Year: 2016

Karen Cruickshanks on Eyes, Ears, and Aging

Article features Kevin Eliceiri: “Study links changes in collagen to worse pancreatic cancer prognosis”

8th Annual McPherson ERI Vision Science Poster Session Draws a Crowd

The McPherson ERI’s annual poster session, held on Tuesday, October 4th in the atrium of the School of Medicine and Public Health, attracted close to 100 McPherson ERI members and affiliated researchers.  37 MERI members, including many trainee members, displayed their current research in a wide range of vision science fields. Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director …

8th Annual Vision Science Symposium (2016)

8th Annual Vision Science Poster Session Tuesday, October 4th, 2016; HLSC 1335 Guest Speaker: Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director and Chief Scientist of the AlloSphere Research Facility; Professor of Media Arts & Technology and Music, University of California, Santa Barbara Harnessing Sight and Sound to Explore Complex Information

Video features Bas Rokers’ work: “UW Madison research says some brains blind to moving objects”

Gamm team and collaborators awarded NEI grant to reverse blindness

A UW–Madison research team of half a dozen McPherson ERI colleagues, along with collaborators at Johns Hopkins University, has been selected as one of six groups to receive funding from the National Eye Institute with the goal of restoring vision by regenerating photoreceptor cells.  Read more…. 

Researchers awarded grant to improve treatment of AMD

A multidisciplinary group of researchers is building a model of the retina that will help doctors better diagnose and develop treatments for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Kristyn Masters and Pam Kreeger, both associate professors of biomedical engineering, in conjunction with Aparna Lakkaraju, an assistant professor with the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences…Read more  

Fall 2016 Seminar Series

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 – WIMR conference room 7001A MERI Trainee Award Recipients, 2015 – 2016   Tuesday, October 11, 2016 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Color Perception   Tuesday, November 8, 2016 – WIMR conference room 7001A Tissue Engineering Methodology   Tuesday, December 13, 2016 – Genetics/Biotechnology room 1360 Options for Children with Congenital …

Forward Motion – “The Mind’s Eye” video highlights Rokers Vision Laboratory research

Designing a camera to see around corners: Andreas Velten at LOCI