Working Together to Understand, Protect and Restore Vision
Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen Macknik, founders of the new discipline of neuromagic, have extensively researched how the brain processes illusion and magic. Their findings, based on the latest research in cognitive neuroscience, are critical to understanding sensory perception and curing various neural …
3rd Annual McPherson Eye Research Institute Endowed Lecture Monday, May 18, 2015 – Ebling Symposium Center, Microbial Sciences Building Guest Speaker: Sheila Nirenberg, PhD A Prosthetic Eye to Treat Blindness
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 – WIMR conference room 7001A Harnessing Light for Diagnosis and Therapy Tuesday, February 10, 2015- Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 MERI Trainee Award Recipients, 2014 Tuesday, March 10, 2015- WIMR conference room 7001A Genomics and Biology of Myopia Tuesday, April 14, 2015- Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Methods for Studying Visual Function Tuesday, …
6th Annual Vision Science Poster Session – Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 Distinguished Guest Lecturer: Hany Farid (Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College) Photo Forensics
Tuesday, September 9, 2014 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 MERI Trainee Award Recipients, 2013-2014 Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – WIMR conference room 7001A Approaches to Meeting Blind and Low Vision Needs Tuesday, November 11, 2014 – Genetics/Biotechnology Center room 1360 Microscopy for Medical Applications Tuesday, December 9, 2014 – WIMR conference room 7001A Teaching and …
5th Annual Vision Science & Visual Art Poster and Gallery Session September 26th, 2013; Health Science Learning Center room 1325 Guest Speaker: Thomas Cronin (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland-Baltimore County) Incredible Eyes: The Visual World of Mantis Shrimps
1st Annual MERI Endowed Lecture April 22, 2013; Ebling Symposium Center Room 1220 Guest Speaker: Jean Bennett, MD, PhD; Professor of the Departments of Ophthalmology and Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Scientist, Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Gene Therapy for LCA (Leber Congenital Amaurosis: …
3rd Annual Vision Science & Visual Art Poster and Gallery Session October 18, 2011; Health Sciences Learning Center room 1306 Guest Speaker: Gordon Gund History and Progress of the Foundation Fighting Blindness
2nd Annual Vision Science & Visual Art Poster and Gallery Session Tuesday, September 28th, 2010; Health Sciences Learning Center room 1335 Guest speaker: Dr. Michael Marmor, Stanford University The Artist’s Eyes: Vision and the History of Art