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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

Sudha, Satinder, Peri and Shiva attended the 2023 ARVO annual meeting at New Orleans, Louisiana and presented their recent research outcomes. ARVO extended a warm welcome to us with Jazz music at the airport! It was great to meet friends and share our work with colleagues from around the world!

Renowned ocular surface surgeons Dr. Virender Sangwan and Dr. Abha Gour from the Shroff Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH), New Delhi, India visited our lab. They presented the Ophthalmology Grand Rounds. It was a proud day for us as our previous post-doctoral fellow Dr. Anil Tiwari, now a Scientist at...

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...