Month: November 2017

MERI-at-a-Glance Draws Researchers on December 8th!

MERI-at-a-Glance featured short presentations by eight McPherson ERI-affiliated researchers on Friday, December 8th. Friday, December 8th 2017, 11:45 am to 2:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery “MERI-at-a-Glance” was a program of eight short research presentations (10 minutes each) sharing vision-related findings and interests. Research presentations included:

Karen Cruickshanks featured in Wisconsin Public Radio: “Risk Of Age-Related Illnesses Decrease For Baby Boomers“

Ma elected as AAAS Fellow: “National Science Group Adds UW-Madison Fellows”

McPherson ERI members Gamm, Murphy, Thomson discussed in review of potential medical breakthroughs using induced pluripotent stem cells

From the Director: McPherson ERI Associate Director Transition

Recently, the Institute underwent a transition in the Associate Director position, which offers an opportunity to highlight two of McPherson ERI’s extraordinary scientists and leaders. The Associate Director serves as an important link to McPherson ERI members and plays a key role in encouraging vision research collaborations.  For the past five years, Dr. Aki Ikeda …