Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
Vision at the Vet School: How Dogs See Saturday, June 1st, 2019; Renk Learning Center, School of Veterinary Medicine Guest Speakers: Ellison Bentley, DVM (Clinical Professor, Comparative Ophthalmology) Uchenna Nledbedum, DVM, MS (COPLOW Fellow, Pathobiological Sciences)
7th Annual MERI Endowed Lecture May 6, 2019; Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery Building, DeLuca Forum Guest Speaker: Charles Zuker, PhD (Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and of Neuroscience, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute) From Receptors to Behavior
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Attentional Control of Human Visual Working Memory Tuesday, March 12, 2019 – WIMR II conference room 3571 One Health/One Vision: A Comparative Approach to Understanding Glaucoma Pathophysiology Tuesday, April 9, 2019 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Communicating Your Science Beyond Your Field – In Lay Language! …
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 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
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 …
Fall Semester 2018,12:00 to 1:00 PM, 2nd Tuesdays. Please join us at this semester’s vision research seminars! Please RSVP for pizza lunch to gmstirr@wisc.edu, 265-4023. Pizza is sponsored by EyeKor, Inc. and Ocular Services on Demand (OSOD), LLC, partnering with industry to accelerate the development of new therapies for ocular diseases. PDF Fall Semester Schedule …
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 …
MERI-at-a-Glance featured short presentations by eight McPherson ERI-affiliated researchers on Friday, December 8th. Friday, December 8th 2017, 11:45 am to 2:00 pm DeLuca Forum, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery “MERI-at-a-Glance” was a program of eight short research presentations (10 minutes each) sharing vision-related findings and interests. Research presentations included:
9th Annual Vision Science Poster Session and Lecture Thursday, October 12th, 2017 – Health Sciences Learning Center Guest Speaker: Steven Seitz, Team Director of Google Seattle; Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington Virtual Reality Video