Past Events
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Aug 29Application period opens for Grant Accelerator Program Awards
Member Opportunity
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Aug 19Vision Research Update
Speaker: David Gamm, MD, PhD Sandra Lemke Trout Chair in Eye Research Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Please join us—in person or via Zoom—to hear about therapies currently in development at UW–Madison’s McPherson Eye Research Institute for a wide range of vision disorders. Dr. David Gamm will discuss the Institute’s work on inherited retinal diseases and age-related macular degeneration, two strong focuses of research at the McPherson ERI. The free session will …
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Jul 22Trainee Pizza Lunch with Dr. Greg Field
WIMR 9000A RSVP Here
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Jul 22MERI Visiting Scholar Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Greg Field Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Los Angeles
WIMR 3571
“Efficient Coding and Coordinated Visual Process in the Mammalian Retina” Dr. Field will present recent work from his lab that investigates predictions from efficient coding theory for visual processing, cell type diversity, and adaptation in the mammalian retina.
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Jul 92025 StoryForm Course
Scientists’ ability to secure funding, work with collaborators, influence policy, and educate both their peers and the public depends on their ability to communicate their work in ways that are both effective and engaging. This short 6 wk course teaches two powerful tools that will help them do that. The first, Storyform, is a method …
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May 2913th Annual Alice R. McPherson Lecture
Dr. Shannon Boye, Univ. of Florida
Rm 1345, Health Sciences Learning Center
Speaker: Dr. Shannon Boye, Ph.D Talk title: Optimizing viral gene delivery for the treatment of X-linked retinoschisis Abstract: Mutations in RS1 are associated with X-linked retinoschisis (XLRS), a common cause of juvenile macular degeneration. The presence of schisis cavities in the central retina of these patients has hampered submacular delivery with conventional Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs), and clinical …
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May 29Reception for 13th Annual Alice R. McPherson Lecture
HSLC Atrium (outside rm 1345, HSLC)
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Apr 6Science Expeditions Day 2
MERI will be taking part in Science Expedition 2025! Volunteers are needed for shifts on Saturday in the Discovery Building and Sunday in the HSLC. Please contact Anna Shen for details. From the Science Expeditions event page: Come explore UW–Madison – your public university – and experience science on April 4-6. Interact with researchers, …
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Apr 5Science Expeditions Day 1
MERI will be taking part in Science Expedition 2025! Volunteers are needed for shifts on Saturday in the Discovery Building and Sunday in the HSLC. Please contact Anna Shen for details. From the Science Expeditions event page: Come explore UW–Madison – your public university – and experience science on April 4-6. Interact with researchers, …
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Mar 8Vision at the Vet School
Lecture Hall 2350 at the UW Veterinary Medicine Building (2015 Linden Dr.)
This year’s Vision at the Vet School event will take place from 10 am – 12 pm on Saturday, March 8th in Lecture Hall 2350 at the UW Veterinary Medicine Building (2015 Linden Dr.) and will feature the following presentations: After the presentations: Tour the UW Vet School, see how we test vision in dogs, and …