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It is a proud day at the Swamynathan laboratory as Peri Sohnen won the 'Best Basic Science Research Presentation' award at the USF Ophthalmology Research Day for his presentation describing the role of apicobasal polarity determinant Pard3 in the retinal pigmented epithelium. Way to go Peri!

Our latest findings on SLURP1 are now published!

Our latest review on ocular surface barrier function is now published in the journal 'The Ocular Surface'! Molecular nature of ocular surface barrier function, diseases that affect it, and its relevance for ocular drug delivery - ScienceDirect

Swamynathan Lab Members attended the 2024 ARVO annual meeting in Seattle, where they presented their recent findings and interacted with colleagues from around the world. Shiva and Sudha Swamynathan also attended the 25th annual meeting of the International Ocular Surface Society (IOSS) held a day...

Dr. Mehak Vohra joined the Swamynathan lab as a post-doctoral fellow in Jan 2024. She completed her Ph.D. at the Post-graduate institute for medical sciences in Chandigarh, India, and worked with Pandorum Technologies as well as Schroff Charity Eye Hospital. She wasted no time in making a strong...

Halloween, Diwali, Birthdays ...Many reasons to celebrate

This brand-new publication from the Swamynathan laboratory, spearheaded by Mehak Vohra and Simran Kumar, was supported by the rest of the team. In this paper, they used a novel mouse model and a variety of different assays to elucidate that the apicobasal polarity determinant Pard3 promotes corneal...