Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
Color is a powerful part of our visual perception. Color can draw attention, elicit emotion, and convey meaning. In this exhibit, artists use color in imaginative ways to accomplish these effects. COLOR POWER will be on display from October 8th, 2026 to January 22nd, 2027. Join us Thursday, October 8th from 4:30 to 6:30 pm …
We hope you enjoyed learning about the wonderful world of birds and their vision as much as we enjoyed hosting it. Over 220 community members attended the lectures and demonstrations, making this the most well-attended Vision at in the history of the event! None of it would have been possible without help from our volunteers and collaborators: If you …
Our 2026 update on age-related macular degeneration research at the McPherson ERI, the Trout AMD Update, is now available for viewing on our website or to download as a PDF. Sponsored by the Trout AMD Project, an initiative founded by Dr. Monroe and Sandra Trout of Appleton, the annual update reviews recent progress on AMD research in some of the many McPherson ERI member labs investigating this widespread eye disease.
Thank you to everyone who attended our 14th Annual Alice McPherson Lecture, as well as our guest lecturer for the event, Dr. Aaron Y. Lee (Arthur W. Stickle Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, WashU, St. Louis).
The latest InSights newsletter features articles on Dr. Donna Neumann’s work on the HSV-1 virus’s latency and activation cycle and Dr. Celia Bisbach’s work on projects targeting a variety of blinding diseases, as well as an announcement on an exciting donation that will support annual awards to MERI trainee researchers!
This year’s event kicked off on Saturday, March 14th. 2026 is our fifteenth year of Cycle for Sight! Our kickoff event was on Saturday, March 14th, at the Princeton Club West, where teams and individuals cycled in three spinning sessions and also walked the Club’s track. Cycle for Sight continues through April as teams and individuals exercise …
The latest issue of InSights features articles on a groundbreaking stem cell clinical trial, MERI’s Outreach accomplishments, and the establishment of the Alice R. McPherson Archives!
Thank you to everyone who attended our 17th Annual Vision Science Symposium, as well as our lecturer for the event, Dr. Allison Sekuler. If you missed the lecture, titled “Vision and the Brain: Towards Predictive Neuroscience for Precision Aging”, you can now access a recording at the link below.
Explore works of art by scientists, artists, and curators working at the intersections of visual art, visual processing, and vision science in the Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery. Their images offer extraordinary views of our world, captured with the use of remarkable research tools. The winning entries will be on display in the gallery …
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 and included a Q&A session where members of the public could ask any questions they had on vision research and …