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Baba Brinkman’s Different Kind of Beatbox

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS and DySoC (the Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity) along with several UT groups across campus were fortunate to host Baba Brinkman this week for some spectacular educational rap. Baba’s first performance occurred at the end of the … Continue reading →

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DySoC Welcomes Renowned Primatologist Frans de Waal

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

The Center for the Dynamics of Social Complexity (DySoC) at NIMBioS is pleased to host world-renowned primatologist Frans de Waal for a talk next month on animal emotion and empathy ahead of his much-anticipated new book, to be published in … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday to a Great Mentor

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

Professor Emeritus and NIMBioS progenitor Thomas Guy Hallam was feted yesterday in the very room of his namesake Hallam Auditorium before the seminar talk of one of his many former advisees. Friends, colleagues and former students joined NIMBioS visitor and seminar … Continue reading →

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Grizzlies Feel the Heat

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Catherine Crawley

A short term visit to NIMBioS two years ago has resulted in a study showing the effect of climate change on the diets of grizzly bears in Yellowstone. Lead author Jack Hopkins, an assistant professor of wildlife biology at Unity … Continue reading →

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Simon Levin Wins National Medal of Science

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Simon Levin who has been awarded the National Medal of Science for his work unraveling ecological complexity using observational data and mathematical modeling. Levin is Princeton University’s George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and Professor of Ecology and … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Collaboration Targets HIV Infection

Posted on December 15, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

Research arising from a recent collaboration with a short-term visitor to NIMBioS and one of our senior personnel members has resulted in a publication in PLOS Computational Biology that investigates immune response to HIV infection. “Broad CTL Response in Early … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS, UT researchers publish in top journal

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

A study on marine viruses and their implication for marine biogeochemical cycles by a group of NIMBioS- and UT-associated researchers has been published in the journal Nature Reviews Microbiology. The researchers used a biophysical scaling model of intact virus particles … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Welcomes New Researchers

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS welcomes several new postdoctoral fellows and sabbatical visitors this fall. New postdoctoral fellows include Sean Hoban, Nick Matze and Matt Zimmerman, which will bring the total number of postdocs at NIMBioS to 17. Dr. Hoban comes to NIMBioS from … Continue reading →

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