Welcome to NIMBioS

NIMBioS leaders Suzanne Lenhart and Cynthia Peterson, were named 2010 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Lenhart is a professor of mathematics at UT and NIMBioS Associate Director for Education, Outreach and Diversity, while Peterson is a professor of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology and NIMBioS Associate Director for Graduate Education. AAAS named 11 UT Knoxville faculty members to the 2010 class of fellows, more new fellows than any other university in the South.

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A Mad Itch

Feral swine have been described as the most worrisome of non-native species in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These free-roaming pigs not only root out native plants and destroy natural habitats, but can also carry disease, such as pseudo-rabies, which is often fatal if transmitted to other wild and domestic animals.

Summer Research Experiences

NIMBioS is now taking applications for an 8-week long summer research program for undergraduates (REU) and veterinary students (REV). Disease modeling, population dynamics, biodiversity and climate change are among the research topics for this year's program, which takes place June 7-July 30.

NIMBioS Graduate Research Assistants

NIMBioS provides an opportunity for graduate research at the interface between mathematics and biological science.

 
 

The results produced from NIMBioS research activities are important in measuring our success. Click here for an online form to report publications and/or other products that have resulted from your NIMBioS activities. Click here for information about how to acknowledge NIMBioS.

Applications Open for Toxoplasma Workshop

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is considered as one of the most successful parasites for its unusual ability to infect a wide range of intermediate hosts, including all mammals and birds. Up to 11% of the human population in the US and 20% in the world are chronically infected. This workshop aims to explore mathematical tools and problems in describing the life cycle, stage conversion, and clonal expansion of T. gondii. Application Deadline: March 1. Click here to apply.

Climate Change: Do the Math

Fourteen mathematical institutions throughout North America have joined together in 2010 to address the issues of climate change and sustainability. The 2010 Joint Mathematics Meeting, held Jan. 13 - 16 in San Francisco, kicked off this research initiative.

Apply for Teacher Collaboration Program

NIMBioS is now accepting applications from math and biology/science teachers for The Teacher Collaboration Program, which provides links between teachers, scientists, and educators with an interest in making connections between mathematics and biology. NIMBioS will pair teachers with an interest in mathematics and biology with active researchers in the math biology community.

Requests for NIMBioS Support

March 1, 2010 is the deadline for requests for NIMBioS support for Working Groups, Investigative Workshops, Postdoctoral Fellows, Sabbaticals, and Short-term Visitors for activities beginning Summer/Fall 2010. Join top researchers in biology and mathematics to collaborate across disciplinary boundaries to find creative solutions to today's complex biological problems.

 
NIMBioS Tuesday Seminars  

The speaker for the Feb. 9 seminar will be NIMBioS post-doctoral fellow Dr. Folashade Agusto. Dr. Agusto's talk is entitled Optimal Control of the Spread of Malaria Super-Infectivity. NIMBioS hosts a seminar series every other Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the NIMBioS Lecture Hall. Seminar speakers focus on their research initiatives at the interface of mathematics and many areas of the life sciences. Light refreshments will be served starting at 3 p.m.