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 …
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Visiting Scholar Award Recipients 2019
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 …
Pattnaik Lab Study Advances Gene Therapy for LCA16
In a recent study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, Dr. Bikash Pattnaik’s lab has established the effectiveness of two methods of correcting ion channel deficiencies in defective genes in cells from patients …
Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Trainee Grants 2019
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 …
McPherson ERI Visiting Scholar Opportunity
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 …
Applications Open for Spring 2019 Walsh Research Travel Awards
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 …