Category Archives: ecology

Postdoc Wins F1000 Travel Grant

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Jiang Jiang who was recently awarded a 2013 F1000Prime Travel Grant in the Ecology category. F1000Prime is an in-depth directory to the top articles in biology and medicine. Articles are selected by a peer-nominated global … Continue reading →

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Students Model Rabies at Wildlife Disease Association Meeting

Posted on March 5, 2013 by admin

The University of Tennessee student chapter of the Wildlife Disease Association met at NIMBioS last week for an introduction to mathematical modeling of wildlife diseases including rabies. Participants learned about the value of mathematical models for describing and understanding biological phenomena … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Postdoc’s Innovative Modeling Wins First Prize

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Jiang Jiang for winning first prize in the MCED Award for Innovative Contributions to Ecological Modelling competition for his mathematical model used to understand coastal vegetation changes in storm surges. MCED, which stands for Modelling … Continue reading →

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New K-12 Forestry Math Activities for Biology in a Box

Posted on January 9, 2013 by admin

A newly revised activity book with K-12 math activities for the forestry-themed Biology in a Box is now available on the NIMBioS web site. NIMBioS’ Education and Outreach team collaborated with the University of Tennessee’s Biology in a Box program … Continue reading →

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Ingersoll Shares Bat Ecologist Experience with UTEP

Posted on May 16, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Tom Ingersoll recently visited the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) to share his experiences in bat ecology and modeling by meeting with students and leading a workshop and field trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park. In Ingersoll’s … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Shares Biology & Math at USA Science & Engineering Festival

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS had a great time in DC last weekend exhibiting to a crowd of more than 150,000 at the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Billed as “the largest celebration of science in the USA,” special guests included “rock stars” of … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS in DC Today at USA Science & Engineering Festival

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS is excited to join representatives from UT’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology today at the country’s largest national science festival. The aim of the 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival is to increase the public’s awareness of the … Continue reading →

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The Story of a Scientific Collaboration: How One Nature Paper Came to Be

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Having a few linear algebraists as co-workers can come in handy — especially near Halloween — when one is stuck on a knotty mathematical biology problem with no clear solution. This proved to be the case for NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow … Continue reading →

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Ngonghala Presents the Buzz on Mosquitos and Malaria

Posted on February 27, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Calistus Ngonghala shared his research in modeling mosquito transmission of malaria at Howard University earlier this month. His talk, titled “The role of mosquito demography and nourishment habits on the dynamics of malaria transmission,” was presented to … Continue reading →

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Botesteanu Wins MAA Outstanding Presentation Award

Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin

Dana-Adriana Botesteanu, a participant in NIMBioS’ 2011 REU program, has won an “Outstanding Presentation” award from the Mathematical Association of America for her poster at the Undergraduate Poster Session at the 2012 Joint Mathematics Meetings. Botesteanu’s poster presentation, “How does … Continue reading →

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