Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
Margaret McFall-Ngai, Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, has been awarded a 2009 Fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. During her Guggenheim term, Dr. McFall-Ngai will study the role of symbiosis in shaping evolutionary selection, specifically on the form and function of the animal immune system. The traditional view of …
The Eye Research Institute has awarded grants to the following five projects in 2009: An in vitro model of eye movements and choice Principal Investigator, Michele A. Basso (Physiology; Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences) Collaborator: Meyer B. Jackson (Physiology) Use of vitamin D3 analogues for the treatment of neovascular AMD Principal Investigator, Ronald P. Danis(Ophthalmology & …
The developing program in Visual Culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, like that of the UW Eye Research Institute, is committed to fostering research collaborations and dialogue that connect the analysis and practice of the visual across the humanities, arts, social sciences, and sciences. This conference on “Perception” represents a fundamental part of our initiative …
Dr. David Gamm, who is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and member of the UW Eye Research Institute, has been awarded a 5-year grant for the project “Customized iPS Cell Therapy for Recessive Monogenetic Retinal Degenerative Diseases.” Stem cells can be produced from a patient’s skin cells (known as induced pluripotent stem …
In recognition of Daniel Albert’s service as past Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, his outstanding research and teaching career and his current Directorship of the Eye Research Institute, Dean Robert Golden has established the Daniel M. Albert Chair at the University of Wisconsin. The Albert Chair will be awarded to a faculty member for …
Dr. Ivan Schwab, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science University of California, Davis Evolution’s Witness: A Story of the Evolution of the Eye Thursday, October 2, 2008, Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building With light and predation as catalysts, the first eye appeared during the Cambrian era, 550 million years ago, in a trilobite. The …
Precyous Banks is spending a portion of her summer learning about research first-hand. RAP is a seven-week pre-college academic program designed to introduce high school students to scientific research and to the University. Banks, who is also a member of PEOPLE (Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence), is applying to UW–Madison this year and …
Braving the rains and flooding, about 50 guests attended a luncheon on June 12th, hosted by ERI Advisory Board members O.C. and Pat Boldt, to learn more about the interdisciplinary projects conducted by UW Eye Research Institute faculty and staff. Speakers included Julie Mares, PhD, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Michele Basso, PhD, Physiology, and Paul …
The Haskell F. and Jeremy M. Norman Bibliographical Lecture on Medicine, Science, and Technology was established at the Grolier Club in 1994 by a grant from the Haskell F. Norman Foundation to stimulate bibliographical scholarship related to the history of medicine, science, and technology. To allow a sufficiently wide latitude of both subject matter and …
This conference is part of an ongoing collaboration between the sciences, arts, and humanities at UW–Madison and will include a public lecture, workshop, research colloquium, and exhibition that take up issues of visuality and visual technologies in the sciences. All events are free and open to the public, and advanced registration is required for the …