Month: October 2019

MERI-at-a-Glance 2019

McPherson ERI’s MERI-at-a-Glance event, which highlighted the breadth of vision research conducted by MERI members, took place at WID on Friday, November 22nd.  Eight McPherson ERI members gave short scientific presentations, alongside a pizza lunch and time for networking and discussion. This year’s MERI-at-a-Glance presenters were: Akihiro Ikeda, DVM, PhD (Medical Genetics), Loss of chondroitin …

Vision Science Poster Session Award Winners

Thank you to all who attended and to all who displayed posters at the 11th annual McPherson Eye Research Institute Vision Science poster session on October 24th, including the sixteen students/trainees whose posters were considered for awards. The four judges noted the overall excellence of posters in this year’s competition!   The “Best Student Presentation …

11th Annual Vision Science Symposium (2019)

11th Annual Vision Science Poster Session Thursday Oct 24th, 2019; Health Sciences Learning Center Guest Speaker: Margaret S. Livingstone (Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School) What Art Can Tell Us About the Brain

McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards, Fall 2019

McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards provide funds for graduate students and postdocs from McPherson ERI members’ research groups to attend conferences to present vision-related work and to advance educational and professional development opportunities. The McPherson ERI Research Committee is pleased to announce two trainee award recipients from among fall semester 2019 applicants: Ryan Donahue, …