Charlotte Massoll, 2012 SUPER student, performed undergraduate research in Prof. Chintala's laboratory and published a paper in 2013.
Ronee Harvey, 2006 SUPER student, performed summer research in Prof. Chintala's lab. She published a manuscript in IOVS in 2007. Currently Ronee is pursuing M.D-Ph.D. Program (Clinical and Translational Science Track) at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Katie Beabot, 2009 SUPER student, performed research in Prof. Chintala' laboratory and currently pursuing Ph.D program at Rice University, Houston, TX.
Bala Bharathi spent rotation time in Prof. Chintala's laboratoryduring her Ph.D program at Oakland University. She published a paper in 2011.
Bhagya Ganesh spent her post-doctoral time in Prof. Chintala's laboratory, and published a manuscript.
Mason Geno and Nahrain Putris, two 2014 SUPER students, shared authorship with Dr. Chintala on a paper published in IOVS.
Noha El-Ghoroury, 2012 SUPER student, performed research in Prof. Chintala's laboratory. She recently communicated a manuscript "Kappa opioid receptor antagonist nor-binaltorphimine attenuates alcohol-induced death of retinal ganglion cells" for publication.
Degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) leads to blindness in patients affected with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) that affects 60 million people worldwide. However, the molecular mechanisms underpinning the degeneration of RGCs under glaucomatous conditions are still unclear. Dr. Chintala has identified recently that a cell surface receptor TLR3, an intracellular adaptor protein for TLR3 (SARM1), and a cytoplasmic protein JNK3 correlated with the degeneration of RGCs in a mouse model of glaucoma. Now SUPER student Ms. Naveena Daram and Dr. Chintala are investigating the causal role of TLR3, SARM1, and JNK3 during the progression of glaucoma by utilizing pharmacological approaches and by employing knockout mice.