We're Streamlining Our Social Media 💡

We’re excited to welcome Brian O’Meara as interim director of NIMBioS and we thank Nina Fefferman for her impactful leadership. As we plan for the future, we welcome your ideas at contact@nimbios.org. Full announcement here: www.nimbios.org/nimbios-welc...

NIMBioS, @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social, and the UT Math Department are co-hosting a talk at UT by Vishwanath Varma from the Max Planck Institute.

Join us on Monday, July 14 at 3 PM (4th floor, Ayres Hall)!

Can you believe we’re already halfway through 2025? Time really does fly when we’re having fun, especially when we’re discussing mathematical biology and modeling through our Morsels from Numbers and Nature series! ⭐ Interested in presenting? Keep reading! 👇

We're excited to share that the National Institute for Modeling Biological Systems (NIMBioS) is once again hosting the 2025 EDGE Summer Program this June! We’re honored to host this impactful program and look forward to a summer filled with learning and connection.

We are excited to spotlight a recent publication by Dr. Nina Fefferman and Dr. Maggie Sullens titled "Budget Allocation and Illegal Fishing: A Game Theoretic Approach."

Congratulations on this wonderful contribution to the field of conservation science! aimspress.com/article/doi/...

Dr. David Talmy, NIMBioS Affiliate and Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee, is leading an exciting project to explore the role of viruses in ocean food webs! @dtalmy.bsky.social

Why This Research Matters 🌍💡

Plankton may be small, but they are the backbone of marine ecosystems! Dr. Christopher Strickland and his team are working to better understand how plankton interact with filter feeders like corals and jellyfish.

We're excited to highlight another project here at NIMBioS — Dr. Maggie Sullens’ dissertation chapter, which explores how the collapse of a local fishing industry impacts the mental health of the community that depends on it. Learn more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Dr. Strickland and his team are developing models to better understand plankton behavior and their interactions with marine filter feeders like corals and jellyfish. The work sheds light on ocean ecosystems and reef conservation. The team recently conducted field research in Key Largo. Stay tuned!

We are excited to invite Dr. Cara Sulyok, along with her students Priscilla Doran, Natsuka Hayashida, Kristen Joyner, and Grace Moberg, for our March Morsel. This research was conducted as part of the 2024 Summer@ICERM Program at Brown University!

Rocky is our high-performance computing cluster designed to handle complex, compute-heavy, and big data projects for quantitative life sciences. With specialized nodes, robust storage, and virtual hosting capabilities, Rocky helps streamline research and makes computational studies more accessible.

Since the spring of 2021, NIMBioS has secured over $8.5 million in new funding, building on the many ongoing multi-year projects already funded before 2021. This impressive growth does not include the $18 million brought in by
@nsfappexcenter.bsky.social, our sister institute!

Dr. Olivia (Prosper) Feldman, NIMBioS Affiliate & UTK Math Associate Professor, has been named the 2025 Etta Z. Falconer Lecturer by the Association for Women in Mathematics & the MAA for her work in mathematical epidemiology, mentoring, & broadening math participation. Congrats! 🎉

Join us tomorrow, on February 20 at 2 PM EST for "The Gravitational Theory of the Midges," a presentation by Dan Gorbonos, a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany.

We’re excited to share some amazing news! Our Morsels from Numbers and Nature YouTube videos are averaging 77 views each! It wouldn’t be possible without your support. Stay tuned for our February Morsel on the 20th featuring a speaker from Germany! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We're excited to announce that NIMBioS affiliate Dr. Christopher Strickland will present "A Mathematics-Based Approach to Opioid Epidemiology in Tennessee" at the UT Grand Challenges Summit, Feb 13-14, 2025, in Murfreesboro, TN. Learn more: grandchallenges.tennessee.edu/2025-summit/

We’re so excited to kick off 2025 with another awesome talk for our Morsels from Numbers and Nature series! Join us January 16 at 12 PM EST for "From CDC to the Classroom: Advancing from Spatial to Spatiotemporal Modeling of COVID-19 Impacts," a joint presentation by Vinny Jodoin and Brenna Kelly.

We hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season, and we’re looking forward to what 2025 holds. We can't wait to continue our work with all of you. Thank you for being part of our community. Happy New Year!