Bi-Monthly News from NIMBioS
September-October 2018
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New Faces at NIMBioS: Targeted Postdocs
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Targeted Postdoctoral Fellowships provide support for specific research questions on projects directed by UT faculty.
Current projects are modeling epidemiology and evolutionary game theory; spatial biology; and species distribution modeling. One position in
biological systems modeling
remains open. Meet
Jing Jiao
whose project focuses on predicting the evolution of vector-borne disease dynamics in a changing world.
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Quantitative Skills Curriculum Wins Funding
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A unique program developed by NIMBioS to bring quantitative education to graduate students in the life sciences has been awarded funding from the
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
, one of only three awards to be made nationally. The
curriculum
prioritizes current research topics suggested by biology faculty as a focal point for teaching PhD students in biomedical science.
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Working Group Publishes Results in Science
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A
new paper
published in
Science
by the NIMBioS Working Group on Long Transients and Ecological Forecasting
proposes a classification system for ecological dynamics that persist over long time scales. Using dynamical systems theory, the classification scheme categorizes mechanisms underlying transients.
The systematic framework
links empirical observations to simple prototypical models and
could be useful for ecosystem management.
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Applying for a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship?
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Application deadlines for NSF's Graduate Research Fellowships occur in late October. What does it take to write a successful application? NIMBioS has hosted two panels on tips for successful proposals featuring fellowship recipients. The program supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines who are pursuing master's and doctoral degrees. The panels were streamed live and
recordings
are now available!
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Understanding Human Behavior, Social Complexity
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Research & Training Opportunities
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Social Norms: Emergence, Persistence and Effects
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Mathematics of Gun Violence
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Applications are now being accepted for the
NIMBioS/DySoC Investigative Workshop: Mathematics of Gun Violence
, to be held May 1-3, 2019, at NIMBioS.This workshop will bring together researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to examine and
enhance the quantitative science of gun violence.
Application deadline: November 30
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Transients in Biological Systems
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Applications are now being accepted for the
NIMBioS Investigative Workshop: Transients in Biological Systems
, to be held May 29-31, 2019, at NIMBioS. The
workshop aims to
spur further research into transients, both from a mathematical standpoint and as a way to understand and analyze biological systems.
Application deadline: January 30
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Coming Soon!
Check back on
our website
for the following opportunities:
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- NIMBioS Tutorial: Network Analysis, Feb. 4-6, 2019
- Scientific Collaboration Enabled by High Performance Computing Workshop, May 13-15, 2019
- NIMBioS Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates, June 3-July 26, 2019
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Selected Recent NIMBioS Publications
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Results produced from NIMBioS research activities are important in measuring our success. Please
report
your publications and other products resulting from NIMBioS activities. Learn how to
acknowledge
NIMBioS. For the complete list of NIMBioS products,
click here
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NIMBioS is supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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