Research and evidence-based medicine are foundational to the practice of ophthalmology. At the University of Wisconsin Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), residents are immersed in scholarly activity through a structured research curriculum designed …
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Integrin α4 and α9 in trabecular meshwork and Schlemm’s canal function: emerging regulators of intraocular pressure homeostasis
PubMed ID: Author(s): Sharmin T and McDowell CM (2026) Integrin α4 and α9 in trabecular meshwork and Schlemm’s canal function: emerging regulators of intraocular pressure homeostasis. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 14:1862957. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2026.1862957PMID Journal: Frontiers …
UW Vision Researchers Uncover a New Clue to Preventing Herpes-Related Blindness
Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV-1) is best known as the virus that causes cold sores, but it is also the leading infectious cause of blindness in the United States. In the eye, HSV-1 can produce …
Alumni Spotlight: Timothy Daley, MD ’11 and ‘12
For Timothy Daley, MD, becoming a Badger was the beginning of a lifelong connection to the University of Wisconsin—Madison (UW). After earning his undergraduate and medical degrees at the UW, he completed his ophthalmology residency …
Preexisting Fundus Findings in a Large Cohort of Young Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) Bred for Ocular Research: Comparison to Humans.
PubMed ID: 42444145 Author(s): Nork TM, Sonnentag PJ, Miller PE, Wabers HD, Rasmussen CA, Katz AW, Kim CBY, Ver Hoeve JN, Eaton JS, Bentley E, Christian BJ, O’Neill CA, Crosson CE, Murphy CJ. Preexisting Fundus …
A Molecular ‘Override’ for Inherited Blindness: Vision Research Group Publishes Recent Paper
For children born with a rare form of inherited blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis type 16 (LCA16), the genetic culprit can be a single miswritten instruction in their DNA — a so-called “nonsense mutation” that …
UW-Madison Recruits Leading Vision Researcher as Inaugural Monroe E. Trout, Jr. Chair in Eye Research
The UW-Madison Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the McPherson Eye Research Institute at UW-Madison are pleased to announce the recruitment of Jianhai Du, PhD. Dr. Du joined the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual …
Identification and enrichment of human retinal organoid-derived red/green cone-competent precursors with enhanced axon dynamics.
PubMed ID: 42401922 Author(s): Susaimanickam PJ, Capowski E, Xiong MN, Edwards KL, Phanse Y, Welch MJ, Pier A, Mayerl SJ, Zepeda MAF, Peterson KD, Phillips MJ, Sinha D, Gomez TM, Gamm DM. Identification and enrichment …
Caffeine suppresses inflammation and subretinal fibrosis through modulation of the thrombospondin-1-Bim axis.
PubMed ID: 42386027 Author(s): Sheibani N, Wang S, Darjatmoko SR, Sorenson CM. Caffeine suppresses inflammation and subretinal fibrosis through modulation of the thrombospondin-1-Bim axis. Exp Eye Res. 2026 Jul 1;271:111152. doi: 10.1016/j.exer.2026.111152. Online ahead of …