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This new study spearheaded by Satinder Kaur and Peri Sohnen with able support from the rest of the team elucidates that SLURP1 serves as an insult-agnostic immunomodulator that upregulates antioxidants and suppresses ROS accumulation to promote redox homeostasis in corneal epithelial cells and...

The Swamynathan laboratory welcomed Dr. Asmita Pawar and Dr. Pooja Yadav as post-doctoral fellows.

On February 28th, our lab participated in USF Health Research Day. Members, Linh, Melissa, and Rachel presented their research posters as part of the "largest celebration of health sciences research collaboration across all four USF Health colleges". Melissa Olsen, a recent graduate of USF’s college...

Dr. Blair was invited to give a Plenary talk on her research and participate in a Panel Discussion for the 2025 Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics Retreat, which was hosted in Birmingham, AL. Killion Center Retreat - Killion Center for Neurodegeneration and...

Ultrasound Renal Denervation Attenuates Early Cardiac Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Swine Model of Hypertensions and Dyslipidemia: A Pilot Study Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients typically present with a constellation of one or more risk factors including hypertension...

Comprehensive Echocardiographic Protocol for Pigs with Emphasis on Diastolic Function: Advantages over MRI Assessment Swine are increasingly utilized in cardiovascular research due to their anatomical and physiological similarities to humans, particularly for studying diastolic dysfunction. While...

Dr. Yao published a new article entitled "laminin receptors in the CNS and vasculature" in Stroke.

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!

Dr. Gulick presented a new seminar on the multifactorial risk posed by the ALDH2*2 gene, which encodes an enzyme that breaks down acetaldehyde, and which is the causal factor in the Asian Glow effect of alcohol in many people, especially those of East Asian background.

Dr. Gulick and her collaborators at Psilera, Inc. were just awarded a small business research grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This grant will enable them to study Psilera's novel compounds as potential treatments for alcohol addiction with fewer side effects than...