Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was named a fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and a member of the Silver Fellows Class of 2024. ARVO Fellows …
Pattnaik Research Group News
New gene-editing technique holds potential for treating childhood blindness
Using a new experimental technique to fix faulty eye cells, a team led by UW–Madison researchers was able to repair a gene mutation that causes one form of childhood blindness. The scientists showed that their …
Pattnaik Lab members receive honors at Scientific Meeting of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
At the recent 16th Biennial Scientific Meeting of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, which occurred August 10–13 in Indianapolis, Indiana, two graduate research assistants in the Pattnaik Lab received top honors in their …
Sehrish Afsheen and Allison Spillane receive travel awards from Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Two graduate research assistants in the Pattnaik Lab — Sehrish Afsheen and Allison Spillane — received travel grants to attend the 16th Biennial Scientific Meeting of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, …
Bikash Pattnaik part of cross-campus research group that will develop gene editing therapy to treat blindness
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from UW–Madison recently received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop and test a nonviral gene editing drug therapy to treat two hereditary eye diseases. Bikash Pattnaik, …
Pelin Cengiz awarded grant for non-invasive techniques to characterize eye function of neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
Principal Investigator Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, was awarded a grant for $50,000 from the UnityPoint Health — Meriter Foundation to fund the project “Healthy Little Eyes.” Cengiz joins co-investigators Bikash Pattnaik, …
Travel grants go to Bikash Pattnaik and Meha Kabra to attend biennial eye research meeting in Australia
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery with a joint appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Meha Kabra, PhD, research associate in Pattnaik’s lab, were …
Investigators collaborating on new R01 from National Eye Institute
Congratulations to PI Ismail Zaitoun, PhD, associate scientist, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), and Co-Investigators, Nader Sheibani, PhD, professor, DOVS, Christine Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, professor, Neonatology and Newborn …
Researchers awarded ICTR grant to improve diagnosis of HIE
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Principal Investigator, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, along with Co-PI, Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Critical Care, were awarded a $50,000 Basic and Clinical Translational Research Pilot award from the UW Institutive of Clinical and …
Bikash Pattnaik and collaborators receive grant from Spotlight Therapeutics
Co-Principal Investigators, Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and Krishanu Saha, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Co-Investigator Pawan Shahi, PhD, assistant scientist,Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, received a six-month $76,352 award from Spotlight Therapeutics for their project, …