Events

Trainee Opportunity
November 21, 2025
https://vision.wisc.edu/funding_opportunities/distinguished-paper-awards/

Member Opportunity
December 1, 2025
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Speaker: Carter Sifferman, PhD Student
Talk title: 3D Vision with Single-Photon Cameras

Speaker: Alex Xie, Postdoctoral Researcher
Talk title: Biomaterials for Outer Retinal Therapy

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1360 Biotech
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December 9, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
https://vision.wisc.edu/current-seminar-series/

Trainee Opportunity
December 15, 2025
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Staff and Trainee Opportunity
December 19, 2025
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Opportunity for UW Faculty, although award is used to directly support their graduate student
January 9, 2026
Walsh GSSI Application and Guidelines webpage

Member Opportunity
January 30, 2026
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Funded by the McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Cycle for Sight event, the Visiting Scholar Award Opportunity provides support for a McPherson ERI Member to host a Visiting Scholar for 3-7 days at their institution. These …

Staff and Trainee Opportunity
February 6, 2026 @ 11:59 pm
Walsh Travel Award Application and Guidelines webpage

These $1500 awards provide support for MERI trainees to present at and attend conferences in their field. Four awards are given annually; two each Fall, and two each Spring.Awards must be used for a meeting …

DeLuca Forum, WID
February 13, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
https://vision.wisc.edu/meri-at-a-glance/

MERI-at-a-Glance is an annual pizza luncheon that gives our members, their graduate students/trainees, and lab associates the opportunity to hear brief research talks (~10 minutes in length) from other McPherson ERI members. These talks span widely …

Trainee Opportunity
February 15, 2026
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