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Year: 2008

DR. DAVID GAMM AWARDED 5-YEAR GRANT FOR STUDY USING CUSTOMIZED STEM CELLS

Posted on October 1, 2008

Dr. David Gamm, who is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and member of the UW Eye Research Institute, has been awarded a 5-year grant for the project “Customized iPS Cell Therapy for …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

SMPH ESTABLISHES DANIEL M. ALBERT CHAIR IN RECOGNITION OF DISTINGUISHED CAREER

Posted on September 28, 2008

In recognition of Daniel Albert’s service as past Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, his outstanding research and teaching career and his current Directorship of the Eye Research Institute, Dean Robert Golden has established the …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FEATURED SPEAKER

Posted on September 15, 2008

Dr. Ivan Schwab, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science University of California, Davis Evolution’s Witness: A Story of the Evolution of the Eye Thursday, October 2, 2008, Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building With light …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

POLANS LAB HOSTS RESEARCH APPRENTICES IN UW-MADISON SUMMER PROGRAM

Posted on August 28, 2008

Precyous Banks is spending a portion of her summer learning about research first-hand. RAP is a seven-week pre-college academic program designed to introduce high school students to scientific research and to the University. Banks, who …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

APPLETON EVENT INTRODUCES ATTENDEES TO ERI & VISION RESEARCH

Posted on June 13, 2008

Braving the rains and flooding, about 50 guests attended a luncheon on June 12th, hosted by ERI Advisory Board members O.C. and Pat Boldt, to learn more about the interdisciplinary projects conducted by UW Eye …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

DR. DANIEL M. ALBERT GIVES NORMAN LECTURE AT GROLIER CLUB IN NEW YORK

Posted on May 28, 2008

The Haskell F. and Jeremy M. Norman Bibliographical Lecture on Medicine, Science, and Technology was established at the Grolier Club in 1994 by a grant from the Haskell F. Norman Foundation to stimulate bibliographical scholarship …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

VISUALIZING SCIENCE CONFERENCE

Posted on February 3, 2008

This conference is part of an ongoing collaboration between the sciences, arts, and humanities at UW-Madison and will include a public lecture, workshop, research colloquium and exhibition that take up issues of visuality and visual …

Posted in Research-2013 and Earlier

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