On Friday, November 30th, McPherson ERI members, their trainees and lab associates gathered at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) for MERI-at-a-Glance — eight short research presentations (10 minutes each) sharing vision-related findings and interests. The …
Year: 2018
NEI Audacious Goals Grants Awarded to McPherson ERI Members
Two out of five new National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative grants were awarded to teams headed by McPherson Eye Research Institute investigators, the NEI announced on Thursday, 10/8. The funds, awarded “to accelerate the …
Applications Open for Fall 2018 Walsh Research Travel Awards
This fall semester, with funding from Cycle for Sight as well as from the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund, two David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards will be awarded to support graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers. The application process …
McPherson ERI 10th Annual Poster Session, Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Jeremy Wolfe will speak following the 10th Annual McPherson ERI Poster Session, on Tuesday, October 16th. Please register to attend this year’s McPherson ERI poster session in the HSLC atrium, 3:00-5:30 PM! Attendees are …
Fall Semester 2018 Seminars
Fall Semester 2018, 12:00 to 1:00 PM, 2nd Tuesdays. Please join us at this semester’s vision research seminars! Please RSVP for pizza lunch to gmstirr@wisc.edu, 265-4023. Pizza is sponsored by EyeKor, Inc. and Ocular Services …
Dr. Alice McPherson’s Gonin Medal donated to UW Archives
The Gonin Medal, a renowned award given every four years by the Board of the International Council of Ophthalmology, has been called the Nobel Prize of ophthalmology. In 2014, the Medal was awarded to Dr. …
Penny Wars: Research is the Winner
Every gift to the McPherson Eye Research Institute helps to advance vision research, and many gifts come with a story worth sharing. When Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic School in Monona was looking for a …
Walsh Family Professorship to Support “Cutting-Edge Vision Research”
The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce the establishment of the David and Nancy Walsh Family Professorship in Vision Research, intended to support “cutting-edge vision research” at the Institute. The Walsh family has …
2018 Vision Research Trainee Grants Awarded
Vision Research Trainee Grants Awarded to McPherson ERI Graduate Students Thomas Lawler and Dwani Patel are the 2018 recipients of the McPherson ERI’s Vision Research Trainee Grants. These one-year grant awards of $3000 each are …
Stem Cell Discovery at UW-Madison: A Brief History
The path of stem cell discovery in the past 20 years, starting with groundbreaking work in James Thomson’s lab, has been a remarkable story of cutting-edge research and future potential. Read about the highlights in …