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Teachers Do the Math: Predator-Prey Modeling in Soils

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS introduced teachers to simple predator-prey models and their importance to the field of soil ecology at a Soil Biology Workshop hosted by the University of Tennessee’s Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science Department. Seven middle and high school biology and … Continue reading →

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Murray State, UTK Students Tour NIMBioS

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin

A group from Murray State University including undergraduate students, a graduate student and a faculty member, traveled to UT-Knoxville over the weekend to attend the Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research Conference hosted by UT’s Department of Mathematics. While here, they stopped … Continue reading →

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Moran Talks Global Change Modeling at Fisk

Posted on April 21, 2011 by admin

Dr. Emily Moran, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow (center-right, tan jacket), traveled to Nashville last week to give a seminar on modeling global change at NIMBioS partner Fisk University. Moran presented “Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling and Ecology: two global-change case studies” to Fisk … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Puts the M in Girls Scouts’ STEM Day

Posted on April 15, 2011 by admin

In STEM education, ‘M’ is for mathematics! NIMBioS helped host 150 middle school girls and 50 chaperones recently for the day-long “Gadget Girls: Adventures in STEM.” Organized by the Southern Appalachians Girl Scout Council and the Office of Arts and … Continue reading →

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Postdoc Talks Proteins at University of Texas-El Paso

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

Dr. Yi Mao (center front in white shirt), NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow, recently visited students and faculty at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) to present a seminar on her work with proteins. Her talk was titled: “Dynamic Simulation of Proteins: … Continue reading →

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A Niche at Howard University

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

Dr. William Godsoe, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow, visited Howard University in Washington, DC, to present a seminar titled “I Can’t Define the Niche But I’ll Know It When I See It: Why We Need Mathematics to Understand Species Distribution.” The talk … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Named SIAM Fellow

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

Dr. Suzanne Lenhart, professor of mathematics at the Univ. of Tennessee and NIMBioS Associate Director for Education, Outreach and Diversity, has been selected as a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The fellowship honors SIAM members … 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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Going Back to Skull with Biology in a Box

Posted on February 11, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS Communications Coordinator Catherine Crawley and NIMBioS Education and Outreach Coordinator Kelly Moran dropped in on students at Jacksboro Middle School in Campbell County, TN to film for an upcoming NIMBioS video about Biology in a Box. Seventh grade science … Continue reading →

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Agusto Shares the Flu (Model) with Fisk Students

Posted on December 7, 2010 by admin

Dr. Folashade Agusto, NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow, visited Fisk University recently and presented “Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control of Transmission of Avian Influenza” to an eager group of undergraduate students and faculty.  This was made possible by NIMBioS’s partnership agreement with … Continue reading →

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