Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
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 questions from callers on eye health. You can hear the full broadcast here.
12th Annual Alice R. McPherson Lecture Thursday, June 6th, 2024; Health Science Learning Center room 1306 Guest Speaker: Michael Dyer, PhD (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) Retinoblastoma: From Developmental Origins to Molecular Targeted Therapy
The May 6th edition of the Wisconsin State Journal features an article on Sight Beyond Vision, the latest exhibition at the McPherson ERI’s Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery! This show, which is a collaboration between MERI and Arts for All Wisconsin, brings together work by Wisconsin artists with low vision. You can read the full article on …
The new issue of InSights includes an extended piece on iPSC-derived retinal cell therapeutics and their road to clinical trials; a look at a MERI member’s work to develop new methods to assess vision in dogs; a snapshot of four MERI awardees in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences who are researching Retinitis Pigmentosa, Age-related Macular …
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 development and regeneration. The RRF M.D. Matthews Professorship was established by the Retina Research Foundation, founded by the McPherson ERI’s …
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 behind developmental and inherited blindness conditions. The Daniel M. Albert Chair, named after the founder of the McPherson ERI, was …
The McPherson ERI and the UW–Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) are in the process of hiring a faculty member with a research program in AMD! The position lists PhD, MD, or MD/PhD as qualifications and at least 50% of their effort must be related to AMD research. The tenure home would be in DOVS. …
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. The work, which aims to develop a method for overcoming antibiotic resistance, uses multimodal nanoparticles to target bacterial defence mechanisms …
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 of federal grant applications. Dr. Ikeda will use his award to generate further preliminary data in preparation for the resubmission …
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 cellular interactions in response to mechanical strain and fibrosis”! This multi-PI grant is a collaboration with Dr. Preethi Ganapathy (Dept of Ophthalmology …