Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
In a report in the August 5th, 2019 issue of Nature, Assistant Professor Andreas Velten and his colleagues describe recent advances in the ability to capture images around barriers – a long-term goal brought closer by their recent work.
The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce that Michael Landowski, PhD, and Kazuya Oikawa, BVSc, are the 2019 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants. Michael Landowski, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher working with Professor Aki Ikeda’s lab group in the Department of Medical Genetics. He will pursue a project …
The Morgridge Institute for Research recently highlighted a collaboration between two McPherson ERI vision scientists, Melissa Skala at UW–Madison and Joseph Carroll at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Read more about both scientists in McPherson ERI’s Insights: Melissa Skala from Summer 2017, Joseph Carroll from Spring 2019.
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. The McPherson ERI Research Committee is pleased to announce two trainee award recipients from among spring semester 2019 applicants: Melissa Schoenlein, …
The 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. These immersive experiences facilitate in-depth interactions and exchanges of ideas, which in turn seed or solidify collaborations. This year, owing to the continued success of Cycle for Sight, …
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Dr. Bikash Pattnaik’s lab has established the effectiveness of two methods of correcting ion channel deficiencies in defective genes in cells from patients with Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis (LCA16).
Applications are now available for the 2019 McPherson ERI vision research trainee grants, now renamed the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants. Kenzi Valentyn was a courageous and upbeat young woman whose long battle against Kearns-Sayre syndrome, a degenerative disease with symptoms including vision loss, ended with her passing at age 30 in March 2017. …
For the fourth year, the McPherson Eye Research Institute has allocated funds to support one Visiting Scholar invited to the UW–Madison campus by a McPherson ERI member. (McPherson ERI members from other institutions can also be invited to UW–Madison as Visiting Scholars.) Funds will be available to support the costs of travel and lodging (up to $2000). Past visiting scholars …
With funding from Cycle for Sight as well as from the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Fund, two David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards will be awarded to support graduate students and/or postdoctoral researchers in spring 2019. The application process is open to postdoctoral researchers and graduate students currently in training in any McPherson ERI member research lab/program. Two $1,000 travel …
On Friday, November 30th, McPherson ERI members, their trainees, and lab associates gathered at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) for MERI-at-a-Glance — eight short research presentations (10 minutes each) sharing vision-related findings and interests. The event was a great opportunity to learn more about the breadth of vision research conducted by McPherson ERI members at …