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AIRBORNE POLLUTION AND OCULAR HEALTH
Publication Alert: Safety and tolerability of pooled human immune globulins.
AIRBORNE POLLUTION AND OCULAR HEALTH
Congratulations to Sana and Abhishek! Their hard work resulted in a comprehensive systematic review published in Ocular Surface on the preclinical and clinical evidence linking particulate matter to ocular toxicity.
Congratulations, Cassidy!
Publication Alert: Safety and tolerability of pooled human immune globulins.
AIRBORNE POLLUTION AND OCULAR HEALTH
Congratulations to Cassidy Kessinger, who successfully defended her MS Neuroscience in August 2024!
Cassidy joined Endeavor Health as a Research Assistant.
Publication Alert: Safety and tolerability of pooled human immune globulins.
Publication Alert: Safety and tolerability of pooled human immune globulins.
Kaja S, Iqbal S, et al. Safety and tolerability of pooled human immune globulins after topical ophthalmic administration in New Zealand White rabbits.
Cutan Ocul Toxicol. 2024.
Publication Alert: PLL-g-PEG Polymer Inhibits Antibody-Drug Conjugate Uptake
Kleinman D, Iqbal S, Ghosh AK, Ogle SD, Kaja S, Mitchnick M, Hakkarainen JJ. PLL-g-PEG Polymer Inhibits Antibody-Drug Conjugate Uptake into Human Corneal Epithelial Cells In Vitro. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2024
Publication Alert: Lentiviral tools for studying diabetic retinopathy.
Publication Alert: Lentiviral tools for studying diabetic retinopathy.
Lelyte I, Rao VR, Kalesnykas G, Ragauskas S, Kaja S, Ahmed Z. Prospects and limitations of cumate-inducible lentivirus as a tool for investigating VEGF-A-mediated pathology in diabetic retinopathy.
Sci Rep. 2024.
Congratulations, Sana!
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
Congratulations, Bhuvanachandra!
Congratulations to
Dr. Sana Iqbal
for successfully defending her PhD with Distinction, for her Dissertation entitled "Molecular Mechanisms and Targeted Therapies for Ocular Surface Disease".
Sana joined AbbVie, Inc. as Senior Scientist in Toxicology.
Congratulations, Bhuvanachandra!
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
Congratulations, Bhuvanachandra!
Congratulations to Bhuvanachandra Pasupuleti, who successfully defended her MS Pharmacology in July 2024!
Bhuvanachandra joined Selagine, Inc. as a Research Scientist.
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
Congratulations to Maha Khokhar (Mitochondrial antioxidants for ocular surface disease), Varun Shravah (Ex vivo choroidal sprouting assays) and Dr. Lee Troughton (Cytoskeletal mechanosensors in the trabecular meshwork) for being awarded a 2024 ISPB Research grant!
Publication Alert: Role of Loxl1 in Reactive Astrocytosis
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
Kaja Lab trainees awarded three competitive Illinois Society for Prevention of Blindness awards
March 2024:The Kaja Lab published an article in Experimental Eye Research describing the critical role of LOXL1 in reactive astrocytosis and the effects on neuron-glia signaling.
Hariani et al. 2023
Publication Alert: Immune System and Wet AMD - Review Article
November 2023: The Kaja Lab contributed to a review highlighting the roles of the immune system, inflammation, and autoantigens in wet age-related macular degeneration.
doi: 10.3390/life13122236
Bhuvanachandra awarded grant from the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness
June 2023: Congratulations to Bhuvanachandra the award of an Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB) research grant for her project "Effect of recombinant human proteoglycan 4 (hPRG4) on histamine release from mast cells".
Publication Alert: Alcohol elicits corneal toxicity in vitro and in vivo.
Publication Alert: Alcohol elicits corneal toxicity in vitro and in vivo.
June 2023: The Kaja Lab published an article in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics describing the mechanisms of alcohol toxicity on the cornea.
Ghosh et al., 2023
Sana Iqbal wins top Student Poster Presentation award
Publication Alert: Alcohol elicits corneal toxicity in vitro and in vivo.
May 2023: Congratulations to Sana for being awarded the top Student Poster Presentation award at the Midwest Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology meeting in Mundelein, IL.
Simon Kaja received Runner-Up Prize for Advising and Mentoring
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
Simon Kaja received Runner-Up Prize for Advising and Mentoring
May 2023: Simon Kaja was awarded the Runner-Up Prize of the Alice B. Hayes Award for Advising and Mentoring at Loyola University Chicago, recognizing his efforts to Medical and Graduate Education.
Vidhya Rao receives Fight for Sight Grant-in-Aid
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
Simon Kaja received Runner-Up Prize for Advising and Mentoring
September 2022: Congratulations to Vidhya for being awarded a Fight for Sight Grant-in-Aid for her proposal entitled "Antioxidant therapy using manganese porphyrins for the treatment of particulate matter-induced dry eye disease in rabbits".
Sana Iqbal awarded the James McKechnie Award by ISPB
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
May 2022: Congratulations to Sana for being awarded the James McKechnie award by the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness for her project entitled "Novel therapeutic approaches to ADC-associated corneal toxicity"
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
Publication Alert: Novel preclinical model for pollutant-induced ocular surface disease
January 2022: The Kaja Lab published an article in the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics describing a novel rabbit model for particulate matter-induced dry eye disease.
Ghosh AK, Bacellar-Galdino M, et al., 2022 doi:10.1089/jop.2021.0131