NIMBioS 2016 Event Calendar

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NIMBioS 2016 Event Calendar Archive
January 2016
Jan 1	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for New Year's Day.
Jan 18	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 19	*NIMBioS Seminar. Chongle Pan (Computer Science and Mathematics Division, ORNL; Microbiology, Univ. of Tennessee) Topic: Characterization of microbial evolution and physiology using big omics data
February 2016
Feb 10 3:35-4:30 pm	BCMB/NIMBioS Seminar: Dr. Uduak George (Dale Magoun Professorship in Mathematics, Univ. of Louisiana, Monroe) Quantifying stretch and secretion in the embryonic lung: Implications for morphogenesis, 3:35-4:30 p.m., Walters Life Sciences, M307.
Feb 13	Darwin Day Tennessee Teacher Workshop: Teaching Evolution Without Tears
Feb 16	NIMBioS Seminar. Maria Servedio (Biology, Univ. of North Carolina; Handling Editor, Evolution*) Topic: Models and mechanisms of male mate choice
Feb 22 12:20-1:10 pm	BCMB/NIMBioS Computational Biology Seminar: Dr. Koon-Kiu Yan (Associate Research Scientist (Gerstein Lab), Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale Univ.), A network approach for unraveling biocomplexity in omics data, M311 Walters Life Sciences
Feb 22 4:30-5:30 pm	EEB/Spatial Biology Seminar: Dr. Eben Broadbent (Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Alabama), Ecology and conservation across spatial and temporal scales, Room 27, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
Feb 29 4:30-5:30 pm	EEB/Spatial Biology Seminar: Dr. Cory Merow (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Connecticut) A network approach for unraveling biocomplexity in omics data, Room 27, Alumni Memorial Bldg.
March 2016
Mar 1 10-11:30 am	BCMB/NIMBioS Computational Biology Seminar: Dr.Tian Hong (Mathematics, Univ. of California, Irvine) Mathematical models for understanding phenotypic heterogeneity and plasticity of living cells, Hallam Auditorium, Room 206, Claxton
Mar 7-9	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Antimicrobial Resistance Intervention, 3rd meeting
Mar 8 10:00 am Canceled	NIMBioS Seminar. Peter Chesson* (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Arizona) Topic: Diversity maintenance: New concepts and theory for communities as multiple-scale entities
Mar 17-19	NIMBioS Working Group: Dispersal Biogeography, 2nd meeting
Mar 21-23	NIMBioS Working Group: Computational Landscape Genomics, 3rd meeting
Mar 21-23	NIMBioS Working Group: Spatial Cell Simulations, 2nd meeting
Mar 22	*NIMBioS Seminar. Alex Mogilner, Mathematics and Biology, Courant Institute; Biology, New York Univ. Topic: Mechanical pathways of cell polarization and motility initiation
Mar 24-26	NIMBioS Working Group: Teaching Quantitative Bio, 2nd meeting
Mar 25	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Spring Holiday.
Mar 28-Apr 1	NIMBioS Working Group: Evolutionary Approaches to Sustainability, 4th meeting
Mar 29	*NIMBioS Seminar. Alison G. Power (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell Univ.) Topic: From landscapes to coinfections: Plant virus epidemiology at multiple scales
Mar 29-Apr 2	NIMBioS Working Group: Vector Movement and Disease, 3rd meeting
April 2016
Mar 28-Apr 1	NIMBioS Working Group: Evolutionary Approaches to Sustainability, 4th meeting
Mar 29-Apr 2	NIMBioS Working Group: Vector Movement and Disease, 3rd meeting
Apr 4-6	NIMBioS Working Group: Climate Proxies, 3rd meeting
Apr 4-7	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Organisms-to-Ecosystems, 2nd meeting
Apr 12	NIMBioS Seminar. Michael Whitlock* (Zoology, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver) Topic: Selection in complex spatial settings
Apr 13-15	NIMBioS Working Group: Models of Produce Contamination, 1st meeting
Apr 14	*NIMBioS Seminar. Dr. Glenn Ledder (Mathematics, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln; NIMBioS Sabbatical Fellow) Topic: Allocation of resources in two-component systems
Apr 18-21	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Molecules-to-Organisms, 2nd meeting
Apr 19	NIMBioS Seminar. Dr. Urszula Ledzewicz* (Mathematics and Statistics, Southern Illinois Univ., Edwardsville, and Lodz Univ. of Technology, Poland) Topic: Optimal protocols for combination therapies in cancer: How much, how often, in what sequence?
Apr 21-23	NIMBioS Working Group: Remotely Sensing Biodiversity, 1st meeting
Apr 25-27	NIMBioS Tutorial: Game Theoretical Modeling of Evolution in Structured Populations
May 2016
May 2-4	NIMBioS Working Group: Prediction and Control of Cardiac Alternans, 1st meeting
May 4-6	NIMBioS Working Group: Cooperation and Cognition, 2nd meeting
May 10-13	NIMBioS Working Group: Migratory Habitat, 4th meeting
May 10-13	NIMBioS Working Group: Leptospirosis Modeling, 3rd meeting
