Thirty-five of the University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education for 2023-24. The awardees span the four divisions on campus: arts and …
Year: 2023
McPherson ERI Consortium Receives $29 Million NIH Grant to Advance Gene Editing Techniques
Using several innovative delivery methods, the new consortium – including researchers Krishanu Saha, Sarah Gong, David Gamm, Bikash Pattnaik and T. Michael Nork – will move ahead with gene editing techniques to treat two rare …
11th Annual Alice McPherson Lecture (2023)
11th Annual Alice R. McPherson Lecture Thursday, May 25th; Health Science Learning Center Guest Speaker: Patricia A. D’Amore, PhD, MBA (Charles L. Schepens Professor of Ophthalmology (Pathology), Harvard Medical School; Associate Chief of Basic & …
Dr Freya Mowat receives the Dr. Joe G. Hollyfield New Investigator Award for Macular Degeneration Research
The highly prestigious award is presented annually by the BrightFocus Foundation to the top-rated New Investigator Grant recipient in recognition of exceptionally promising and forward-thinking ideas in the field of age-related macular degeneration. Dr. Mowat …
Spring 2023 Seminar Series
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, …
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 …
Envisioning the Environment – Scenes from Plein Air Artists
Join us to view scenes from all seasons, captured outdoors in settings local and far away, to brighten our days and engage our imaginations. Envisioning the Environment – Scenes from Plein Air Artists, opens on …
MERI 2022 Distinguished Paper Awards
The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce recipients of the first annual McPherson ERI Distinguished Paper Award. Funded by the Cycle for Sight event, this award recognizes the outstanding work of our trainees and the breadth and depth of research conducted …