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  • Oct 21
    Visiting Scholar Lecture Series – Sangeetha Kandoi

    Dr. Sangeetha Kandoi

    October 21, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm HSLC 1244 Add to Calendar

    Title: “Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Development and Remodeling in cone-dominant retinas”

  • Oct 16
    MERI Outreach Training Session

    October 16, 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm WIMR/HSLC MERI Outreach page

    This event will train Outreach volunteers on how to present our current Exploration Station kits and guided cow eye dissection lesson. Volunteers are welcome to attend as many lessons as they would like. Start and end times are subject to change. Volunteers who sign up at the link below will be notified of any scheduling …

  • Oct 15
    18th Annual Vision Science Symposium – Distinguished Lecture

     Bevil Conway, PhD

    October 15, 2026 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm HSLC 1325 Event Page

    Talk Title: Color coded: How our brains paint the world with meaning Abstract: Humans aren’t alone: Much of life on Earth can sense color, including ancient single-cell organisms and plants. I will discuss a diversity of color-perception strategies across the animal kingdom, before turning to humans specifically. What makes us special is our big brains — …

  • Oct 15
    18th Annual Vision Science Symposium – Poster Session

    October 15, 2026 @ 2:45 pm - 5:20 pm WIMR Lobby Event Page

  • Oct 13
    MERI Monthly Seminar Series – October

    October 13, 2026 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm 1360 Biotech Directions

  • Oct 12
    Application period opens for Distinguished Paper Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    October 12, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines

  • Oct 8
    Vision Gallery Fall Exhibition Opening Reception

    October 8, 2026 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Mandelbaum and Albert Vision Gallery, 9th floor, WIMR II

    Please join us for our opening reception of COLOR POWER. Location: Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research, 9th Floor, 1111 Highland Avenue 53705 Gallery Hours of Operation: Monday-Friday | 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Parking for opening receptions: Parking for the event is available in UW–Madison lots 82 or 60, and in ramps 63 or 76.

  • Oct 8
    Application Deadline – Fall 2026 David G. Walsh Travel Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    October 8, 2026 (all day)

  • Sep 11
    Annual Sandra Lemke Trout Lecture

    SriniVas Sadda, MD, FARVO

    September 11, 2026 @ 7:00 am - 8:00 am HSLC 1345, Hybrid Event Page

    Before the lecture, there will be a catered reception at 6:30am in the HSLC Atrium.

  • Sep 9
    Application period opens for Kenzi Valentyn Vision Research Awards

    Trainee Opportunity

    September 9, 2026 (all day) Click here for Application and Guidelines

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