Author Archives: Catherine Crawley

Students Named Regional Finalists With NIMBioS Research

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Two local high school students have been named regional finalists in the 2012 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology with a project on sexual imprinting that they completed at NIMBioS under the guidance of former postdoc Tucker Gilman. Dalton … Continue reading →

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Brothers to Direct Diversity Efforts at NIMBioS

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS welcomes Ernest Brothers as associate director for diversity enhancement, a newly created leadership role at NIMBioS. Brothers is an assistant dean in the Graduate School of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, overseeing the Office of Graduate Training and Mentorship. … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Fall Hike: A Creek Meander and Conquering Rocky Top!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS hikers enjoyed the magical display of fall foliage on Saturday with a hike along Anthony Creek in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We were a lively group — at least at the start — of about 23 NIMBioS … Continue reading →

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New Publications From NIMBioS: Crops, Ticks & Ocean Viruses

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Several new papers on topics related to land and sea acknowledge the support of NIMBioS. The Ocean Viral Dynamics Working Group has published a paper, “Ocean viruses and their effects on microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles,” in F1000 Biology. The … Continue reading →

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You Can’t Be Serious

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Interviews on the subject of play behavior by several members of the NIMBioS’ Working Group on Play, Evolution & Sociality are featured in soon-to-be released documentary movie about the importance of play in our everyday lives. A trailer and a … Continue reading →

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Microbiology Prof New Associate Director for Graduate Education

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS welcomes Alison Buchan, associate professor of microbiology at UT, as NIMBioS’ associate director for graduate education, effective Sept. 1. Buchan’s research focuses on the roles of microbes in natural environments. Major objectives in Buchan’s lab include linking microbial taxa … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Hosts Women in Science Meeting

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Outreach to middle school girls, better treatment for international graduate students, tenure and promotion for women on UT campus — these are among the top issues for the members of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS) Tennessee chapter, who … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Initiates Campus Collaborations on Big Data

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

UT faculty, postdocs and scientific staff interested in the computational challenges associated with “big data” gathered for pizza lunch at NIMBioS today to brainstorm ideas for new collaborations. Representatives from NIMBioS, the Computational Geography Group, the Innovative Computing Laboratory, and … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS REUs: The work is done! And has only just begun…

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

All eighteen undergraduates in NIMBioS’ 2012 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program ended their eight-week research projects today and presented their results. Working closely with NIMBioS postdocs and UT faculty as mentors, each REU worked on one of six different … Continue reading →

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Malaria Paper Now Published

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Calistus Ngonghala’s paper on periodic oscillations in a model for the dynamics of malaria transmission has been published in Mathematical Biosciences. The model differs from standard  malaria models in that the vector behavioral patterns of feeding, egg … Continue reading →

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