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Mehak Vohra joins the Swamynathan lab as a post-doctoral fellow

News: January 22, 2024
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...

2024 Festivals

News: November 23, 2024
Halloween, Diwali, Birthdays ...Many reasons to celebrate

New Publication in The Ocular Surface!

News: May 01, 2025
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...

All set to work!

News: May 25, 2023
The disruption caused by the move from Pitt to USF is behind us! We are all set to make new strides in ocular surface biology at USF!

Simran Kumar

Person: Research Technician
Simran Kumar is the latest to join our group. Simran graduated from the University of South Florida in 2023 and aspires to be a medical professional. Simran is focused on studying the role of polarity determinant Pard3 in the corneal epithelium. In her free time, Simran likes to volunteer for...

Shiva swamynathan

Person: Professor of Ophthalmology. Morsani College of Medicine, USF
Shiva Swamynathan graduated with a B.Sc. (Agriculture) degree from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru, India, an M.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India and a Ph.D. in Life Sciences from the Center for...

Shiva begins to serve as 'The Ocular Surface' Editorial Board Member

News: February 01, 2024
Shiva Swamynathan began to serve as an Editorial Board Member for the journal 'The Ocular Surface'. With a CiteScore of 11.6 and Impact Factor of 6.4, this is a prominent journal that publishes original research and review articles related to the ocular surface biology.

Pooja Yadav

Person: Post-doctoral Fellow
Pooja graduated with a Ph.D. from the Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, India in 2024. Pooja is experienced in cell and molecular biology, with special emphasis in establishing primary cell cultures. Pooja joined our lab in April 2025. She focuses her effort on elucidating the role of PARD3 in...