BlueRock Therapeutics LP, a clinical stage cell therapy company and subsidiary of Bayer AG, today announced the clearance of its Investigational New Drug (IND) application by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for …

The McPherson Eye Research Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Timothy Gomez to the RRF M.D. Matthews Professorship. Dr. Gomez, a professor in the UW-Madison Department of Neuroscience, researches visual sensory cell …

Dr. Pattnaik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. His research in pediatric blindness has resulted in significant progress in our understanding of the molecular mechanisms …

Andreas Velten, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, has received a 2024 Test of Time award from SIGGRAPH, the international meeting on graphics research. The award, which was for Velten’s 2013 research paper …

Prof. David Gamm, Director of the McPherson Eye Research Institute, recently appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s Larry Meiller Show to discuss the latest research on and treatments for macular degeneration, glaucoma, optic nerve damage, and to field …

Recently published original research by Prof. Shaoqin Gong (Retina Research Foundation Edwin and Dorothy Gamewell Professor, Dept of Biomedical Engineering; Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences) and colleagues has just been featured in Nature Nanotechnology’s News and Views. …

Dr. Akihiro Ikeda (Timothy William Trout Professor in Eye Research, Dept of Medical Genetics) is the latest recipient of our MERI Grant Summit Program (GSP) Award! The GSP award was designed to facilitate successful resubmissions …

Prof. Colleen McDowell, Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Congratulations to MERI member Prof. Colleen McDowell (Dept of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, SMPH) on receiving an NIH R21 grant for her project “Optic nerve head …