Perhaps you attended a NIMBioS Workshop or Tutorial recently and would like to collaborate with participants you met there. Maybe you are already part of a well-established NIMBioS Working Group and wish to extend your collaboration. We are pleased to offer new support for visits of up to one week for groups of one to six people working on projects that conform to the NIMBioS mission to foster interdisciplinary collaborations, research and education at the interface of the quantitative and life sciences. Visitors work onsite at NIMBioS, may link the visit to a previous Working Group or other activity at NIMBioS, or to collaborations with our affiliated Centers ( DySoC, NISER, and SAL). We particularly welcome collaborative projects involving NIMBioS resident or local researchers; joint applications from two or more researchers to spend time together at NIMBioS; or applications from participants in other NIMBioS activities to work on their project with NIMBioS computational science staff. Applications are considered monthly. Click here for more information and the online application. 

Check out the fascinating research being conducted by the recipients of the 2019 NIMBioS Graduate Awards. NIMBioS awarded $50,000 in scholarships to graduate students from across campus in April, and we’ve got them on video! Recipients came from 10 different departments across the University of Tennessee campus. In these video interviews, find out what they’re studying.

Data scientists are aiming to make sweet transformations through new collaborative workshops organized by NIMBioS and the University of Arizona through a National Science Foundation TRIPODS+X award. The first of two "Lemon Labs" workshops was held last month at UA with the goal to develop guidelines for effective data science collaboration. A second workshop is planned for next spring at NIMBioS. Participants come from a variety of data-driven disciplines, particularly in astronomy and earth sciences. Read more.

Eighteen undergraduates in biology, mathematics, computer science and related fields began their summer research this week at NIMBioS. The 11th annual Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates runs for eight weeks. Participants work in teams with NIMBioS postdocs and University of Tennessee faculty on research at the interface of mathematics and biology. This year's projects involve mathematical modeling of cell differentiation; networking and the opioid epidemic; viral infection rates of marine phytoplankton; biochemical pathways for aerotaxis in motile bacteria; and two projects investigating climate change effects on human-wildlife interactions and vector-borne diseases. Read more about the projects and participants.

Tweeting for Science

Check out new results from the NIMBioS Working Group on Plant-Soil Feedback Theory: Crawford KM et al. When and where plant-soil feedback may promote plant coexistence: A meta-analysis. Now posted on Ecology Letters

Check out new results from the NIMBioS Working Group on Organisms-to-Ecosystems: Galic N et al. Predicting impacts of chemicals from organisms to ecosystem service delivery: A case study of insecticide impacts on a freshwater lake. Now posted on Science of the Total Environment

Check out new pre-print results from the NIMBioS Working Group on Multiscale Vectored Plant Viruses: Hamelin FM et al. Co-infections by non-interacting pathogens are not independent & require new tests of interaction.

Now posted on bioRxiv

Kjelvik MK, Schultheis EH. 2019. Getting messy with authentic data: Exploring the potential of using data from scientific research to support student data literacy. CBE Life Sciences Education 18(2): es2. [from NIMBioS Working Group on Expanding Data Nuggets]

Hoban S, Dawson A, Robinson JD, Smith AB, Strand AE. 2019. Inference of biogeographic history by formally integrating distinct lines of evidence: Genetic, environmental niche, and fossil. Ecography. [from NIMBioS Investigative Workshop on Species' Range Shifts in a Warming World]

Mack, KML, Eppinga MB, Bever JD. 2019.  Plant-soil feedbacks promote coexistence and resilience in multi-species communities. PLOS One. 14(2): e0211572. [from NIMBioS Working Group on Plant Soil Feedback]

Norberg et al. 2019. A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels. Ecological Monographs. [from NIMBioS Working Group on Biotic Interactions]

Pullen RH, Abel SM. 2019. Mechanical feedback enables catch bonds to selectively stabilize scanning microvilli at T-cell surfaces. Molecular Biology of the Cell. [from NIMBioS Graduate Research Assistantship]

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 .