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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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NIMBioS Welcomes New Researchers

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

We’re excited to announce our new postdoctoral and sabbatical fellows who will bring their research to NIMBioS this summer and fall. New postdoctoral fellows include: Nels Johnson joins NIMBioS in June following a postdoctoral fellowship at Colorado State Univ. where … Continue reading →

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Workshop to Support Research Collaboration Between Junior and Senior Women

Posted on April 28, 2015 by admin

Yet another barrier facing women in academia is that senior women faculty are less likely to collaborate with junior women. A study in Current Biology found evidence for this in the field of psychology, a field getting very close to … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Postdocs Join the Mammal March Madness Fun!

Posted on April 1, 2015 by admin

NIMBioS postdoctoral fellows and staff participated in the March Mammal Madness this year, a wildly popular scientific take on the NCAA College Basketball March Madness Championship Tournament. In March Mammal Madness, mammals, and even some mythical creatures, compete in computer simulated rounds for … Continue reading →

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Peace of Cake: NIMBioS Postdoc Revealed as Top Baker

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS postdoc Angie Peace knows a little something about food web dynamics, and she also knows how to make the best kind of food: cake! Peace’s cake took 1st place this week in the Biogeography Cake Contest for UTK’s Darwin Day. Judged on taste and … Continue reading →

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Two Days of STEM Fun: Over 100 Middle School Students, Teachers & Parents Visit NIMBioS

Posted on November 11, 2014 by admin

NIMBioS hosted two events for middle school students last week that resulted in over 100 students, parents and teachers visiting the institute. On the agenda were fun activities to inspire students to pursue higher education in science, technology, engineering and … Continue reading →

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Postdoc Shares Latest Research with National Seed Bank

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

Picture a library but instead of books, thousands upon thousands of seed packets on every shelf. The USDA’s National Center for Genetic Resource Preservation in Ft. Collins, CO, is a secure 5,000-square-foot storage facility for more than half a million … Continue reading →

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Building New Connections at SACNAS 2014

Posted on October 27, 2014 by admin

This year’s Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) Annual Conference in Los Angeles had a mighty NIMBioS presence: two members of the the NIMBioS leadership team, two postdoctoral researchers, and four SRE undergraduates all … Continue reading →

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Middle School Girls Have STEM Adventures!

Posted on July 2, 2014 by admin

In elementary school, 74 percent of girls say they are interested in math and science classes, but women make up only 26 percent of the STEM workforce. Finding ways to retain girls’ interest in STEM to close this gap is the … Continue reading →

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Earl Talks Math Ecology to Fisk REU

Posted on June 23, 2014 by admin

NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Julia Earl traveled to Nashville recently to present her work on movement ecology to undergraduates participating in Fisk University’s summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program. A rewarding experience, Earl said her talk, “Animals as ecosystem connectors: Does their movement path matter?” particularly … Continue reading →

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