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SUMMARY: 2026 Winston Fellow Award – Postdoctoral Competition
DESCRIPTION: Winston Fellow Competition 2026 The Winston Fellow Award Progr
 am recognizes excellent contributions to vision science by sponsoring an an
 nual $5\,000 graduate student award and a $2\,500 postdoctoral award. Join 
 us for the postdoctoral Winston Fellow Competition during the Vision Resear
 ch Forum on Friday\, May 29\, 2026\, at 11:30 a.m. in the FLTC Connor Audit
 orium. Postdoctoral […]
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 wn prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light"><p>The Winston Fellow 
 Award Program recognizes excellent contributions to vision science by spons
 oring an annual $5\,000 graduate student award and a $2\,500 postdoctoral a
 ward.</p><p>Join us for the postdoctoral Winston Fellow Competition during 
 the Vision Research Forum on Friday\, May 29\, 2026\, at 11:30 a.m. in the 
 FLTC Connor Auditorium.</p><p>Postdoctoral finalists for the Winston Fellow
  Award\, selected through abstract submission\, will present their innovati
 ve vision science research.</p><h3>Postdoctoral Presenters List:</h3><p><st
 rong>Andrew Jo\, PhD </strong>| Kerschensteiner Lab</p><p>John F. Hardesty\
 , MD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences<br /><em>"A conserved mu
 ltiplexed retinal channel for active vision"</em></p><p><strong>Poonam Naik
 \, PhD</strong> | Apte Lab</p><p>John F. Hardesty\, MD Department of Ophtha
 lmology & Visual Sciences<br /><em>"Targeting choroidal neovascularization 
 by chimeric antigen receptor macrophage (CAR-M) therapy"</em></p><p><strong
 >Ismael Hernandez-Nunez\, PhD</strong> | Clark Lab</p><p>John F. Hardesty\,
  MD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences<br /><em>"DNA demethylati
 on is required for retinal development\, cell fate specification\, differen
 tiation\, and function"</em></p><p><strong>Siqi Sun\, PhD</strong> | Zhang 
 Lab</p><p>Institute for Informatics\, Data Science\, & Biostatistics<br /><
 em>"Multimodal prediction of visual improvement in diabetic macular edema u
 sing real-world electronic health records and optical coherence tomography"
 </em></p><p><strong>Saman Behboudi Tanourlouee\, DVM</strong> | Williams La
 b</p><p>John F. Hardesty\, MD Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
 <br /><em>"Different survival of retinal ganglion cells and amacrine cells 
 in branch retinal vein occlusion"</em></p><p><strong>Minglei Zhao\, PhD </s
 trong>| Williams Lab</p><p>John F. Hardesty\, MD Department of Ophthalmolog
 y & Visual Sciences<br /><em>"Defining the features of primary cilia in the
  retinal ganglion cells"</em></p><p>All presentations will be judged on sci
 entific merit by a panel of faculty judges. Details for a reception to cele
 brate the winners of both the student and postdoc Winston Fellow Awards wil
 l be announced.</p></div><div class="markdown prose w-full break-words dark
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 ta-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">In-person attendance is strongly en
 couraged\, but virtual attendance is available upon request by contacting J
 enna Krizan at <a rel="noopener" data-start="611" data-end="628">krizanj@wu
 stl.edu</a>.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="mb-2 flex gap-3 -ml-2" 
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 ticle><div class="callout"><p class="disclaimer">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.</p><p 
 class="disclaimer">This unique award will support graduate students who are
  receiving specific training in vision science through the Interdisciplinar
 y Training in Vision Sciences Pathway. The overall goal of the program is t
 o attract a group of gifted\, well-trained biomedical scientists to careers
  in vision research to continue unlocking the mysteries of eye disease.</p>
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