Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
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 …
10th Annual Vision Science Poster Session Tuesday October 16th, 2018; Health Sciences Learning Center Guest Speaker: Jeremy M. Wolfe (Ophthalmology & Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Visual Attention Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital) OMG, I did not see that! The science of missing what is right in front of our eyes
Two out of five new National Eye Institute Audacious Goals Initiative grants were awarded to teams headed by McPherson Eye Research Institute investigators, the NEI announced on Thursday, 10/8. The funds, awarded “to accelerate the development of regenerative treatments for blindness,” were given to teams headed by Dr. David Gamm at UW–Madison and Dr. Joseph …
This fall semester, 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. 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 …