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We welcomed the newest member of our team, Simran Kumar. Simran graduated from the USF in 2023 and is an aspiring medical professional. We look forward to a productive stint for her in our lab.

Sudha presented our latest research outcomes in the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Eye Research at Gold Coast, Australia. Shiva organized and chaired a session on 'Corneal Epithelial Homeostasis' in the same meeting.

After 15 years at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Swamynathan Lab moved to the Morsani College of Medicine, USF, Tampa in Jan 2023! Peri and Satinder helped Sudha and Shiva coordinate the move. Even as we miss our home for the last 15 years, we are looking forward to the sunny...

On May 15, Shiva began serving as a member of the ARVO Professional Development and Education Committee. He will be engaged in this committee for the next three years.

Dr. Umang Mathur, the CEO of Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH), New Delhi, and their senior scientist Dr. Anil Tiwari visited us recently when we signed a new MOU formalizing our collaboration. We look forward to this collaboration ushering in a stream of new discoveries, publications and...

Satinder Kaur is engaged to marry Karanvir Kaushal, who works at Stanford University. We celebrated with a bridal shower! Their wedding is scheduled for April 18 in India. We wish Satinder and Karan a lifetime of love and laughter together!

Shiva served as a mentor (along with Dr. Yutao Liu from Georgia) to Dr. George Sosuan, a promising young physician-scientist from the Philippines at the 2024 ARVO annual meeting. This was a part of the Developing Country Eye Research Fellows program designed by ARVO to provide mentorship to those...

Our latest review on corneal epithelial development and homeostasis is now published by the journal 'Differentiation'! Corneal epithelial development and homeostasis - ScienceDirect