Year: 2018

Featuring Institute Director Dr. David Gamm: Stem Cells@20 series “Clinical prospects for stem cells begin to emerge”

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 is open to postdoctoral researchers and graduate students currently in training in any McPherson ERI member research lab/program. Two $1,000 travel …

Fall 2018 Seminar Series

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571 McPherson Eye Research Institute: Looking Ahead Tuesday, October 9, 2018 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Anatomical Organization of the Inner Retina in Development and Disease Tuesday, November 13, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571 Vision Insights Gained from Primate Partners Tuesday, December 11, 2018 …

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 encouraged to display a research poster and meet other McPherson ERI members, their lab & program groups, and guests.  Food …

Forward BIO Initiative launches, including institute led by William Murphy

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 on Demand (OSOD), LLC, partnering with industry to accelerate the development of new therapies for ocular diseases. PDF Fall Semester Schedule …

Professor Adam Kern’s new Penguin Book of Haiku hits the bookstores

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. Alice McPherson, UW–Madison alumna and namesake co-founder of the McPherson Eye Research Institute, for pioneering work in the treatment of …

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 new recipient of funds from its “Penny War” fundraiser, Principal Callie Meiller thought of her longtime friend, John Walsh.  Walsh …

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 supported vision research and the McPherson Eye Research Institute for many years; David Walsh was the first chair of the …