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Monthly Archives: May 2011
NIMBioS Website Wins Award
We’re pleased to announce that the NIMBioS website has won a 2011 Award of Quality from the Public Relations Society of America Volunteer Chapter. The website was judged on content, navigation, visual design, interactivity, functionality and overall experience. Three levels … Continue reading
NIMBioS Welcomes 22 REU/REV Participants Next Week
NIMBioS is excited to welcome 22 participants next Tuesday to the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program and the Research Experiences for Veterinary Students (REV) program. The programs runs for eight weeks. Participants will live on campus and work in … Continue reading
New NIMBioS Science: Model shows how species can reemerge after collapse
Species pairs that disappear through hybridization after human-induced changes to the environment can reemerge if the disturbance is removed, according to a new mathematical model that shows the conditions under which reemergence might happen. The study appears in Evolution and … Continue reading
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NIMBioS GRA Wins Dissertation Award
NIMBioS GRA Premal Shah has received the Jim Tanner award for outstanding dissertation from UT’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Shah graduated this semester with a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He has been working in the lab … Continue reading
NIMBioS Congratulates New Postdocs
Five new postdoctoral fellows will arrive at NIMBioS in the coming months to begin their research at the interface of mathematics and biology. They include: Juanjuan Chai, Mathematics, Indiana Univ. (starting July), Project: “Identifiability of statistical models and consistency of … Continue reading
The Day the Last Hemlock Died
NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence Jay Clark debuts his song, “The Day the Last Hemlock Died,” which tells the story of the blight of the Eastern Hemlocks in Southern Appalachia. The song ends with a short refrain, a note of optimism perhaps, from … Continue reading
Studio Sessions: NIMBioS Songwriter on Studio 865
Although only arriving here last week, NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence Kay Stanton has wasted no time. Stanton has already created one song, ‘Patterns,’ and was recently interviewed by Todd Steed for his show Studio 865. The date for when the show will … Continue reading
Teachers Do the Math: Predator-Prey Modeling in Soils
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
NIMBioS Welcomes Songwriter Who Aspires to be ‘Jane Goodall of Music’
NIMBioS welcomes singer-songwriter Kay Stanton as NIMBioS songwriter-in-residence for the month of May. Stanton, who lives in Athens, Ga., has been writing and performing since 1995 and started her main band, a pop and experimental rock and roll band called … Continue reading
Carr Wins Exceptional Accomplishment Award
NIMBioS High Performance Computing Specialist Eric Carr received an Exceptional Professional Accomplishment Award from the University of Tennessee’s Geography Department where Carr is a doctoral student. Carr’s research focuses on spatial-temporal modeling with application to high performance computing. In winning … Continue reading