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SUMMARY: 2026 Winston Fellow Award – ITVS Student Competition
DESCRIPTION: 2026 Winston Fellow Award – ITVS Student Competition The Winst
 on Fellow Award Program recognizes excellent contributions to vision scienc
 e by sponsoring an annual $5\,000 graduate student award and $2\,500 postdo
 ctoral award. Join us for the Winston Fellow Competition on Friday\, May 15
 th\, 2026\, at Connor Auditorium\, where ITVS Pathway students will compete
  for the $5\,000 […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <h2>2026 Winston Fellow Award - ITVS Student 
 Competition</h2><p>The Winston Fellow Award Program recognizes excellent co
 ntributions to vision science by sponsoring an annual $5\,000 graduate stud
 ent award and $2\,500 postdoctoral award.</p><p>Join us for the Winston Fel
 low Competition on Friday\, May 15th\, 2026\, at Connor Auditorium\, where 
 ITVS Pathway students will compete for the $5\,000 Winston Fellow Award.</p
 ><h3>ITVS Presenters List:</h3><p><strong>Haneen Alfauri</strong> | Rajagop
 al and Zhou Labs<br />Electrical & Systems Engineering Program<br /><em>"Oc
 uloTrack: Quantifying reflexive and voluntary oculomotor behavior using OCT
  retinal tracking"</em></p><p><strong>Chao Ren</strong> | Zhou Lab<br />Ima
 ging Science Program<br /><em>"<span class="a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off fo
 nt-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-striket
 hrough-none">Multimodal evaluation of murine uveitis manifestations using d
 ual-waveband OCT</span>"</em></p><p><strong>Ramiz Somjee </strong>| Corbo a
 nd Holehouse Labs<br />Computational and Systems Biology Program\; MSTP<br 
 /><em>"Understanding the role of Samd7 in photoreceptor cell identity"</em>
 </p><p><strong>Xiayingfang Song</strong> | Kerschensteiner Lab<br />Biomedi
 cal Engineering Program<br /><em>"<span data-teams="true">A binocular dispa
 rity circuit in the superior colliculus for three-dimensional prey capture"
 </span></em></p><p>All presentations will be judged on scientific merit by 
 a panel of faculty judges. Details for a reception to celebrate the winners
  of both the student and postdoc Winston Fellow Awards will be announced.</
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 aimer" data-start="0" data-end="629" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node
 ="">In-person attendance is strongly encouraged\, but virtual attendance is
  available upon request by contacting Jenna Krizan at <a rel="noopener" dat
 a-start="611" data-end="628">krizanj@wustl.edu</a>.</p></div></div></div></
 div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="callout"><p class="discla
 imer">In December 2022\, David (A&S ‘74) and Deborah Winston made a generou
 s gift to establish the Winston Fellow Award in the Department of Ophthalmo
 logy and Visual Sciences.</p><p class="disclaimer">This unique award will s
 upport graduate students who are receiving specific training in vision scie
 nce through the Interdisciplinary Training in Vision Sciences Pathway. The 
 overall goal of the program is to attract a group of gifted\, well-trained 
 biomedical scientists to careers in vision research to continue unlocking t
 he mysteries of eye disease.</p></div>
CATEGORIES:All,Social,Vision Research
LOCATION:Connor Auditorium- Farrell Learning and Teaching Center
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