Month: September 2023

Notice of Award Opportunity for MERI Members: AMD/RP Awards

The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce this Fall semester’s application opportunity for our AMD/RP Awards! Supported by the generosity of Roger and Lynn Van Vreede and by the Robert A. Brandt Macular Degeneration Fund, these competitive, annual awards are intended to advance research on age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinitis pigmentosa (RP). This …

Notice of *NEW* Award Opportunity for MERI Members: Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies Award

The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce an exciting new funding opportunity: The Glaucoma and Optic Neuropathies Research Award! Made possible by an anonymous donor’s generous gift, this competitive award provides $50,000 to advance research on either glaucoma or optic neuropathies and thereby expands our pilot awards program (which includes our AMD and RP …

1st Annual Sandra Lemke Trout Lecture (2023)

1st Annual Sandra Lemke Trout Lecture Saturday, September 23rd, 2023; Lawrence University Music-Drama Center, Stansbury Theater Guest Speaker: Kapil Bharti (Director of the National Eye Institute) Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Clinical Trials, Stem Cells, and other Therapies

Fall 2023 Seminar Series

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 – 3571 WIMR II TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2023 – 1360 BIOTECH TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2023 – 3571 WIMR II TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2023 – 1360 BIOTECH