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APPLETON EVENT INTRODUCES ATTENDEES TO ERI & VISION RESEARCH

Braving the rains and flooding, about 50 guests attended a luncheon on June 12th, hosted by ERI Advisory Board members O.C. and Pat Boldt, to learn more about the interdisciplinary projects conducted by UW Eye Research Institute faculty and staff. Speakers included Julie Mares, PhD, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Michele Basso, PhD, Physiology, and Paul …

DR. DANIEL M. ALBERT GIVES NORMAN LECTURE AT GROLIER CLUB IN NEW YORK

The Haskell F. and Jeremy M. Norman Bibliographical Lecture on Medicine, Science, and Technology was established at the Grolier Club in 1994 by a grant from the Haskell F. Norman Foundation to stimulate bibliographical scholarship related to the history of medicine, science, and technology. To allow a sufficiently wide latitude of both subject matter and …

VISUALIZING SCIENCE CONFERENCE

This conference is part of an ongoing collaboration between the sciences, arts, and humanities at UW–Madison and will include a public lecture, workshop, research colloquium, and exhibition that take up issues of visuality and visual technologies in the sciences. All events are free and open to the public, and advanced registration is required for the …

VET MED & THE UW EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE: A COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP

From UW–Madison Vet Med’s On Call Newsletter, November 2007 The School of Veterinary Medicine is well-represented in the new Eye Research Institute that has been established on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Two of the inaugural 12 members of the Institute’s Leadership Committee are from the School: Drs. Richard Dubielzig (pathological sciences) and Christopher Murphy …

RETINOBLASTOMA: A PERSONAL STORY, by Erik Christianson

Originally posted: Wisconsin State Journal, Fri., Sept. 14, 2007 Until recently, retinoblastoma was something most people had never heard of. But the tragic news that the daughter of NBA player Derek Fisher was diagnosed with this cancer in one of her eyes brought the devastating disease into the national spotlight. My thoughts and prayers immediately …

UW TEAM COLLABORATES WITH LAC COURTE OREILLES MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

From UW–Madison News, Aug. 17, 2007 In collaboration with Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, a team from the Department of Life Sciences Communication is spending a week at Lac Courte Oreilles Community College, collaborating with LCOCC staff on a youth science media camp for 24 middle- and high-school tribal students. “Land and Identity” is the …

RETINA RESEARCH FOUNDATION SUPPORTS DIRECTORSHIP OF UW EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Retina Research Foundation, established by UW alum Dr. Alice McPherson in Houston, TX, will provide the Director of the UW Eye Research Institute with support for his or her research program. Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS, the inaugural Director of the ERI, will be the first recipient of the Retina Research Foundation (RRF) Emmett …

ARVO’S RESEARCH GRANT ADMINISTRATORS WORKSHOP

From ARVO News, Summer 2007 For the fourth time ever, at its 2007 Annual Meeting, ARVO held a Research Grant Administrators Workshop for grant administrators from universities, foundations, and institutions. The focus of this year’s workshop was (1) implementation of the year-old SFS 424 (R&R) grant application and (2) communications between and expectations of granting …