Category: Research News

Bassam Shakhashiri, PhD, retires from UW-Madison, as reported by UW News and the Wisconsin State Journal

Expanding Our Vision 2021 Award Recipient Announced

Congratulations to McPherson ERI member Dr. Yuhang Zhao (Dept. of Computer Science), who will be collaborating with Dr. Bilge Mutlu  (Dept. of Computer Science) and Dr. Sanbrita Mondal (Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences), here at UW–Madison. Their project, Designing Augmented Reality Systems to Facilitate Safe Cooking for People with Low Vision, will utilize augmented …

Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, OD, on systemic racism and unconscious bias in the medical workplace, from JAHA

Skala Lab publishes study on new imaging method for stem cell-derived cardiac muscle cells

Yao Liu, MD, awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea grant for Advancing I-Site in African-American Communities project

William Murphy project funded through new Promoting Industry Collaboration Initiative

Natascha Merten receives Postdoc Excellence Award from UW-Madison Postdoctoral Association

Bilge Mutlu and Zongfu Yu receive Romnes Faculty Fellowships; William Murphy receives Kellett Mid-Career Award

Gamm, Gong, and Ma Labs Develop Micro-molded “Ice Cube Tray” Scaffold for Photoreceptor Replacement

David Gamm (Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Emmett A. Humble Distinguished Director, McPherson ERI) is collaborating with colleagues Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, a professor of biomedical engineering, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery faculty member and an expert in biomaterials, and Zhenqiang (Jack) Ma, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and an expert in semiconductors whose …

New imaging system from Mikhail Kats allows views of UV and visible light simultaneously