Monthly Archives: October 2010

Congratulations to New Recipients of Support

Renal function, a destructive disease in cattle, and an infection that can damage a growing human fetus are among the topics to be studied beginning in 2011 at NIMBioS. The range of topics to be investigated in new Working Groups … Continue reading

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Forty Attend HPC Phylogenetics Tutorial

Our classroom is packed to capacity this week with 40 participants attending the NIMBioS Tutorial: High Performance Computing for Phylogenetics. This popular tutorial focuses on how to use TeraGrid, the CIPRES Portal, the iPlant Discovery environment, university clusters, and other … Continue reading

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Visit from UT Interim President

UT Interim President Jan Simek stopped by the other day during our bi-annual Board of Advisors Meeting. Board member Ellis McKenzie (NIH) and Simek were roommates as freshman at UC Santa Cruz back in the day.

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Girls Get Their Hands Dirty at SHADES Workshop

NIMBioS helped inspire sixth and seventh grade girls about careers in math, science and engineering at the annual Sharing Adventures in Engineering and Science (SHADES) workshop organized by the Greater Knoxville Math/Science Coalition last weekend. Thirty-eight local students got their … Continue reading

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UT/NIMBioS Team Win International Award

A team led by NIMBioS senior collaborator and Univ. of Tennessee (UT) assistant professor Xiaopeng Zhao won second place in the Physionet/Computing in Cardiology Challenge 2010: Mind the Gap international competition. This year’s challenge called for participants to develop robust … Continue reading

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