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Research-2020

Saha Lab combines methods to advance CRISPR gene editing tools

Posted on December 8, 2020
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New McPherson ERI Expanding Our Vision (EOV) grant recipients announced

Posted on November 6, 2020

The Expanding Our Vision (EOV) grant program was started this year to provide awards of up to $10,000 to researchers performing vision-related research in visual communication, visual cognition, visual perception/performance, data visualization, development of novel …

Posted in Research-2020

Skala Lab tracks role of microphages in cancer spread

Posted on October 26, 2020
Posted in Archive, Research News, Research-2020

McPherson ERI Fall 2020 Trainee Symposium, October 15th

Posted on October 7, 2020

Please join us for the McPherson ERI Fall 2020 Trainee Symposium, to be held online in lieu of our annual in-person poster session.  McPherson ERI trainees will give 3-minute “flash talks” on their current research …

Posted in Research-2020

A New Approach to a Rare, Incurable Form of Blindness

Posted on August 4, 2020

A collaboration among four McPherson ERI member labs has resulted in a proof-of-concept method to correct an inherited form of macular degeneration that causes blindness, and that is currently untreatable.  The research, which focused on …

Posted in Research-2020

Skala Lab develops new method for T-cell differentiation

Posted on July 28, 2020
Posted in Archive, Research News, Research-2020

Murphy Lab’s messenger RNA delivery method holds promise for Covid-19 vaccines

Posted on July 1, 2020
Posted in Archive, Research News, Research-2020

Gary Lupyan and Jerry Zhu aim to advance machine learning

Posted on June 30, 2020
Posted in Archive, Research News, Research-2020

Gupta Lab collaboration promises better low-light photography

Posted on June 18, 2020
Posted in Archive, Research News, Research-2020

Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants 2020 Announced

Posted on May 28, 2020

The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants.  Anjani Sreepada Chakrala, Ralph W. Nelson, and Abhilash Sawant will each receive …

Posted in Research-2020
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