Tuesday, September 9th, 2025 – 3571 WIMR Kushin Mukherjee, Postdoctoral Researcher (Cognitive Tools Lab, Stanford University) Cognitive Abstractions for Visual Communication Isabel Villanueva, Graduate Student (Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison) The Art of Science Communication: How …
Year: 2025
McPherson ERI Fall 2025 InSights is out!
The latest issue of InSights features articles on a groundbreaking stem cell clinical trial, MERI’s Outreach accomplishments, and the establishment of the Alice R. McPherson Archives! Download the PDF Here
MERI members nominated for 2025 WARF Innovation Award!
Big news! A groundbreaking eye therapy developed by MERI trainee Celia Bisbach and MERI Director David Gamm has been nominated for a 2025 WARF Innovation Award! Designed to treat retinal diseases, this new approach targets …
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, winner of a Dean’s Research Staff Award!
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dean’s Research Staff Awards honor outstanding contributions by research staff working in research laboratories. In 2025, the inaugural year of the awards, the award recipients …
Vision Science Symposium Lecture Recording Now Available
Thank you to everyone who attended our 17th Annual Vision Science Symposium, as well as our lecturer for the event, Dr. Allison Sekuler. If you missed the lecture, titled “Vision and the Brain: Towards Predictive …
3rd Annual Daniel M. Albert Lecture (2025)
3rd Annual Daniel M. Albert Lecture Thursday, Nov. 6th, 2025; HSLC 1345 Guest Speaker: M. Roy Wilson, MD (President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor, Wayne State University) Why Do Some People Go Blind from Glaucoma and …
17th Annual Vision Science Symposium (2025)
17th Annual Vision Science Symposium Thursday, Oct. 9th, 2025; HSLC room 1345 Guest Speaker: Allison Sekuler (President & Chief Scientist, CABHI and Baycrest Academy for Research and Education at Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care; Sandra …
The 2025 Cool Science Image exhibition is now on display in our Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery!
Explore works of art by scientists, artists, and curators working at the intersections of visual art, visual processing, and vision science in the Mandelbaum & Albert Family Vision Gallery. Their images offer extraordinary views of …
Congratulations to Grant Summit Program (GSP) Award Winner Curtis Brandt!
Congratulations to Professor Curtis Brandt, one of our latest recipients of the MERI Grant Summit Program (GSP) Award! Prof. Brandt’s winning research proposal was entitled ‘Mechanisms of Sensory Nerve Loss in HSV-1 Keratitis.’ This project …
3rd Annual Sandra Lemke Trout Lecture (2025)
3rd Annual Sandra Lemke Trout Lecture and Hybrid Grand Rounds Friday, September 12th, 2025; HSLC room 1345 and Zoom Guest Speaker: Emily Chew, MD (National Eye Institute) Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Update of AREDS and …