George Khelashvili, PhD

Associate Professor of Systems and Computational Biomedicine

Contact & profiles

Appointments

Associate Professor of Systems and Computational BiomedicinePrimary
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2025–
Associate Professor
Weill Cornell Graduate School — Physiology, Biophysics & Systems Biology · 2018–

Past Appointments

Associate Professor of Computational Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2024–2025
Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2024–2025
Assistant Professor of Computational Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2019–2024

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Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2019–2024
Assistant Professor of Research in Computational Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2015–2019
Assistant Professor of Research in Physiology and Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2015–2019
Instructor in Physiology and Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2012–2014
Research Associate in Physiology and Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2009–2011
Postdoctoral Associate in Physiology and Biophysics
Systems and Computational Biomedicine · 2005–2008

Education

Highlights

1
Biophysical journal · 2021
GKGeorge Khelashvili HWHarel Weinstein
PMID: 33631204PMCID: PMC7899928DOIFirst author53 citations
2
Nature communications · 2023
GKGeorge Khelashvili
PMID: 37296098PMCID: PMC10250862DOISenior author24 citations
3
Communications biology · 2022
GKGeorge Khelashvili HWHarel Weinstein
PMID: 36123525PMCID: PMC9484709DOIFirst author15 citations

1 grant

Sub-PI
Structural basis of receptor-mediated cellular vitamin A uptake
National Eye Institute · 2023–2028 · via Columbia University
R01EY027405-07

Completed grants (6)

KP
Intracellular Cholesterol Transport
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2018–2022
R01GM123462-01A1
MPI
Rhodopsin Dimerization: Mechanistic Basis and Functional Consequences
National Eye Institute · 2017–2022
R01EY027969-04
Co-I
Molecular Mechanism of Phospholipid Scrambling by Rhodopsin
National Eye Institute · 2017–2020
R21EY028314-02
KP
Structure and Function of Neurotransmitter Transporters
National Institute on Drug Abuse · 2011–2018
P01DA012408-16
KP
The Dopamine Transporter's Lipid Interactions: Understanding Transporter Function
National Institute on Drug Abuse · 2014–2017 · via Vanderbilt University
R01DA035263-03
KP
Membrane Protein Structural Dynamics Consortium
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2010–2015 · via University of Chicago
U54GM087519-05

A Potential Gateway to the Brain for Pharmaceuticals
June 16, 2021
The structure and function of an important protein that transports essential omega-3 fatty acid molecules from the bloodstream into the brain has been determined by a team led by scientists at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Duke-NUS Medical School.