Category Archives: Workshop

Modeling of Microbial World Comes of Age

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Catherine Crawley

The fruits of the labor of the NIMBioS Investigative Workshop on Individual-Based Ecology of Microbes: Observations and Modeling appear today in an opinion paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper argues that individual-based models are … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Among the Big Trees

Posted on July 23, 2012 by admin

NIMBioS hit the trail to Albright Grove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park last weekend. The grove is an excellent example of old-growth cove hardwood forest, and includes giant hemlocks and tulip trees. Hikers included a Andrea Pugliese from Trento … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Darwin! NIMBioS Celebrates at Teacher Workshop

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

In honor of Charles Darwin’s birthday last week, NIMBioS participated in a training-the-teacher workshop on strategies for teaching evolution for around 30 local middle and high school teachers in East Tennessee. NIMBioS Education & Outreach Coordinator Kelly Sturner led teachers … Continue reading →

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The Noes Have It

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Following a lively public debate on the role of warfare in early social evolution, a sea of hands waving blue cards with the words “anti-thesis” indicated that the majority of the audience believed the antithesis debaters had won the day: … Continue reading →

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SFI President Brings Anthropologist’s Perspective

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Catherine Crawley

Mathematical modelers, anthropologists, archaeologists, and other social scientists are gathered at NIMBioS this week for the Investigative Workshop on Modeling Social Complexity. The aim of the workshop, co-hosted by NIMBioS and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, is to work toward … Continue reading →

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Metabolism and Body Weight Focus of Workshop

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

With more than two-thirds of Americans considered overweight and more than one-third categorized as obese, understanding mechanisms behind weight gain, loss, and maintenance is a major national goal. Thirty-five researchers from around the world are gathered at NIMBioS this week … Continue reading →

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Pesky Mosquitoes: International Group Tackles Malaria

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Catherine Crawley

A least 300 million acute cases of malaria occur each year globally, resulting in more than a million deaths. Around 90% of these deaths occur in Africa, which explains why many of the participants in the NIMBioS Investigative Workshop on … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Zoonoses Workshop Addresses Critical Gaps

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

Forty-five of the world’s experts on epidemiology, virology, ecological modeling are gathered at NIMBioS this week to put wildlife and viruses zoonoses under the microscope. Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals, such as SARS, H1N1 swine … Continue reading →

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More Bad Bat News

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

Little brown bat with white-nose syndrome. Credit: Marvin Moriarty/USFWS First the good news: NIMBioS was pleased to see Winifred Frick’s research published in Science, Aug. 6, 2010. The lead author of the Science article (Frick) along with several other authors … Continue reading →

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