Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 – 3571 WIMR

• Rob Nickells, Professor and Frederick A. Davis Chair of Ophthalmology (Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, UW–Madison)
  The other eye is not a control!
•  Colleen McDowell, Associate Professor (Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, UW–Madison)
  Role of sensory nerve innervation in aqueous humor outflow homeostasis

February, 2026 
There will be no seminar this month so that we can bring you the MERI-at-a-Glance event on Friday, February 13th from noon- 2 p.m.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2026 – 3571 WIMR

Special Seminar: Three ~15-minute research talks by our Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Award recipients.

• Madison Dillerud, Graduate Student (Neuroscience, UW–Madison)
  Dissecting the Molecular Basis for Age-dependent Loss of Human Photoreceptor Terminal Motility
• Wei Lin, Graduate Student (Electrical & Computer Engineering, UW–Madison)
  High speed low light imaging and applications for the eye
• Andrew Schultz, Graduate Student (Neuroscience, UW–Madison)
  Synaptic ribbons: Molecular devices that shape the first stages of vision

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026 – 1360 Biotech

Special Seminar: Three ~15-minute research talks by our 2025 MERI-sponsored StoryForm Science Communication Course Participants

• Zoe Howard, Research Intern (Psychology, UW–Madison)
  Texture Semantics is Robust to Scaling
• Zeinab Shirbaghaei, Postdoctoral Researcher (Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, UW–Madison)
  Choroidal Mast Cell Activation and Inflammatory Processes Mediating Outer Retinal Degeneration
• Neha Sriram, Graduate Student (Neuroscience, UW–Madison)
  3D motion processing in the brain

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 – 3571 WIMR

• Karen Schloss, Associate Professor (Psychology, UW–Madison)
  Color semantics for visual communication
• Anna Chinni, Graduate Student (Psychology, UW–Madison)
  Color Semantics in Figure-Ground Organization