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NIMBioS Awards $50,000 to UT Graduate Students

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to the 20 graduate students who will each receive a $2,500 award to supplement their funding for research and education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The NIMBioS Graduate Award program was announced in March 2019, and students submitted … Continue reading →

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Special Issue Dedicated to Lenhart

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

The November issue of Natural Resource Modeling is dedicated to Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS Associate Director for Education and Outreach and a Chancellor’s Professor in Mathematics at UT. Three former students of Lenhart’s—Rachel Leander, Wandi Ding and René Salinas—guest edited the … Continue reading →

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Templeton Foundation Funds Project to Advance Study of Cultural Evolution

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

KNOXVILLE—What is the relationship between genes, culture and the individuals that comprise the great collective structures of human society? While our genes have evolved so too has our culture, and yet science has not quite kept up with understanding the … Continue reading →

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New Quantitative Skills Curriculum Wins Funding

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

A unique program developed by NIMBioS to bring quantitative education to graduate students in the life sciences has been awarded funding from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF), one of only three BWF awards to be made nationally. “Enhancing Quantitative and Data Science … Continue reading →

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Save the Salamander: Epidemiological Modeling Deployed to Halt Killer Fungus

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

We like to hear what former NIMBioS postdocs are up to, so we were happy to learn from UT professor Matt Gray that his mentee Angie Peace was recently awarded part of a large $2.5 million grant from the National … Continue reading →

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How Will Species Adapt to Climate Change? g2p2pop Seeks Answers

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

What is g2p2pop? The catchy abbreviation describes a new effort to model genomes to phenomes to populations in a changing climate. The project grew out of activities of the NIMBioS Working Group on Modeling Organisms-to-Ecosystems, and received a $500,000 Research … Continue reading →

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TN State Assembly Honors Director Gross

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS Director Louis Gross was honored on Friday when State Representative Eddie Smith presented Gross, along with two other UT professors, a resolution commending them for recent achievements. House Joint Resolution No. 1013 honors Gross, noting his venerable list of … Continue reading →

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Landmark Collaborations Lead to UT Successes via NIMBioS

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

In recent years, NIMBioS has developed productive partnerships with faculty in many units at the University of Tennessee, collaborating on and helping manage a variety of sponsored projects. Totaling more than $3.2 million, these grants, contracts and cooperative agreements span … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Sweep: Spring Awards Round-up

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

As the spring semester winds down here on the UT campus, congratulations are in order for a number of NIMBioS-affiliated faculty and staff who received accolades for service and academics. At the UT Mathematics Department Honors Day Events, NIMBioS Associate … Continue reading →

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Congrats to Director Gross!

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Director Louis Gross, who has received a top award from the Southeastern Conference. Gross was honored with the 2018 SEC Faculty Achievement Award, the SEC announced today. The prestigious, university-level award recognizes professors from the 14 SEC universities … Continue reading →

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