Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 Vision Research Update! The talk, which was given by Dr. David Gamm, covered the Institute’s recent work on inherited retinal disease and age-related macular degeneration …
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Visions of Science: Art from Eye Research
In this 20th anniversary year of the McPherson Eye Research Institute, the vision gallery features a retrospective of research-inspired images from our fifteen years of Eye Research Institute calendars – exhibiting 45 amazingly engaging images …
McPherson ERI Spring 2025 InSights is out!
The latest issue of InSights, the McPherson ERI’s bi-annual newsletter, features articles on treating inherited retinal diseases, the road to whole eyeball transplants, making pig retinal cells to advance eye treatments, and MERI’s new Grant Accelerator …
McPherson ERI research featured on Chancellor’s new Research Moves Us Forward webpage
We’re pleased that Chancellor Mnookin has chosen to highlight research from MERI Director David Gamm’s lab to launch her new webpage on transformative, federally funded work happening right now at UW-Madison. You can read about …
Sign up or donate to Cycle for Sight 2025!
Cycle for Sight 2025 kicks off at the Princeton Club West on Saturday, March 15th, with teams continuing to exercise in the community through April. You can register or donate to Cycle for Sight 2025 …
McPherson ERI Fall 2024 Insights is out!
In the new issue of InSights you can read about Dr. Roomasa Channa’s plan to ensure broader access to diabetic retinopathy care, and learn how Dr. Karen Schloss’s lab helps us make better decisions about …
Now on display in the Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery: Constructs of Color Hard and Soft
As a fundamental aspect of human experience, color influences our perceptions, emotions, and interactions with the world around us. This exhibition – comprised of stained glass works by Randy Glysch and of fiber, needlework, and …
Daniel M. Albert Lecture Recording Available!
Thank you to speaker David J. Wilson and all those who attended the 2nd Annual Daniel M. Albert Lecture! If you couldn’t make it to the talk, you can watch the entire presentation here.
Wisconsin State Journal features story on latest Vision Gallery exhibition
The May 6th edition of the Wisconsin State Journal features an article on Sight Beyond Vision, the latest exhibition at the McPherson ERI’s Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery! This show, which is a collaboration between …
Join Us for Cycle for Sight 2024!
Cycle for Sight 2024 kicks off at the Princeton Club on Saturday, March 16th. The Princeton Club event is full, but you can still register, on your own or with a team, to walk or bike …