Monthly Archives: September 2010

Riechert Appointed by Governor to ‘Race to the Top’ Advisory Council

Susan Riechert, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the Univ. of Tennessee and senior NIMBioS collaborator, was recently appointed by Gov. Phil Bredesen to the Tennessee Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Advisory Council to help direct Tennessee’s strategic … Continue reading

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NIMBioS Researcher Links Maternal Genes to Selfish Behavior

The research of Francisco Úbeda, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and one of NIMBioS’ senior personnel, has been featured in the New York Times. The article discusses Úbeda’s mathematical model for assessing the consequences of a woman living … Continue reading

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Thibert-Plante’s Study Selected for Faculty of 1000 Biology

A study about the detection of ecological speciation by NIMBioS Postdoctoral Fellow Xavier Thibert-Plante and McGill University Associate Professor Andrew Hendry has been selected by Faculty of 1000 Biology, a prestigious online research service that highlights the most interesting papers … Continue reading

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NIMBioS Teams With Nautilus

The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) will begin analyzing and visualizing massive amounts of data this fall using Nautilus, the world’s largest shared-memory computer. The project is a part of NIMBioS’s collaboration with the Center for Remote … Continue reading

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