Dr. Varunika Goyal, Ph.D.

Dr. Varunika Goyal, Ph.D. 

Instructor

Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Location: Research Wing, Room 313
Phone: (404)752-1709
E-mail: vgoyal@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Degree: 
PhD

GRADUATE:
Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India
Degree: 
Master of Science

UNDERGRADUATE:
University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
Degree: 
Bachelor of Science

Research Interests

  • Role of melatonin receptor signaling in metabolism
  • Role of circadian clock and clock genes in health and physiology of retina and photoreceptors

Publications

  • Baba K, Suen TC, Goyal V et al. The circadian clock mediates the response to oxidative stress in a cone photoreceptor鈥抣ike (661W) cell line via regulation of glutathione peroxidase activity [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2022, 11:1072 ()
  • Kenkichi Baba; Varunika Goyal; Gianluca Tosini. Circadian Regulation of Retinal Pigment Epithelium Function. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 2699. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23052699
  • Varunika Goyal, Christopher DeVera, Kenkichi Baba, Jana Sellers, Micah A. Chrenek, P. Michael Iuvone, and Gianluca Tosini. 鈥淧hotoreceptor Degeneration in Homozygous Male Per2luc Mice During Aging.鈥� Journal of Biological Rhythms 36, no. 2 (April 2021): 137鈥�45.
  • Varunika Goyal, Chrisopher DeVera, Virgine Laurent, Jana sellers, Micah A. Cherenek, David Hicks, Kenkichi Baba, P. Michael Iuvone, Gianluca Tosini; Dopamine 2 Receptor Signaling Controls the Daily Burst in Phagocytic Activity in the mouse Pigmented Epithelium. Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2020; 61(5):10.  
  • Rajesh Arora, D Gupta, Raman Chawla, AS Dhaker, Manisha Adhikari, Jyoti Sharma, Varunika Goyal, R Kumar A Sharma, Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, RK Sharma, RP Tripathi, SC Puri. 鈥淎ntioxidant, Anticancer, Cytoprotective and Radioprotective Properties鈥� In Herbal Medicine: A Cancer Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Perspective. Chapter 39, First Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers PVT LTD., 2009 (Book Chapter)