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NIMBioS Shares Biology & Math at USA Science & Engineering Festival

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Kelly Sturner

NIMBioS had a great time in DC last weekend exhibiting to a crowd of more than 150,000 at the USA Science and Engineering Festival. Billed as “the largest celebration of science in the USA,” special guests included “rock stars” of … Continue reading →

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Lessons from Darwin: Hip-Hop Version

Posted on April 30, 2012 by ccrawley

NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence Baba Brinkman brought his hip-hop exploration of modern biology to an enthusiastic audience at UT last week when he performed an hour-long excerpt from his critically acclaimed Off-Broadway show, “Rap Guide to Evolution.” He was accompanied by DJ … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Outreach Featured on AAAS Site

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Kelly Sturner

NIMBioS’s Education and Outreach program is a featured story on the AAAS Member Central website. Padmini Rangamani, UC Berkeley postdoctoral fellow and past NIMBioS workshop participant, interviewed Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS Education & Outreach Coordinator for the story. Sturner discusses how … Continue reading →

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Mathematics of Planet Earth Announces Competition for Open Source Exhibition of Virtual Modules

Posted on October 20, 2011 by ccrawley

The Mathematics of Planet Earth, an international initiative by the North American math institutes, is sponsoring a competition for an open source exhibition of virtual modules. The modules submitted to the competition will be part of an open source exhibition … Continue reading →

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High School Scholars Connect Math and Biology Using Biodiversity

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Kelly Sturner

A group of Tennessee high school students and teachers learned about how math and biology converge during a visit to NIMBioS last week as a part of the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The symposium is an annual event … Continue reading →

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The Many Voices of Science

Posted on January 27, 2011 by ccrawley

NIMBioS Songwriter-in-Residence RB Morris stopped by with crew from a local radio station to record a chorus of voices for his “Science for the People” song. NIMBioS staffers and scientists belted out the chorus to this catchy tune. And, yes, … Continue reading →

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Forty Attend HPC Phylogenetics Tutorial

Posted on October 13, 2010 by ccrawley

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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