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News: IMCI affiliated Podcast, Protecting Idaho potatoes from fungi with new tools
We are celebrating the release of Episode 11.1 of the Vandal Theory Podcast featuring our very own Marty Ytreberg with the support of his Drug Discovery working group which aired yesterday. Beginning with the founding of the working group, Ytreberg shared his experience of finding an interdisciplinary community of researchers, brought together around the issue…
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BBL / BYOC Series: July 16th – *urgent* Farewell Gathering for Racquel & Deciding IDAC’s Future
Come say farewell to Racquel and celebrate her amazing commitment to the modeling core before she departs later this month! Also, we have an urgent emergency gathering of IDAC, same place same time. We strongly advise those associated (and are available) to attend! This session will be led by Holly. All are welcome!
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Paper Explores Use of Shell Material to Gather DNA From Mollusks
This research isn’t associated with IMCI but Christine Parent and Lisette Waits are both IMCI participants and we love touting good news. Kelly Martin, a biology doctorate student, and two faculty members, including Christine Parent, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Lisette Waits, distinguished professor in the College of Natural Resources, jointly produced a paper on…
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Biology Professor Recognized by Alma Mater for Success, Service and Leadership
Jim Bull is an essential IMCI participant. He is a member of our Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) and participates in several working groups. The U of I is lucky to have him! View the original press release here. February 17, 2021 College of Science Professor Jim Bull has been recognized as the 2021 Arts and Sciences Distinguished…
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Disease Deadliness And Willingness To Vaccinate Linked, Study Shows
Congratulations to IMCI participants on their recent publication in PLOS Medicine. The following news story was produced by the Mountain West News Bureau. View the original article here. A newly published study out of the University of Idaho suggests that the higher perceived risk of a disease, the more likely someone is to vaccinate. The researchers surveyed…
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3-D Printer to Revolutionize Biofluids and Biomechanics Research
This news article comes from central University of Idaho Communications and Marketing. View the original here. While IMCI was not involved in the funding of this research project, we are honored to have Dr. Tao Xing as one of our IMCI participants. October 20, 2020 – With the help of a more than $300,000 major…
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Idaho Represented at National Diversity Conference
Three graduate students and 1 postdoctoral fellow from the University of Idaho are attending the 2020 SACNAS virtual conference this week thanks to IMCI and the Lauren Ancel Meyers Scholarship fund. Dr. Meyers, a featured Seminar Speaker earlier this semester, is the Cooley Centennial Professor of Integrative Biology and Statistics & Data Sciences at the…
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University of Idaho Receives Grant of Nearly $11M for Biomedical Research Modeling
MOSCOW, Idaho — Aug. 13, 2020 — The University of Idaho has secured a grant of nearly $11 million from the National Institutes of Health to support continued modeling for biomedical research at U of I’s Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation (IMCI). The funding comes as Phase 2 of a Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant…
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IMCI Postdoc Lihong Zhao Leaving
Congratulations and well wishes to Lihong Zhao who is leaving her postdoctoral fellowship today to join the University of California. She will join the Applied Mathematics Department in Merced as RTG-DIRAC postdoc, specifically as a part of the Mathematical Biology SMaRT team.
