Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
Dr. David Gamm gave an overview of the current state of photoreceptor replacement research at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab in February.
Dozens of McPherson ERI members, trainees, and colleagues learned more about the breadth of vision research conducted by McPherson ERI members at UW–Madison and other campuses at the most recent MERI-at-a-Glance event, held on February 12th in the DeLuca Forum at WID. The list of presenters included: 1. Janis Eells, PhD (Biomedical Sciences, UW-Milwaukee) Seeing …
Dr. Akihiro Ikeda, Professor of Medical Genetics and RRF Walter H. Helmerich Research Chair at the McPherson Eye Research Institute, has published a study of a novel protein that could lead to potential new treatments for age-related retinal diseases.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – WIMR conference room 7001A Visual Cognitive Disorders Tuesday, February 14, 2017 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Ocular Biology/Pathology in the Lens and Cornea Tuesday, March 14, 2017 – WIMR II conference room 3571 Mitochondrial Dynamics Tuesday, April 11, 2017 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Canine Spontaneous Ocular Disorders and Parallel …
The McPherson ERI’s annual poster session, held on Tuesday, October 4th in the atrium of the School of Medicine and Public Health, attracted close to 100 McPherson ERI members and affiliated researchers. 37 MERI members, including many trainee members, displayed their current research in a wide range of vision science fields. Professor JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director …
8th Annual Vision Science Poster Session Tuesday, October 4th, 2016; HLSC 1335 Guest Speaker: Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, Director and Chief Scientist of the AlloSphere Research Facility; Professor of Media Arts & Technology and Music, University of California, Santa Barbara Harnessing Sight and Sound to Explore Complex Information