Category: Research 2021

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

Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants 2021 Announced

The McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Research and Leadership Committees are pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Grants.  Allison Ludwig, Kushin Mukherjee, Aindrila Saha, and Kara Vogel will each receive a one-year grant award of $5000 funded by the Institute’s Cycle for Sight event, which raises money to support vision …

New Optics Express paper from Sajdak, Eliceiri, Rogers, et. al.

Recipients of the David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative Announced

The McPherson ERI is pleased to announce the recipients of the first annual David G. Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative awards. Two one-year grants of $12,000, financed by the David G. Walsh Research Fellowship Endowment Fund, were provided to two McPherson ERI members to support a graduate student. The recipients included Ari Rosenberg, PhD (Dept. …

David Gamm and Kevin Eliceiri Elected to American Institute for Medical & Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of both the Director, David Gamm, and the Associate Director, Kevin Eliceiri, of the McPherson Eye Research Institute to its College of Fellows. David Gamm, MD, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, as well as the …