8th Annual MERI Endowed Lecture November 12th, 2020; Virtual Guest Speaker: John Gerard Flannery, PhD (Neurobiology division, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, The School of Optometry, University of …
Year: 2020
New McPherson ERI Expanding Our Vision (EOV) grant recipients announced
The Expanding Our Vision (EOV) grant program was started this year to provide awards of up to $10,000 to researchers performing vision-related research in visual communication, visual cognition, visual perception/performance, data visualization, development of novel …
McPherson ERI Fall 2020 Trainee Symposium, October 15th
Please join us for the McPherson ERI Fall 2020 Trainee Symposium, to be held online in lieu of our annual in-person poster session. McPherson ERI trainees will give 3-minute “flash talks” on their current research …
Fall 2020 Seminar Series
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 – VIA ZOOM Yuyuan Wang, PhD (Sarah Gong Lab, Biomedical Engineering) Multifunctional nanocarriers for CRISPR gene-editing tool delivery Allison Ludwig, PhD Trainee (David Gamm Lab, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences) Preclinical progress …
A New Approach to a Rare, Incurable Form of Blindness
A collaboration among four McPherson ERI member labs has resulted in a proof-of-concept method to correct an inherited form of macular degeneration that causes blindness, and that is currently untreatable. The research, which focused on …
Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants 2020 Announced
The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants. Anjani Sreepada Chakrala, Ralph W. Nelson, and Abhilash Sawant will each receive …
Visiting Scholar Program Announces Four 2020 Awards
The McPherson ERI 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. Such immersive experiences facilitate in-depth interactions and …
David G. Walsh Research Travel Award Recipients, Spring 2020
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. …
Schloss Lab Receives Grant to Understand Visual Reasoning
Karen Schloss, Assistant Professor in UW-Madison’s Department of Psychology, has received a grant for $558,702 from the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program. The award is for a project intended to advance the …
Grant Summit Program Opportunity 2020
McPherson ERI members are invited to avail themselves of this funding opportunity – detailed guidelines and an application form are linked. The McPherson ERI Grant Summit Program seeks to increase support for UW-Madison vision research …