MERI-at-a-Glance is an annual pizza luncheon that gives our members, their graduate students/trainees, and lab associates the opportunity to hear brief research talks (~10 minutes in length) from other McPherson ERI members. These talks span widely different areas of vision-related research and showcase the most current work of our membership.
This year’s MERI-at-a-Glance event will take place on Friday, February 23rd, 2024 from 12:00pm-2:00pm in the DeLuca Forum of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (330 N Orchard St, Madison, WI 53715). If you plan to attend, please click the button below to RSVP so that we can order enough pizza and refreshments for everyone:
This year’s event will feature the following speakers/talks:
•Jennifer Choy, PhD, Asst Professor (Electrical & Computer Engineering, UW-Madison)
Talk title: Quantum engineering with color centers in diamond
•Andrew Haun, PhD, Scientist II (Center for Sleep & Consciousness; Psychiatry, UW-Madison)
Talk title: Visibility across the visual field
•Nan Li, PhD, Asst Prof. (Life Sciences Communication, UW-Madison)
Talk title: Visual art and science communication
•Jennifer Faralli, PhD, Scientist II (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UW-Madison)
Talk title: Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Behind Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
•Akhilesh Jaiswal, PhD, Asst Professor (Electrical & Computer Engineering, UW-Madison)
Talk title: IRIS: Integrated Retinal Functionality in Image Sensors
•Tim Rogers, PhD, Prof. (Psychology, UW-Madison)
Talk title: What do deep neural networks see?
•Yuri Saalmann, PhD, Assoc Prof. (Psychology, UW-Madison)
Talk title: Turning perception on and off
Wondering how to get to the MERI-at-a-Glance location? Click the button below below for a map to the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery.
Click the button below to download the pdf of this year’s MERI-at-a-Glance schedule.