Spring 2025 Seminar Series

Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule poster

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 – 3571 WIMR II

  • Kimberly Edwards, Graduate Research Assistant (Cellular and Molecular Pathology, Waisman Center)
    Robust generation of photoreceptor-dominant retinal organoids from porcine induced pluripotent stem cells
  • Andrew Miller, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Neuroscience, UW–Madison)
    Retinal circuit specializations for encoding primate central vision

February, 2025
There will be no seminar this month so that we can bring you the MERI-at-a-Glance event on Friday, February 21st from Noon-2pm. More information on this event, including a list of speakers, talk titles, and a form to RSVP, can be found here:https://vision.wisc.edu/MERI-at-a-Glance/

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025 – 3571 WIMR II

  • Joel Miesfeld, PhD, Assistant Professor (Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin)
    Mechanistic assessment of retinal ganglion cell genesis and survival
  • Miranda Scalabrino, PhD, Assistant Professor(Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences; Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin)
    ON bipolar cell rewiring during photoreceptor degeneration

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 – 1360 Biotech

Special Seminar: Four ~10-minute research talks by our 2024 MERI-sponsored StoryForm Science Communication Course Participants

  • Celia Bisbach, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher (Waisman Center, UW–Madison)
    Can we help our own retinal cells remove disease-causing proteins?
  • Miral Abdalaziz, PhD Candidate (Neuroscience Training Program, UW–Madison)
    Brain rhythms modulate memories
  • Lauren Sarko, PhD Candidate (Cellular and Molecular Pathology, UW–Madison)
    Using Our Immune System to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
  • Purnima Gogoi, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher (Genetics, UW–Madison)
    Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Key to maintaining healthy retinal function
  • Lauren Kresser, PhD Candidate (Neuroscience Training Program, UW–Madison)
    Practice makes perfect: understanding the interaction between vision and movement

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025 – 3571 WIMR II

  • Virginia Mathu, Research Assistant (Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, UW–Madison)Probing the relationship between glaucoma and Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models of comorbid disease
  • Gillian McLellan, BVMS, PhD, DECVO, DACVO, Professor (Tim and Nancy Speaker Chair in Canine Health, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UW–Madison)Intraocular pressure, neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in glaucoma