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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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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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