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Released on Mid July, our PhD student Jingsong Ruan received the valuable "Dorothy Benjamin Graduate Fellowship in Alzheimer's Disease research". Jingosng has been diligently working and dedicating his efforts on expanding our knowledge on the role mural and brain endothelial-derived laminin-ɣ1...

Dr. Yao has been selected as a RUNNER-UP WINNER of the USF single cell analysis research award. This award is co-funded by 10x Genomics, Illumina, and the USF Genomics core.

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

2023 USF Strategic Investment Pool Award These funds will be used to purchase new high speed and ultra centrifugation systems and rotors for the USF Health Neuroscience Institute. This equipment provides a mechanism for protein purification, plasmid purification, virus purification, protein...

Dr. Blair receives the Ed and Ethel Moore Alzheimer’s Disease Research Award from the Florida Department of Health Dr. Blair was awarded a new 4-year research grant from the Florida Department of Health to study the role of molecular chaperones in tau seeding and release.

Jeremy Baker receives PhD! Jeremy Baker, will be heading to the opposite corner of the country (Seattle, WA) upon graduating from the Morsani College of Medicine with a PhD in medical science focused on neuroscience. Baker was the recipient of a very selective Washington Research Foundation...