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  • Oct 23
    Application Deadline – Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    October 23, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines

  • Oct 23
    Seminar – Anand Swaroop, PhD

    Dr. Anand Swaroop

    October 23, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm John D. Wiley Conference Center, Room T216

    About the Speaker: Dr. Anand Swaroop obtained his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore–both in India. After completing his postdoctoral training at Yale University in molecular biology and human genetics, he joined the faculty at the University of …

  • Nov 1
    Application period opens for Howard F. and Nelle Weiss Graduate Student Eye Research Award

    Trainee Opportunity

    November 1, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines page

  • Nov 1
    Application period opens for Karl H. Beyer, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow Eye Research Award

    Trainee Opportunity

    November 1, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines page

  • Nov 10
    MERI Monthly Seminar Series – November

    Special Seminar: Three 15-minute research talks by our Kenzi Valentyn Award Recipients

    November 10, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 3571 WIMR II Directions

  • Nov 12
    Annual Daniel M. Albert Lecture

    Speaker: David Huang, MD, PhD Director of Research, Casey Eye Institute; World Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmic Imaging; Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University

    November 12, 2026 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm HSLC 1325 Event Page

    Reception in the HSLC Atrium, 3-4 pm Talk Title: Seeing Small and Aiming Big: The Development and Clinical Impact of Optical Coherence Tomography  Abstract: Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a technology invented in 1991 to image small critical tissue structures with micrometer resolution. It is widely used in eye and coronary heart diseases. I will …

  • Nov 13
    Application Deadline – Grant Accelerator Program (GAP) Awards

    Member Opportunity

    November 13, 2026 (all day) GAP Application webpage

    Supported by the Alice McPherson Endowment Fund for the Visual Sciences, the Van Vreede McPherson ERI Greatest Needs Fund, the Robert A. Brandt Macular Degeneration Fund, and additional donors to the McPherson ERI Application period opens: Friday, August 28th, 2026 Application deadline: Friday, November 13th 2026 at 12:00 pm CST Award amount: $50,000 each Applications …

  • Nov 20
    Application Deadline – Distinguished Paper Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    November 20, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines

  • Nov 30
    Application period opens for Visiting Scholar Awards

    Member Opportunity

    November 30, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines page

  • Dec 8
    MERI Monthly Seminar Series – December

    December 8, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 1360 Biotech Directions

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