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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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NSF Awards $2.9 Million to QUBES: Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education & Synthesis

Posted on August 27, 2014 by admin

The National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education has awarded a five-year, $2.9 million in grants to the project “Supporting Faculty in Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES).” This intiative “addresses the Nation’s growing need to better prepare undergraduate … Continue reading →

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Calling All Nationally Distinguished Biologists

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

It’s not everyday that two alumni from the same high school learn that they are both nationally distinguished scientists. NIMBioS Director Louis Gross and Joe Felsenstein, visiting NIMBioS this week as co-organizer of the Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics Tutorial, both graduated … Continue reading →

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Bender Receives Outstanding Undergraduate Poster Award

Posted on May 16, 2014 by admin

Congratulations to 2013 NIMBioS REU student Nicole Bender for receiving a 2014 Mathematical Association of America Outstanding Poster Award. Nicole, a senior at Marist College, presented her NIMBioS work “Automatic Detection of Rare Bird Species Using Neural Networks” at the … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Earns Chancellor’s Honors

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Lenhart! Lenhart has received the Excellence in Academic Outreach Chancellor Award for her accomplishments through the past academic year. Lenhart is NIMBioS Associate Director for Education and Outreach, as well as a mathematics professor and Chancellor’s … Continue reading →

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Prizes for Young Scientists: Mold Growth and an App Predicting Seizures

Posted on April 14, 2014 by admin

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the Junior and Senior NIMBioS Prizes for Research at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology, presented annually at the Southern Appalachian Science Engineering Fair, held at the Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville. This year’s Junior … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Director Tapped to Lead National STEM Education Effort

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Director Louis Gross who will lead the Biology Ideas Lab for the National Science Foundation, March 30-April 4, in Leesburg, Va. Three five-day NSF Ideas Labs —one for biology, one for engineering and one for geosciences—are being … Continue reading →

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Lee to Apply Math Modeling Skills as Rhodes Scholar

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to former NIMBioS REU Lindsay Lee who will begin graduate studies at Oxford University next year as a 2014 Rhodes scholar. Lee plans to apply the mathematical modeling that she learned as a participant in NIMBioS’ Summer Research Experiences … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Researchers Attend National Academies Workshop

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

The National Academies’ Committee on Key Challenge Areas for Convergence and Health meets this week for a workshop in Washington, DC, and two NIMBioS researchers are attending. Invited to attend with a travel award are NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Gesham Magombedze … Continue reading →

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Ernest Brothers Selected for Leadership Knoxville Class of 2014

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to Ernest Brothers, NIMBioS Associate Director for Diversity Enhancement, for being selected to join the 2014 class of Leadership Knoxville. Leadership Knoxville, a non-profit training progam begun in 1985, brings together about 50 leaders from around the Knoxville region … Continue reading →

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