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SRE Undergraduates Present at Summer STEM Poster Symposium

Posted on July 18, 2016 by admin

Undergraduates in the NIMBioS Summer Research Experience (SRE) program presented five posters on their projects last week at the University of Tennessee (UT) Summer STEM Poster Symposium. NIMBioS students joined with other undergraduates conducting summer research from other campus programs in … Continue reading →

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STEM Campers Run Like Dinosaurs and Design 3D Models

Posted on July 12, 2016 by admin

Middle school girls from across Tennessee enjoyed trying out different models used in math and science at this year’s Adventures in STEM Camp. The campers used computers to design 3D models of flowers for 3D printing, tested a mathematical model … Continue reading →

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SRE Team Publishes in Frontiers in Microbiology

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to the three students who participated in the 2014 Summer Research Experiences project on mathematical modeling of granuloma formation in Johne’s disease. The team, along with its mentors, has published their results in Frontiers in Microbiology. “Quantifying limits on replication, … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Hosts Field Trip for Rural Middle School Students

Posted on April 27, 2016 by admin

Nearly 50 sixth graders and their teachers from Greenback School visited NIMBioS last week for an exciting day of STEM and getting a taste of the college experience. The rural school located about 30 miles southeast of NIMBioS. Beginning with a mock “university … Continue reading →

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Teachers Explore Local Fossils with Paleontologists

Posted on February 18, 2016 by admin

Fossils and paleontology were the special topics this year for an exciting teacher workshop hosted at NIMBioS, the final event for Darwin Day Tennessee festivities. Lesson plans for K-12 on local fossils, developed by paleontologist Alycia Stigall of Ohio State … Continue reading →

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2015 NIMBioS Undergraduate Conference Attendance Tops 100

Posted on December 1, 2015 by admin

With topics ranging from modeling an Ebola outbreak to studies of pathogenic genetic mutations, the seventh annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology was a success with more than 130 undergraduates and faculty participating. More than 50 presentations — … Continue reading →

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SRE Students Win Award for ComFlo

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Ashish Gauli, Nathan Wikle and Ryan Yan — the three undergraduate students who developed mapping tool ComFlo as a part of their 2015 Summer Research Experience at NIMBioS. The team has been invited to attend the NatureServe EcoInformatics … Continue reading →

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Math and Biology Interface Meets Steampunk

Posted on July 30, 2015 by admin

Science and math educators are always looking for innovative ways to make their messages memorable  — which is why NIMBioS participated in a unique outreach event for middle school kids this week blending STEM and the science fiction genre “steampunk.” … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Staff, Postdocs & Graduate Students Give Middle School Girls STEM Adventures!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by admin

Sixteen middle school girls enjoyed a fun and exciting week of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) adventures last week during a day camp organized and hosted by NIMBioS and the engineering center at the University of Tennessee called CURENT. Girls toured … Continue reading →

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Fireflies, Farms, Food: NIMBioS SRE 2015 Underway!

Posted on June 29, 2015 by admin

The 2015 NIMBioS Summer Research Experpience (SRE) for undergraduates and teachers just wrapped up its third whirlwind week. Already participants have gone on the annual pilgrimage to see the synchronous fireflies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, eaten yummy food at … Continue reading →

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