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Young Scientists Merit NIMBioS Science Fair Prizes for Swimmer Physiology, Mutated DNA

Posted on April 5, 2013 by admin

Congratulations to this year’s young recipients of the NIMBioS Prize for Research at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology, awarded at the regional Southern Appalachian Science & Engineering Fair. Each year NIMBioS presents a junior and senior level award to … Continue reading →

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Carlos Castillo-Chavez Appointed to President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to past NIMBioS Advisory Board Member Carlos Castillo-Chavez who has been appointed to President Obama’s 2013 Committee on the National Medal of Science. Castillo-Chavez will be part of a committee of 12 engineers and scientists appointed by the president … Continue reading →

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Postdoc Wins F1000 Travel Grant

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS postdoctoral fellow Jiang Jiang who was recently awarded a 2013 F1000Prime Travel Grant in the Ecology category. F1000Prime is an in-depth directory to the top articles in biology and medicine. Articles are selected by a peer-nominated global … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Postdoc’s Innovative Modeling Wins First Prize

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Jiang Jiang for winning first prize in the MCED Award for Innovative Contributions to Ecological Modelling competition for his mathematical model used to understand coastal vegetation changes in storm surges. MCED, which stands for Modelling … Continue reading →

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Students Named Regional Finalists With NIMBioS Research

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Two local high school students have been named regional finalists in the 2012 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology with a project on sexual imprinting that they completed at NIMBioS under the guidance of former postdoc Tucker Gilman. Dalton … Continue reading →

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Camacho Named SACNAS Distinguished Mentor

Posted on October 29, 2012 by admin

Congratulations are in order for NIMBioS Advisory Board Member Erica Camacho honored with the 2012 SACNAS Distinguished Undergraduate Institution Mentor Award. Camacho, a professor at Arizona State University, was one of six recipients of the 2012 SACNAS Distinguished Awards. SACNAS … Continue reading →

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Lenhart Named American Mathematical Society Fellow

Posted on September 10, 2012 by admin

  Suzanne Lenhart has been chosen to join the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). Lenhart, NIMBioS Associate Director for Education, Outreach & Diversity, was chosen for this honor “in view of [her] distinguished contributions to … Continue reading →

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Best Student Paper: Plant Virus Transmission Dynamics

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

The 2012 Lee Segel Prize for Best Student Paper was awarded to a paper modeling virus transmission dynamics in grasses. The award was presented on Saturday at the 2012 Society for Mathematical Biology conference. “Spatiotemporal Model of Barley and Cereal … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Board Member Receives Nation’s Top Early-Career Award

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS board member Mariel Vazquez, a math professor at San Francisco State University, has been named one of the nation’s most promising young scientists for her work at the interface of mathematics and biology. President Barack Obama named Vazquez as … Continue reading →

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Simberloff Wins World’s Top Prize for Ecology

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Congratulations to UT professor and NIMBioS-affiliated researcher Dan Simberloff who has received the world’s pre-eminent prize for ecology and environmental science, the 2012 Ramon Margalef Award for Ecology. The award is presented annually by the Catalonian government in Spain, “to … Continue reading →

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