October 28,2022
Our manuscript “Single cell RNA-seq of human cornea organoids identifies cell fates of a developing immature cornea” by Maiti, George and others is now in press in PNAS Nexcus.

August 26, 2022
Mackenzie Charter is going to graduate school this Fall. While we will miss her, we are proud of her. Good luck with your studies!

August 22, 2022
Hailey Martinez just joined the group to help with our Keratoconus research. Welcome Hailey!

August 1, 2022
Madison Glowacki just joined the group to help with our research on extracellular matrix and immune regulations. Welcome Madison!

June 13, 2022

Sean Ashworth, PhD from the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University is joining the lab in September this year. Welcome Sean!

May 17, 2021

Our manuscript “Pathogenic alleles in microtubule, secretory granule and extra-cellular matrix related genes in familial keratoconus” by Shinde, Sobreira and others is now in press in Human Molecular Genetics.

April 26, 2021 

Maithê Rocha Monteiro de Barros has joined our lab in April 2021! Welcome Maithê!

July 10, 2020

Our manuscript “RNA sequencing of corneas from two keratoconus patient groups identifies potential biomarkers and decreased NRF2-antioxidant responses” by Shinde, Hu and others is now in press in Scientific Reports.

July 8, 2020

Congratulations Carly on your acceptance to Columbia University Medical Center!

June 10, 2020

Our manuscript “Mapping Keratoconus Molecular Substrates by Multiplexed High-Resolution Proteomics of Unpooled Corneas” by Shinde, Hu and others is now in press in OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology.

March 20, 2020

Asim Biswas and Mackenzie Charter joined the lab in March 2020. Welcome Asim and Mackenzie!

June 1, 2018

Our manuscript “Integrated Stress Response and Decreased ECM in Cultured Stromal Cells From Keratoconus Corneas” by Foster, Shinde and others is now in press in Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.

April 30, 2018

Carly Lam joined our lab in April! Avinash Veerappa joined our lab in late April. Welcome to both!

April 15, 2018

We are starting our keratoconus genetics study at NYU! If you have keratoconus and are interested in joining this study please contact us. If you know of someone who may be interested please let them know.

April 2, 2018

Nan Hu joined our lab in April. Welcome Nan!

April 2, 2018

Our Lab moved to NYU in April. Weather is getting better and we are having fun exploring NYC.