Department of Anesthesiology

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Study Reveals How a Membrane Lipid Tunes the Eye’s Response to Light

September 24, 2026

PIP2 binds to rod CNG channels and prevents cGMP-dependent channel opening, increasing rod sensitivity to dim light. Cations (blue), cGMP (light blue), and PIP2 (orange) are represented as spheres. See image below for additional details. Credit: Dr. Taehyun Park

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Dr. Crina Nimigean Named Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology Research

July 17, 2026

Dr. Crina Nimigean

Dr. Crina Nimigean has been named Distinguished Professor of Anesthesiology Research, one of two newly established professorships in the Department of Anesthesiology at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Nimigean is a professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics.

The appointment recognizes Dr. Nimigean's pioneering work in understanding how ion channels open and...

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Demystifying the Molecular Mechanisms of General Anesthesia

July 9, 2026

Left: Surface model of the bacterial sodium channel NavMs with one of the four subunits colored light blue and the others gray. The anesthetic sevoflurane (colored spheres) sits in a pocket at the interface of two adjacent subunits. Right: Close-up of the binding pocket. The semi-transparent surface exposes the underlying ribbon and a...

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