Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
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 …
The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce the establishment of the David and Nancy Walsh Family Professorship in Vision Research, intended to support “cutting-edge vision research” at the Institute. The Walsh family has supported vision research and the McPherson Eye Research Institute for many years; David Walsh was the first chair of the …
Vision Research Trainee Grants Awarded to McPherson ERI Graduate Students Thomas Lawler and Dwani Patel are the 2018 recipients of the McPherson ERI’s Vision Research Trainee Grants. These one-year grant awards of $3000 each are funded by the Institute’s annual Cycle for Sight event and awarded by the Research and Leadership Committees. They were established …
The path of stem cell discovery in the past 20 years, starting with groundbreaking work in James Thomson’s lab, has been a remarkable story of cutting-edge research and future potential. Read about the highlights in this story from the Morgridge Institute for Research.