Dozens of McPherson ERI members, trainees, and colleagues learned more about the breadth of vision research conducted by McPherson ERI members at UW-Madison and other campuses at the most recent MERI-at-a-Glance event, held on February 12th in the DeLuca Forum at WID. The list of presenters included:
1. Janis Eells, PhD (Biomedical Sciences, UW-Milwaukee)
Seeing the Light: Near-infrared photobiomodulation for retinal disease
2. Melissa Skala, PhD (Biomedical Engineering; Morgridge Institute for Research)
Functional optical imaging in vivo
3. Hongrui Jiang, PhD (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Learning from Nature: Bioinspired optical imaging systems
4. Kim Stepien, MD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Clinical adaptations of adaptive optics
5. Moo Chung, PhD (Biostatistics and Medical Informatics; Waisman Laboratory for Brain Imaging and Behavior)
Visualizing topological changes of brain networks via persistent homology
6. Anna Huttenlocher, MD, PhD (Medical Microbiology & Immunology; Pediatrics)
Innate immunity and inflammation using zebrafish
7. Zach Simmons, PhD, Trainee member (Biomedical Engineering; Jeremy Rogers Lab)
Learning about light propagation in the retina with optical scattering goniometry
8. Yanyun (Judy) Chen, MD, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Neurology; Neurosurgery)
The intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell (ipRGC), a link between the eye and brain