Monthly Archives: August 2012

Microbiology Prof New Associate Director for Graduate Education

NIMBioS welcomes Alison Buchan, associate professor of microbiology at UT, as NIMBioS’ associate director for graduate education, effective Sept. 1. Buchan’s research focuses on the roles of microbes in natural environments. Major objectives in Buchan’s lab include linking microbial taxa … Continue reading

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NIMBioS Hosts Women in Science Meeting

Outreach to middle school girls, better treatment for international graduate students, tenure and promotion for women on UT campus — these are among the top issues for the members of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS) Tennessee chapter, who … Continue reading

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NIMBioS Initiates Campus Collaborations on Big Data

UT faculty, postdocs and scientific staff interested in the computational challenges associated with “big data” gathered for pizza lunch at NIMBioS today to brainstorm ideas for new collaborations. Representatives from NIMBioS, the Computational Geography Group, the Innovative Computing Laboratory, and … Continue reading

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NIMBioS REUs: The work is done! And has only just begun…

All eighteen undergraduates in NIMBioS’ 2012 Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program ended their eight-week research projects today and presented their results. Working closely with NIMBioS postdocs and UT faculty as mentors, each REU worked on one of six different … Continue reading

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