Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
McPherson ERI Members, Trainees, and Friends are invited to register for the Institute’s 11th Annual McPherson ERI Vision Science Poster Session, a great opportunity to display a poster, learn about members’ ongoing vision-related research, and meet McPherson ERI members and their lab & program groups. Following the reception, distinguished guest lecturer Margaret S. Livingstone will speak on …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Dr. Jeremy Wolfe will speak following the 10th Annual McPherson ERI Poster Session on Tuesday, October 16th. Please register to attend this year’s McPherson ERI poster session in the HSLC atrium, 3:00-5:30 PM! Attendees are encouraged to display a research poster and meet other McPherson ERI members, their lab & program groups, and guests. Food …
Fall Semester 2018,12:00 to 1:00 PM, 2nd Tuesdays. Please join us at this semester’s vision research seminars! Please RSVP for pizza lunch to gmstirr@wisc.edu, 265-4023. Pizza is sponsored by EyeKor, Inc. and Ocular Services on Demand (OSOD), LLC, partnering with industry to accelerate the development of new therapies for ocular diseases. PDF Fall Semester Schedule …