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Mathematics of Planet Earth Announces Competition for Open Source Exhibition of Virtual Modules

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

The Mathematics of Planet Earth, an international initiative by the North American math institutes, is sponsoring a competition for an open source exhibition of virtual modules. The modules submitted to the competition will be part of an open source exhibition … Continue reading →

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High School Scholars Connect Math and Biology Using Biodiversity

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

A group of Tennessee high school students and teachers learned about how math and biology converge during a visit to NIMBioS last week as a part of the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The symposium is an annual event … Continue reading →

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The Many Voices of Science

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence RB Morris stopped by with crew from a local radio station to record a chorus of voices for his “Science for the People” song. NIMBioS staffers and scientists belted out the chorus to this catchy tune. And, yes, … Continue reading →

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Forty Attend HPC Phylogenetics Tutorial

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

Our classroom is packed to capacity this week with 40 participants attending the NIMBioS Tutorial: High Performance Computing for Phylogenetics. This popular tutorial focuses on how to use TeraGrid, the CIPRES Portal, the iPlant Discovery environment, university clusters, and other … Continue reading →

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