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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...

Our latest findings on SLURP1 are now published!

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...

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

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...

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...

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.