In a report in the August 5th, 2019 issue of Nature, Assistant Professor Andreas Velten and his colleagues describe recent advances in the ability to capture images around barriers – a long-term goal brought closer …
Year: 2019
Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants Announced
The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce that Michael Landowski, PhD, and Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, are the 2019 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants. Michael Landowski, …
Vision at the Vet School (2019)
Vision at the Vet School: How Dogs See Saturday, June 1st, 2019; Renk Learning Center, School of Veterinary Medicine Guest Speakers: Ellison Bentley, DVM (Clinical Professor, Comparative Ophthalmology) Uchenna Nledbedum, DVM, MS (COPLOW Fellow, Pathobiological …
Novel Imaging Tech Brings Together Madison, Milwaukee Vision Researchers
The Morgridge Institute for Research recently highlighted a collaboration between two McPherson ERI vision scientists, Melissa Skala at UW-Madison and Joseph Carroll at Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Read more about both scientists in …
7th Annual MERI Endowed Lecture (2019)
7th Annual MERI Endowed Lecture May 6, 2019; Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum Guest Speaker: Charles Zuker, PhD (Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and of Neuroscience, Columbia University College of Physicians and …
McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards, Spring 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 …
Visiting Scholar Award Recipients 2019
The Visiting Scholar Program (VSP) provides a unique opportunity for McPherson ERI members to invite researchers from other institutions to visit UW-Madison for up to a week. These immersive experiences facilitate in-depth interactions and exchanges …
Pattnaik Lab Study Advances Gene Therapy for LCA16
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Dr. Bikash Pattnaik’s lab has established the effectiveness of two methods of correcting ion channel deficiencies in defective genes in cells from patients …
Spring 2019 Seminar Series
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Attentional Control of Human Visual Working Memory Brad Postle, PhD (Psychology; Psychiatry) Attentional control of visual perception Qing Yu, PhD, Research Scientist (Postle Lab) Prioritizing the …
Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants 2019
Applications are now available for the 2019 McPherson ERI vision research trainee grants, now renamed the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants. Kenzi Valentyn was a courageous and upbeat young woman whose long battle against …