News

• Summer Undergraduate Research Program
• Connie Phong - Visiting Scholar
• Jasmine Nirody - Member Bio
• Srilena Kundu - NITMB Spotlight

Upcoming Events

• Communicating Science Workshop | Sep. 17th, 2024
• Random Dynamical Systems, with applications in biology | Nov. 4 - 8, 2024 | now accepting applications
• Biological systems that learn | Jan. 6 - 10, 2025
• Science + Tea at NITMB - Fridays at 3pm

Opportunities

• NITMB Fellows | now accepting
• Workshop Proposals | now accepting
• Visiting Scholars Program | now accepting
• Long Program Proposals | now accepting

‘Highlight of my summer’; NSF-Simons NITMB concludes inaugural Summer Undergraduate Research Program

After a summer full of collaborative research, educational workshops, and making memories, the NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology concluded the inaugural Summer Undergraduate Research Program. On Friday, August 9th, the Institute hosted a research symposium to celebrate the achievements of 20 undergraduate researchers.

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As the summer comes to a close, the NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology is celebrating the Institute’s first Visiting Scholar.

Learn more about Connie Phong, Assistant Teaching Professor at Northeastern University in Oakland.

Read more about Connie Phong's work

If you'd like to be featured in a future newsletter, please contact NITMB's Digital Media Specialist, Ben Stemen (stemenb@uchicago.edu)

NITMB member Jasmine Nirody, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and member of the Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago, serves as Principal Investigator on the NITMB supported research project, 'Uncovering the genetic fitness landscape behind bacterial motility in complex environments.'

Explore Jasmine Nirody's research interests and the impact of understanding the physics of how organisms interact with their environments in this month's NITMB member biography.

Read more about Jasmine Nirody's Work

If you'd like to be featured in a future newsletter, please contact NITMB's Digital Media Specialist, Ben Stemen (stemenb@uchicago.edu)

Meet Srilena Kundu, postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago

Learn About Srilena Kundu

Want to nominate a researcher for an NITMB spotlight? Contact NITMB's Digital Media Specialist, Ben Stemen (stemenb@uchicago.edu)

September 17, 2024, 9am - 1pm

Enhance your communication skills, master audience engagement, build stronger connections, and gain practical insights.

This will be a hands-on interactive science communication workshop facilitated by Heather Barnes. She utilizes improvisational techniques and best practices in communication to help breakdown scientific jargon to reach your interdisciplinary audience!

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Please email Marisa Davis (marisa.davis@northwestern.edu) with any questions.

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

November 4 - 8, 2024

Develop new robust approaches to analyze random dynamical systems and gain a more comprehensive understanding of the biological phenomena they model.

This workshop will convene mathematical scientists, working on random dynamical systems, and biological scientists who incorporate these frameworks in their research. The goal is to foster an exchange of ideas between these different research communities. The workshop is structured to help participants identify the most promising opportunities for developing mathematics, at this interface between dynamical systems and probability theory, in a way that is informed by the biological questions.

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January 6 - 10, 2025

Explore how biological systems encode local rules for experience-dependent modification in physical hardware to implement robust solutions to complex inverse problems.

The goal of this workshop is to discover new core principles and mathematical tools/approaches shared across physical learning systems, biological learning systems and neural networks that will inform deeper understanding and future discovery in all 3 fields. To this end, we will bring together researchers interested in viewing biological problems through the lens of inverse problems, researchers working on physical learning, and researchers studying neural networks for a week of intensive discussion and cross-fertilization.

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Join us every Friday at 3pm for a weekly social event at the NITMB office. Cookies, Cuppa, and Chalk. Come science-alize (science + socialize)!

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NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS:

Ready to transform biological research and inspire new mathematical discoveries? Applications for the NITMB Fellows are due October 15.

We seek remarkable early-career researchers who want to develop theory and computational approaches to study biology. As an NITMB fellow, you will develop an independent research program in the constraints and capabilities of living systems, fostering collaborations with NITMB members and others.

Learn how to become an NITMB fellow

We invite the proposals for scientific workshops to be held at the NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology. A Scientific Workshop is a week-long, focused program in a specific area of current research at the intersection of biological and mathematical sciences. NITMB workshops typically have only a few formal talks, with the bulk of the time allocated for discussions, brainstorming, informal chalk talks, and initiating research projects within smaller groups. Scientific workshops receive full administrative and financial support from the Institute.

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Participants in the Visiting Scholars program will be appointed for an extended period to visit and work in the NITMB headquarters and participate in the vibrant intellectual life of the NITMB, including workshops, seminars, tutorials, and research-in-progress meetings. NITMB Visiting Scholars will be granted a shared office and, upon request, may also be affiliated with one or more of the NITMB's research groups.



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Long Programs offer the opportunity for faculty, postdocs, and students to be in residence at the NITMB. Those in residence conduct research, collaborate with NITMB faculty and NITMB fellows, provide training opportunities for students, and engage with additional visitors. Long Programs address one or more of our five research themes over the course of 4-10 weeks. Long programs receive administrative and financial support from the Institute, allowing organizers to focus on the scientific aspects of the activities.

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