NIMBioS Event Calendar Archive 2013

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NIMBioS 2013 Event Calendar Archive
January 2013
Jan 7-10	Using Bioinformatics Data and Tools to Engage Students in Problem Solving: A SCALE-IT/NIMBioS Curriculum Development Workshop
Jan 15	NIMBioS Seminar: Odo Diekmann, Mathematical Institute at Utrecht University Topic: How to compute R_0? (The general idea and a complicated example)*
Jan 17	NIMBioS Seminar: Dan Blumstein, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of California Los Angeles Topic: The sound of fear: A journey from marmot meadows to Hollywood*
Jan 22-24	NIMBioS Working Group: 'Pretty Darn Good' Control: Extensions of optimal control for ecological systems, 3rd meeting
Jan 29	NIMBioS Seminar: Helene Muller-Landau, Lead Scientist of CTFS Global Forest Carbon Research Initiative Topic: Species coexistence and spatial patterns in plant communities*
February 2013
Feb 1-4	NIMBioS Working Group: Biotic Interactions, 1st meeting
Feb 12	*NIMBioS Seminar: David Gurarie, Mathematics, Case Western Reserve Univ.; NIMBioS Sabbatical Fellow Topic: Agent-based approach to malaria: immunology, population genetics and evolution of virulence
Feb 21	*NIMBioS Seminar: Kamuela Yong, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, School of Mathematics & Statistical Sciences, Arizona State Univ. Topic: Estimating biting rates of triatomine on preferred sylvatic hosts in overlapping vector-host cycles
Feb 26	NIMBioS Seminar: Ludek Berec, Dept. of Theoretical Ecology, Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Rep. Topic: Allee effects and pest control*
March 2013
Mar 4-6	NIMBioS Working Group:Within-host modeling of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculo sis infections, 2nd meeting
Mar 5	NIMBioS Seminar: Michelle Lawing, NIMBioS postdoctoral Fellow Topic: Species geographic response to past climate change and the evo lution of multivariate systems*
Mar 11-13	NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Systems and Synthetic Microbiology.
Mar 19	NIMBioS Seminar: Ryan Martin, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Ecological causes of phenotypic selection and divergence*
April 2013
Apr 2	NIMBioS Seminar: Amiyaal Ilany, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Social networks in the hyrax and the hyena: from static to dynamic*
Apr 8-10	NIMBioS Tutorial: Mathematical Modeling for the Cell Biology Researcher and Educator.
Apr 9	*NIMBioS Seminar: Lisa Sattenspiel, Anthropology, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, and Alan Swedlund, Anthropology, Univ. of Massachusetts Topic: Modeling the demography of a pre-Columbian Southwest US population: The Artificial Long House Valley (ALHV) project
Apr 16	*NIMBioS Seminar: Tom Currie, Anthropology, Univ. College London Topic: War and space: Simulating the evolution of old world complex societies
Apr 18	*NIMBioS Seminar: Chris Remien, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Mathematical modeling of liver injury from acetaminophen overdose
Apr 23 Canceled	*NIMBioS Seminar: Jeremy Beaulieu, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Identifying hidden rate changes in the evolution of a binary morphological character: examples from campanulid angiosperms. This seminar has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later time.
Apr 25-27	NIMBioS Working Group: Hierarchy and Leadership, 1st meeting
May 2013
May 1-3	NIMBioS Working Group: Cross-Topology Registration, 4th meeting
May 7-9	NIMBioS Working Group: Design and Analysis of Bat Population Monitoring, 1st meeting
May 13-17	NIMBioS Working Group: Nonautonomous systems and terrestrial C-cycle, 1st meeting
May 15-17	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Anthrax Exposure, 3rd meeting
May 20-21	NIMBioS Working Group: Suction Feeding Biomechanics, 3rd meeting
June 2013
Jun 3-5	NIMBioS Working Group: Ocean Viral Dynamics, 3rd meeting
Jun 5-7	NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Modeling Blood Cell Interactions
Jun 10-Aug 2	Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Jun 17-28	Summer Graduate School Workshop with MBI and CAMBAM
Jun 24-26	Joint NIMBioS/SESYNC Working Group: Integrating Human Risk Perception of Global Climate Change into Dynamic Earth System Models
July 2013
Jun 10-Aug 2	Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Jul 23-25	NIMBioS Working Group: Multiscale Modeling of the Life Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii, 4th meeting
Jul 28	Wildlife Disease Modeling Workshop
August 2013
Jun 10-Aug 2	Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
Aug 27 Rm 105 Claxton	*NIMBioS Seminar: Jeremy Beaulieu, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow. Topic: Identifying hidden rate changes in the evolution of a binary morphological character: Examples from campanulid angiosperms
September 2013
Sep 10 Rm 105 Claxton	*NIMBioS Seminar. Jon Forde, Mathematics and Computer Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and NIMBioS Sabbatical Fellow. Topic: Modeling the immune reaction to Hepatitis Delta infection
Sep 23-26	NIMBioS Working Group: Biotic Interactions, 2nd meeting
Sep 24	*NIMBioS Seminar. Shi Chen, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Univ. of Tennessee Topic: Understanding individual, temporal, and spatial heterogeneity in directly and indirectly transmitted disease systems in cattle
October 2013
Oct 8 10:00 am Canceled	NIMBioS Seminar. Ken Krauss, Research Biologist, US Geological Survey. Topic: Documenting and modeling change in tidally influenced freshwater forested wetlands as they transition to marsh in the Southeast*
Oct 8 3:30 pm	*NIMBioS Seminar. Matt Zefferman, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Cultural evolution of human cooperation and conflict
Oct 16-17	NIMBioS Board of Advisors meeting
Oct 21-23	NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Analyzing Animal Vocal Communication Sequences
Oct 24	Evolutionary Approaches to Peace Science
Oct 29	*NIMBioS Seminar. Nick Matzke, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Statistical model choice in phylogenetic biogeography
Oct 30-Nov 1	NIMBioS Working Group: Play, Sociality, and Evolution, 3rd meeting
Oct 31-Nov 2	NIMBioS Working Group: Plant-Soil Feedback Theory, 1st meeting
November 2013
Oct 30-Nov 1	NIMBioS Working Group: Play, Sociality, and Evolution, 3rd meeting
Oct 31-Nov 2	NIMBioS Working Group: Plant-Soil Feedback Theory, 1st meeting
Nov 5	NIMBioS Seminar. Clemente Aguilar, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow. Topic: Computational characterization of GPI-anchored proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi* and their potential use as vaccine candidates
Nov 14-15	NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Insect Pest Resistance Evolution. Descriptive Flyer (PDF)
Nov 16-17	5th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics
Nov 18-20	NIMBioS Working Group: Hierarchy and Leadership, 2nd meeting
Nov 19	NIMBioS Seminar. Roger Nisbet* (Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) Topic: Modeling environmental impacts of engineered nanomaterials: The value of 'generic models' of individual organisms
December 2013
Dec 3 Canceled	*NIMBioS Seminar: Dan Ryan, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow. Topic: TBA
Dec 3-5	NIMBioS Working Group: Climate Change and Vector-borne Diseases, 1st meeting
Dec 9-11	NIMBioS Working Group: Within-host modeling of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infections, 3rd meeting

*NIMBioS Seminars and Teatime Talks are held in Rm. 206, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. Light refreshments will be served in the 1st floor visitor breakroom starting 30 min. before seminars.
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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.