TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2023 – 3571 WIMR II Yong‐Seok Song, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher (2021 GSSI Recipient, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UW–Madison) CYP1B1 and Regulation of Retinal Iron Homeostasis Nader Sheibani, PhD, Professor (2021 GSSI Recipient, …
Month: February 2023
New Nanocapsules Deliver Therapy Brain-Wide, Edit Alzheimer’s Gene in Mice
New Nanocapsules Deliver Therapy Brain-Wide, Edit Alzheimer’s Gene in Mice Gene therapies have the potential to treat neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, but they face a common barrier — the blood-brain barrier. Now, …
Freya Mowat Receives David G. Walsh GSSI Award.
The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce this year’s recipient of the third annual David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (GSSI) award. The GSSI provides a 1-year grant of $12,000, financed by the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship …
Remembering Dr. Alice McPherson
Remembering Dr. Alice McPherson With great sadness, the McPherson ERI notes the passing on January 16th, 2023, of our namesake and co-founder, Dr. Alice R. McPherson. Dr. McPherson’s many remarkable achievements are profiled on our …