NIMBioS 2020 Event Calendar Archive | |
Due to the evolving coronavirus situation, NIMBioS activities that involved travel to NIMBioS from March%nbsp;10th through December 31 were canceled, postponed, or conducted remotely. Read more ». | |
January 2020 | |
Jan 1 | NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for New Year's Day. |
February 2020 | |
Feb 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after March 15. |
Feb 3 | Ecological Society of America (ESA) Southeast Chapter Communications Training |
Feb 4 3:30 p.m. |
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
Carlos A. Botero,
Biology, Washington Univ., Saint Louis, MO
Topic: Ecological and evolutionary modeling shed light into the evolution and spread of human agriculture |
Feb 27-29 | Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges Network Meeting, hosted by NIMBioS. |
March 2020 | |
Mar 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after April 15. |
Mar 3 3:30 p.m. |
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
Christian Houle, Political Science, Michigan State Univ.
Topic: The political implications of ethnic inequality |
Mar 3 2 p.m. |
Pre-workshop online Webinar for NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Quantitative Education in Life Science Graduate Programs |
Mar 10 |
Postponed due to COVID-19.
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
Neil Johnson, Physics, The George Washington Univ., Washington D.C.
Topic: Online ecologies of distrust and hate |
Mar 12-14 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitor to NIMBioS: Kling et al. collaborating with Suzanne Lenhart and Charles Sims on "Computational models of adaptive management" |
Mar 16-18 | Postponed due to COVID-19. NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Quantitative Education in Life Science Graduate Programs |
Mar 16-18 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Petrovskii et al. collaborating with UT paleontoligist Colin Sumrall to study "Transient dynamics of mass extinctions: Linking the past to the future" |
Mar 23-26 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Zhou et al. collaborating to study "Biodiversity loss in the face of global change" |
Mar 24 3:30 p.m. Online only |
NIMBioS/Math Biology Seminar.
Sandy Liebhold, Research Entomologist, Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service.
Topic: Socioeconomic drivers of historical global insect invasions |
Mar 31 3:30 p.m. |
NIMBioS Webinar.
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April 2020 | |
Apr 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after May 15. |
Apr 1-3 | Postponed due to COVID-19. NIMBioS Tutorial: Adaptive Management. |
Apr 1-4 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Chang and Masuda collaborating with Paul Armsworth and his research group to study "Using environmental social media to combat issue polarization for common pool resources" |
Apr 6-9 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Ferguson et al. collaborating with Bialic-Murphy and others to study "Quantifying the effects of non-native invaders on the biodiversity of island ecosystems and developing biologically and economically efficient restoration strategies" |
Apr 7 3:30 p.m. |
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Apr 7 |
Postponed due to COVID-19.
DySoC/NIMBioS Seminar.
Michael Bailey, Research Scientist Manager, Facebook
Topic: The economic impact of social networks |
Apr 10 | NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Spring Holiday. |
Apr 14 3:30 p.m. |
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Apr 21 3:30 p.m. |
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May 2020 | |
May 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after June 15 |
May 5-8 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Manore et al. collaborating with Louis Gross to study "Grower decisions and cooperation impact on crop disease spread" |
May 11-15 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitor to NIMBioS: Molofsky et al. collaborating on "Exploring the edge of trait space with theoretical models" |
May 12-15 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Lawani et al. collaborating with Amanda Hyman, Paul Armsworth, and Orou Gaoue on "Addressing conservation issues in Benin with innovative optimization models" |
May 18-22 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitor to NIMBioS: Bernoff et al. collaborating with Christopher Strickland on "Foraging and social interaction in the formation of locust hopper bands" |
May 25 | NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Memorial Day. |
May 27-30 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Kivlin et al. group collaborating on "Creating a framework to interpret and model plant and mycorrhizal fungal traits at the global scale" |
June 2020 | |
Jun 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after July 15 |
Jun 1-Jul 10 | NIMBioS Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (SRE) |
Jun 1-3 | Postponed due to COVID-19. TRIPODS+X Meeting/Innovation Lab |
July 2020 | |
Jul 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after August 15 |
Jun 1-Jul 10 | NIMBioS Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates (SRE) |
Jul 3 | NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Independence Day. |
Jul 27-29 | Rescheduled to Nov 9-10 due to COVID-19. NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Computational Modeling to Advance Cultivated Meat. |
Jul 30 4 p.m. |
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August 2020 | |
Aug 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after September 15 |
Aug 6 4-5 p.m. |
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Aug 10-14 | Postponed due to COVID-19. Short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Storey et al. group collaborating with Vasileios Maroulas and Farzana Nasrin on "Topological methods for identifying patterns in lung tumor gene expression data" |
Aug 20 4 p.m. |
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September 2020 | |
Sep 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS beginning after October 15 |
Sep 7 | NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Labor Day. |
Sep 29 11:45 a.m. |
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October 2020 | |
Oct 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS. Proposed visit dates must be at least two weeks after the submission date. |
Oct 3 | The 24th MTSU Expanding Your Horizons Virtual Conference (in collaboration with NIMBioS, the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Vol State, and Motlow) |
Oct 6 11:45 a.m. |
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Oct 9 |
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Oct 13 11:45 a.m. |
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Oct 20 11:45 a.m. |
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Oct 26-29 | NIMBioS Tutorial: Adaptive Management, to be conducted remotely. |
Oct 26-29 | NIMBioS Tutorial Webinars: Adaptive Management, to be conducted remotely. |
Oct 27 11:45 a.m. |
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Oct 30 3:30 p.m. |
Undergraduate Research Conference pre-conference webinar by Volker Grimm Modeling honeybees under stress with BEEHAVE: lessons for theory and practice |
Oct 31-Nov 1 | Twelfth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology, to be conducted remotely due to COVID-19 concerns. |
November 2020 | |
Oct 31-Nov 1 | Twelfth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology, to be conducted remotely due to COVID-19 concerns. |
Nov 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS. Proposed visit dates must be at least two weeks after the submission date. |
Nov 3 11:45 a.m. |
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Nov 10 11:45 a.m. |
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Nov 17 11:45 a.m. |
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Nov 24 11:45 a.m. |
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Nov 26-27 | NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Thanksgiving. |
December 2020 | |
Dec 1 | Monthly deadline to apply for Short-term Visits to NIMBioS. Proposed visit dates must be at least two weeks after the submission date. |
Dec 1-3 | NIMBioS Virtual Investigative Workshop: Quantitative Education in Life Science Graduate Programs |
Dec 8 3:30-4:30 pm |
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Dec 14-17 | Virtual short-term visitors to NIMBioS: Bernoff et al. collaborating with Christopher Strickland on "Foraging and social interaction in the formation of locust hopper bands." The visit will be conducted via NIMBioS Interactive - a virtual collaboration platform using sococo. |
Dec 21-25 Mon-Fri |
NIMBioS administrative offices are closed for Winter holiday. |
*Unless otherwise noted, NIMBioS Seminars are held in Rm. 206, Claxton Building, 1122 Volunteer Blvd.
Light refreshments will be served starting 30 min. before seminars.
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FAX: (865) 974-9461
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