The College of Science held its 14th annual Student Research Exposition on Thursday, October 18. There were 44 entries on display representing three categories: Undergraduate Category, Graduate Category and Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Award. “All of our entries deserve praise,” stated Mark Nielsen, Associate Dean of the College of Science. “We’re very proud of…
Have you heard? College of Science researchers have been awarded nearly $18 million in new competitive grant funding for the 2018 fiscal year. The college has had it’s best year ever despite a very competitive national funding environment. Twelve million has been awarded just since January. We agree with Dean Ginger Carney – it IS a…
According to Vice President of Research and Economic Development Janet E. Nelson, the University of Idaho is significantly expanding its research enterprise. This growth is resulting in new technologies and infrastructure, collaborative partnerships and leveraged investments. Read Nelson’s entire message and download Inspired Discoveries, the 2018 Research Report, to learn more.
The University of Idaho’s Visualizing Science exhibit at The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho will run through Oct 27, 2018. We are excited that the display includes the work of CMCI faculty: The Little Phage, by Greg Turner-Rahman, Department of Art and Design, and Holly Wichman, Department of Biological Sciences Nebulous, by J. Casey Doyle, Department of Art…
We are so excited to announce – Today the National Institutes of Health awarded a grant in the amount of $290,667 to the University of Idaho to fund research on Patterns of Adaptive Evolution. CMCI Deputy Director of the Collaboratorium Craig Miller and CMCI Director Holly Wichman are the principal investigators. Congratulations!!
Congratulations to CMCI Project Director Christine Parent for earning a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. This prestigious award includes $1.093 million to support Parent’s research on Naesiotus land snails in the Galapagos Islands. CMCI is proud to have helped support her journey to success! Read the full press release here.
CMCI is proud to be associated with many accomplished faculty members. We are pleased to announce that three of our people will be recognized at the University Awards for Excellence dinner on April 25: Tao Xing, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering will be presented the 2018-2020 University Mid-Career Award Berna Devezer has…
Congratulations! Bert Baumgaertner, Florian Justwan and Juliet Carlisle, who are part of The Social Determinants of Infectious Disease Dynamics working group, had their research published in the Public Library of Science One (PLOS ONE) yesterday. Their paper is titled “The Influence of Political Ideology and Trust on Willingness to Vaccinate.” Read the University of Idaho press release…
The College of Science recently announced the recipients of this year’s Hill Undergraduate Research Fellowships. We are proud to report that half of these diligent students are working with CMCI-affiliated faculty. Congratulations to: Courtney Kennedy, for the project “Determining Antifungal Resistance Mechanisms in Yeast Using High Throughput Robotics” (working with Professor Paul Rowley) David Richards, for the project “Effect…
Congratulations to Eva Top, professor of biology and bioinformatics and computational biology in the College of Science, who achieved fellowship status in the American Academy of Microbiology. Members of the academy are recognized for their excellence, originality and leadership in the microbiological sciences and are widely recognized as eminent leaders in the field of microbiology.