Join us for the Special Vision Research Forum on Friday, May 16, 2025, at 11:30 a.m. in the FLTC Holden Auditorium. Postdoctoral finalists for the Winston Fellow Award, selected through abstract submission, will present their innovative vision science research.
All presentations will be evaluated for scientific merit by a distinguished panel of faculty judges. The winners of the prestigious Winston Fellow Awards—including the $5,000 Graduate Student Award and $2,500 Postdoctoral Award—will be announced following the Winston Fellow Competition on Thursday, May 29, at Connor Auditorium. During this live competition, ITVS Pathway students will compete for the $5,000 Winston Fellow Award. The awards reception will follow at 5:15 p.m. in the FLTC Atrium.
Winston Fellow Award: Postdoctoral Finalists
Mahsa Bank-Tavakoli, PhD
Morgan Lab—Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Mitochondria-based deep learning approach for automated detection of retinal ganglion cell boutons in electron microscopy images
Fatemah Didehvar, PhD
Franken Lab—Department of Neuroscience
Lightness computations in primate visual cortex
Ismael Hernández-Núñez, PhD
Clark Lab—Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Active DNA demethylation is required for rod-photoreceptors fate determination and retinal development
Pooja Rathaur, PhD
Bassnett Lab—Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
The architecture and biomechanics of the ciliary zonule
Taku Yamamoto,MD, PhD
Apte Lab—Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Immunosenescence of macrophage prolongs uveitis in aged mice by reducing induced regulatory T cells
In December 2022, David (A&S ‘74) and Deborah Winston made a generous gift to establish the Winston Fellow Award in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences.
This unique award will support graduate students who are receiving specific training in vision science 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 the mysteries of eye disease.
In-person attendance is strongly encouraged, but virtual attendance is available upon request. For virtual access, please contact Jenna Krizan at krizanj@wustl.edu.