Tuesday, September 11, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571
McPherson Eye Research Institute: Looking Ahead
- David Gamm, MD, PhD, Institute Director (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Seeding Grant Success: The MERI Grant Summit Program - Kevin Eliceiri, PhD, Institute Associate Director (Laboratory for Optical & Computational Instrumentation; Morgridge Institute for Research)
Engineering the Eye: Contributions of computer and imaging engineering to eye research
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360
Anatomical Organization of the Inner Retina in Development and Disease
- Mrinalini Hoon, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Setting up microcircuits in the inner retina - Rob Nickells, PhD (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Pathology of the inner plexiform layer after optic nerve damage: A model for the activation of RGC apoptosis
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571
Vision Insights Gained from Primate Partners
- Raunak Sinha, PhD (Neuroscience)
Diversity of cone photoreceptor signaling in primate retina - T. Michael Nork, MD, MS (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)
Effects of experimental glaucoma on primate cones
Tuesday, December 11, 2018 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360
Gene Therapy for Retinal Disorders
- Pawan Shahi, PhD (Pattnaik Lab, Pediatrics); Walsh Research Travel Award recipient, spring 2018
Rescue of Kir7.1 function by gene augmentation in LCA16 patient derived iPSC-RPE cells - Daniel Lipinski, MSc, DPhil (Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin)
Developing a gene therapy for diabetic retinopathy