Category: 2018

MERI-at-a-Glance on November 30th

On Friday, November 30th, McPherson ERI members, their trainees, and lab associates gathered at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) for MERI-at-a-Glance — eight short research presentations (10 minutes each) sharing vision-related findings and interests.  The event was a great opportunity to learn more about the breadth of vision research conducted by McPherson ERI members at …

10th Annual Vision Science Symposium (2018)

10th Annual Vision Science Poster Session Tuesday October 16th, 2018; Health Sciences Learning Center Guest Speaker: Jeremy M. Wolfe (Ophthalmology & Radiology, Harvard Medical School; Visual Attention Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital) OMG, I did not see that! The science of missing what is right in front of our eyes

Fall 2018 Seminar Series

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571 McPherson Eye Research Institute: Looking Ahead Tuesday, October 9, 2018 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Anatomical Organization of the Inner Retina in Development and Disease Tuesday, November 13, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571 Vision Insights Gained from Primate Partners Tuesday, December 11, 2018 …

Spring 2018 Seminar Series

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 – WIMR II conference room 3571 Ground Squirrel as a Model for Human Vision Dana Merriman, PhD (Biology, UW-Oshkosh) A ground squirrel primer   Benjamin Sajdak, Doctoral Student & trainee member (Advanced Ocular Imaging Program, Medical College of Wisconsin; Carroll Lab) Retinal imaging in the 13-lined ground squirrel                       Tuesday, February …