May 16-18	46th Annual John H. Barrett Memorial Lectures in UT's Science & Engineering Bldg., 1414 Circle Dr., and poster session from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday NIMBioS.
May 16-20	NIMBioS Working Group: DEB Model for Trees, 3rd meeting
May 30	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Memorial Day.
June 2016
Jun 6-Jul 29	Summer Research Experiences (SRE) at NIMBioS for Undergraduates
Jun 13-22	US-Canadian Institutes Epidemiology Summer Graduate School – Mathematical Modeling of Infectious Disease Spread
June 22-24	NIMBioS Working Group: Multiscale Vectored Plant Viruses, 2nd meeting
Jun 27-Jul 1	Adventures in STEM Camp
July 2016
Jun 6-Jul 29	Summer Research Experiences (SRE) at NIMBioS for Undergraduates
Jun 27- Jul 1	Adventures in STEM Camp
Jul 4	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Independence Day.
Jul 15	Univ. of Tennessee Summer STEM Poster Symposium
Jul 25-27	Joint NIMBioS/SESYNC Working Group: Integrating Human Risk Perception of Global Climate Change into Dynamic Earth System Models, 5th meeting
Jul 25-27	NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Algebraic Mathematical Biology
Jul 29 9am-12:30pm	Summer Research Experiences (SRE): Final presentations, Hallam Auditorium, Rm 206
August 2016
Aug 8-12	NIMBioS Tutorial: Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics 2016
Aug 23	*NIMBioS Seminar. Sergei Tarasov, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Systematics of dung beetles and ontology-informed models for phenotypic evolution
September 2016
Sep 5	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Labor Day.
Sep 6	*NIMBioS Seminar. Nourridine Siewe, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Granuloma formation in leishmaniasis: A mathematical model
Sep 20	*NIMBioS Seminar. Sarah Flanagan, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Identifying signatures of selection on the genome: Case studies using pipefish
Sep 26-29	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Organisms-to-Ecosystems, 3rd meeting
October 2016
Oct 4	*NIMBioS Seminar. Lauren Smith-Ramesh, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Topic: Placing species invasions in a food web context: A new twist on old invasion hypotheses
Oct 6-8	NIMBioS Working Group: Teaching Quantitative Bio, 3rd meeting
Oct 8-9	Eighth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology, UT Conference Center
Oct 11	*NIMBioS Seminar. Mark Moffett, National Museum of Natural History Topic: How a shift in social identity made enormous societies possible: An overlooked turning point in human evolution
Oct 11-13	NIMBioS Working Group: Remotely Sensing Biodiversity, 2nd meeting
Oct 12-13	Modern Math Workshop at SACNAS 2016, Long Beach, CA. Deadline to register: Oct 1.
Oct 18	NIMBioS Seminar. Jay M. Ver Hoef*, Natl Marine Mammal Lab., NOAA-NMFS Alaska Fisheries Science Center Topic: Modern spatial statistics: Basis functions, convolutions, and big data
Oct 19 1-4 pm	NIMBioS Advisory Board Meeting (virtual via Zoom)
Oct 19-21	NIMBioS Working Group: Spatial Cell Simulations, 3rd meeting
Oct 20-21	NIMBioS Working Group: Caulobacter Cell-Cycle Model, 1st meeting
Oct 28-29	Blackwell-Tapia Conference and Award Ceremony, hosted by NIMBioS at the UT Conference Center
November 2016
Nov 1-4	NIMBioS Working Group: Leptospirosis Modeling, 4th meeting
Nov 7-9	NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Next Generation Genetic Monitoring
Nov 8 RM 105	*NIMBioS Seminar. Sergei Petrovskii, Applied Mathematics, Univ. of Leicester, UK Topic: Biological invasion: Patchy invasion as a new paradigm of alien species spread
Nov 14-17	NIMBioS Working Group: Ecological Network Dynamics, 3rd meeting
Nov 15 noon Rm 105	Brown Bag Seminar. Michael Reed, Biology, Tufts Univ. Topic: What to expect when you're expecting...extinction
Nov 24-25	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Thanksgiving.
Nov 29 - Dec 2	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Molecules-to-Organisms, 3rd meeting
December 2016
Nov 29 - Dec 2	NIMBioS Working Group: Modeling Molecules-to-Organisms, 3rd meeting
Dec 6	*NIMBioS Seminar. Dr. Avner Friedman, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Ohio State Univ. Topic: Tuberculosis and the immune system
Dec 14-16	NIMBioS Working Group: Prediction and Control of Cardiac Alternans, 2nd meeting
Dec 19-23	NIMBioS Working Group: Multiscale Vectored Plant Viruses, 3rd meeting
Dec 26-30	NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Winter holiday.

*NIMBioS Seminars and Teatime Talks are held in Rm. 206, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd. Light refreshments will be served in Room 206 starting 30 min. before seminars.
**NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellows Invited Distinguished Visitor

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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.