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  • Oct 9
    17th annual Vision Science Symposium – Poster Session

    October 9, 2025 @ 2:45 pm - 5:15 pm WIMR Floor 5

  • Oct 9
    Application Deadline – Fall David G. Walsh Travel Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    October 9, 2025 (all day)

  • Oct 6
    Visiting Scholar Lecture

    Prof. Remco Chang

    October 6, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm CDIS Seminar Room (7th floor Morgridge Hall) Visiting Scholar Lecture

  • Oct 3
    Vision Gallery Exhibition reception: 2025 Cool Science Image Contest

    October 3, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Mandelbaum and Albert Vision Gallery, 9th floor, WIMR II Event Page

  • Oct 2
    “Whose Eye is it?” Comparative Ocular Anatomy Course Session 2

    Dr. Dick Dubielzig

    October 2, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Vet School (SVM South) Room 2319

    “Whose eye is it?” is a free, in-person comparative ocular anatomy course for McPherson ERI members and trainees that is taught in the Fall by Emeritus Professor Dick Dubielzig (Pathobiological Sciences, SVM). Using a collection of ~150 microscope slides of animal eyes, Dr. Dubielzig focuses on the evolution of the vertebrate eye as well as anatomic …

  • Sep 29
    “Whose Eye is it?” Comparative Ocular Anatomy Course Session 1

    Dr. Dick Dubielzig

    September 29, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Vet School (SVM South) Room 2319

    “Whose eye is it?” is a free, in-person comparative ocular anatomy course for McPherson ERI members and trainees that is taught in the Fall by Emeritus Professor Dick Dubielzig (Pathobiological Sciences, SVM). Using a collection of ~150 microscope slides of animal eyes, Dr. Dubielzig focuses on the evolution of the vertebrate eye as well as anatomic …

  • Sep 18
    Outreach Training Session

    September 18, 2025 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm WIMR 9th Floor hall

    Are you interested in getting the next generation interested in vision science? Would you like the opportunity to teach kids about the wonders of the eye and vision? Are you looking for a way to give back to the Madison community through educational outreach? If so, then we invite you to take part in our …

  • Sep 9
    MERI Monthly Seminar Series

    Speaker: Kushin Mukherjee, Postdoctoral ResearcherTalk title: Cognitive Abstractions for Visual Communication Speaker: Isabel Villanueva, Graduate StudentTalk title: The art of science communication: How visual art shapes public engagement with climate and health dataRSVP Here

    September 9, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 3571 WIMR II Directions

  • Sep 5
    Application period opens for Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    September 5, 2025 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines

  • Sep 2
    Application period opens for Fall David G. Walsh Travel Awards

    Staff and Trainee Opportunity

    September 2, 2025 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines page

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