Dr. Varunika Goyal, Ph.D. 

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‒like (661W) cell line via regulation of glutathione peroxidase activity [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research 2022, 11:1072 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.125133.2)
• 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. “Photoreceptor Degeneration in Homozygous Male Per2luc Mice During Aging.” Journal of Biological Rhythms 36, no. 2 (April 2021): 137–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748730420965285
• 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. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.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. “Antioxidant, Anticancer, Cytoprotective and Radioprotective Properties” In Herbal Medicine: A Cancer Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Perspective. Chapter 39, First Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers PVT LTD., 2009 (Book Chapter)