UW Eye Research Institute

Registration now open: October 8 Eye Research Institute Poster/Gallery Session

The ERI Education Committee invites your attendance and participation at a poster/gallery session, reception and lecture! Please register to attend and to present (registration link below; deadline Sept 25).

First Annual Eye Research Institute Vision Science & Visual Art Poster and Gallery Session
Seeing Beyond the Art-Science Divide

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Opportunity:

poster and gallery session to showcase both scientific research and artistic works, and to bring together faculty and students with wide-ranging interests in vision

Who: Eye Research Institute and Visual Culture Center members and associated scientists, researchers, postdocs, graduate students and advanced undergraduates
What: posters already prepared and previously presented at a recent conference OR new posters presenting work not previously shown [No abstracts required]
visual art works previously exhibited or new (in poster format; mounted or framed for hanging; for table display; other)
When: Thursday, October 8, 2009
3:30pm to 4:00pm poster and display setup
4:00pm to 5:00pm presenters at posters & art displays
(judges circulating)
4:00pm to 5:30pm Wine & Hors d’oeuvre Reception
5:30pm to 6:30pm featured speaker Stephen Palmer,* UC-Berkeley
http://psychology.berkeley.edu/faculty/profiles/spalmer.html
Aesthetics in Vision Science: Understanding Preferences for Color

*The Visual Culture Center will be hosting a workshop with Stephen Palmer and research colloquium to promote "Seeing Beyond the Art-Science Divide." This part of their year-long series of public conferences on the senses is offered on Friday, October 9. Please see the attached advertisement for the series and directions to the Center's website, where details will be posted.

Where:

Health Sciences Learning Center Atrium, 750 Highland Avenue http://www.map.wisc.edu/

Awards: for best student presentations

Registration: Now open at this site link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=v4JcrjowqwpcXauATyG_2fww_3d_3d

Registration deadline: 5pm on September 25th, 2009.


UW Eye Research Institute Seminar Series 2009-2010
12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM, 2nd Tuesdays

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

at BOCK LABS PENTHOUSE
(elevator to 8th floor + steps to 9th)

Corneal epithelial cells: mouse models and nanoscale foundations

Sakae Ikeda, DVM

Medical Genetics

Paul Nealey, PhD

Chemical & Biological Engineering

Pizza provided for those who RSVP by 3:00pm Monday, Sept. 7 RSVP: gmstirr@wisc.edu or 265-4023

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

at CLINICAL SCIENCE CENTER G5/134

Image manipulation: news/media to diagnostic analysis

Shiela Reaves, MA

Life Sciences Communication

Larry Hubbard, MAT

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Bring Brown Bag Lunch; cookies & beverages provided

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

at BOCK LABS PENTHOUSE
(elevator to 8th floor + steps to 9th)

Lens Adaptability and Brain Plasticity

Hongrui Jiang, PhD

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Yuri Danilov, PhD

Orthopedic & Rehabilitation Medicine

Pizza provided for those who RSVP by 3:00pm Monday, Nov. 9 RSVP: gmstirr@wisc.edu or 265-4023

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

at CLINICAL SCIENCE CENTER G5/134

The electroretinogram (ERG) toolbox

James VerHoeve, PhD

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Bikash Pattnaik, PhD

Pediatrics

Bring Brown Bag Lunch; cookies & beverages provided

Spring Semester Seminar Dates

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010