Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards provide funds for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from MERI members’ research groups to attend research conferences to present vision-related work. The McPherson ERI Research Committee is pleased to announce two outstanding award recipients. Congratulations to both award recipients, who will be invited to speak in the McPherson …
3rd Annual McPherson Eye Research Institute Endowed Lecture Monday, May 18, 2015 – Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building Guest Speaker: Sheila Nirenberg, PhD A Prosthetic Eye to Treat Blindness
Brian Allen and Caitlin MacNair, graduate students from McPherson ERI members’ research groups, have been chosen from an excellent and diverse field of applicants to receive McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards. These awards provide funds to attend research conferences, in order to present vision-related work and advance educational and professional development opportunities. Congratulations …
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 – WIMR conference room 7001A Harnessing Light for Diagnosis and Therapy Tuesday, February 10, 2015- Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 MERI Trainee Award Recipients, 2014 Tuesday, March 10, 2015- WIMR conference room 7001A Genomics and Biology of Myopia Tuesday, April 14, 2015- Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Methods for Studying Visual Function Tuesday, …
Two McPherson ERI members from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences were the recent recipients of $25,000 grant awards from the James Christensen Estate Macular Degeneration Research Fund. The fund, established by a generous estate gift, was created to support research on age-related macular degeneration on campus. Year-long funding will advance AMD research by …
Drs. David Gamm (Director, McPherson Eye Research Institute), Brad Schwartz (CEO, Morgridge Institute for Research), and Terri Young (Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences) are pleased to announce the recipient of a $25,000 grant award for Metabolism Research in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. This pilot award was partially funded by the James Christenson Estate Macular …
6th Annual Vision Science Poster Session – Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 Distinguished Guest Lecturer: Hany Farid (Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College) Photo Forensics
We are pleased to announce Anna-Lisa Doebley as the recipient of the 2014-2015 McPherson ERI-sponsored Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship. This award provides a grant of $3,000 to the student and $500 to the faculty collaborator. Under the mentorship of Dr. Aki Ikeda (Medical Genetics) Ms. Doebley will be exploring the role of TMEM135 in cellular …
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 MERI Trainee Award Recipients, 2013-2014 Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – WIMR conference room 7001A Approaches to Meeting Blind and Low Vision Needs Tuesday, November 11, 2014 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Microscopy for Medical Applications Tuesday, December 9, 2014 – WIMR conference room 7001A Teaching and …
The spring 2014 McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Awards, which provide funds for graduate students to attend research conferences in order to present vision-related work, have been announced; recipients will also speak in the McPherson ERI seminar series in spring 2015.