral Fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
2003 - 2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurosciences (Neurology) - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Research Interests

• The development of novel therapeutic strategies for Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Epilepsy, Glaucoma, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
• Analysis of the roles of calpain, and protein kinases involved in the alteration of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in SCI, TBI, and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of MS.
• The development of new drugs for cancer treatment and the translation of these findings into clinical trials. Focusing mainly on glioblastoma multiforme (the most common and devastating of the human brain tumors) and neuroblastoma.

Publications