Past Events
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Feb 27Application Deadline – Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (Member/Trainee Opportunity)
Opportunity for UW Faculty, although award is used to directly support their graduate student
Walsh GSSI Application and Guidelines webpage
The Walsh Graduate Student Support Initiative (GSSI) provides $12,000 of support to a UW–Madison graduate student training in a McPherson ERI Member’s laboratory. Although this award supports graduate students, it is the PI who completes and submits the application. The application period for this award typically begins in late December or early January, with a …
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Feb 25Middle School Outreach Visit – Georgia O’Keefe
Cow Eye Dissection Lesson
Georgia O'Keefe Middle School Classrooms of Christy Charles and Madhavi Krishnan Sign Up
If you are interested in volunteering but have not attended a MERI Outreach Training session (or need a refresher), you can sign up for our February 5th training session here.
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Feb 20Outreach Training Session for MMSD middle school teachers
Sherman Middle School
Sherman Middle School For more information, please email Wren Daniel.
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Feb 6Application Deadline – Spring David G. Walsh Travel Awards
Staff and Trainee Opportunity
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 that occurs within one year of the month after the award application is due.
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Feb 5Vision Gallery Spring Exhibition Opening Reception
Mandelbaum and Albert Vision Gallery, 9th floor, WIMR II Vision Gallery page
Join us for this upcoming exhibition, which features work that combines individual components into a visual unit using collage and construction, assemblage, and mosaic techniques.
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Jan 30Application Deadline – Visiting Scholar Awards
Member Opportunity
Click here for Application and Guidelines
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 visits are intended to facilitate lasting collaborations and/or training in support of broadly vision-related research, including bioengineering, technology development, imaging, …
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Jan 26High School Outreach Visit – East
In the Dark and in the Light
East High School Classroom of Emma Watermolen Sign Up
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Jan 23High School Outreach Visit – East
Cow Eye Dissection Lesson
East High School Classroom of Emma Watermolen Sign Up
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Jan 14High School Outreach Visit – Edgerton
Cow Eye Dissection Lesson
Edgerton High School Classroom of Colin Schmit
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Jan 13MERI Monthly Seminar Series – January
Speaker: Rob Nickells, Professor and Frederick A. Davis Chair of OphthalmologyTalk title: The other eye is not a control! Speaker: Colleen McDowell, Associate Professor Talk title: Role of sensory nerve innervation in aqueous humor outflow homeostasisRSVP Here