The McPherson Eye Research Institute celebrated its 10th Anniversary with the 4th Annual Endowed Lecture on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Pawan Sinha, PhD, Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT, spoke about “Learning to See Late in Childhood.” His lecture focused on Project Prakash – an initiative restoring sight to blind children …

Waisman Biomanufacturing and McPherson Eye Research Institute held this day-long workshop on March 17, 2016, at The Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Madison, WI (8:00 am – 6:30 pm). The development of cell therapies for ocular diseases from basic research to clinical studies was presented and discussed, including: the development of cells for drug screening applications, …

Gillian McLellan (Ophthalmology) is shown here checking out the eyes of a rare human/Mustelidae hybrid at a Badger hockey game in November.   The creature, fully recovered, later posed with McPherson ERI Director David Gamm.

In a study released today, researchers from a variety of institutions – including the Marshfield Clinic, whose director, Dr. Murray Brilliant, is the lead author of the study – have announced that patients who use the drug L-DOPA, commonly used for Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders, are “significantly less likely to develop Age-related Macular …