Fall 2017 Seminar Series
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Aaron King Seminar
Dr. Aaron King, a professor at the University of Michigan, will present the first IBEST/CMCI Seminar of the semester on Thursday, January 24 at 12:30 p.m. in LSS 277. Dr. King is interested in studying evolution and ecology at long temporal and spatial scales using stochastic approaches. He’s done work on disease modeling and method/model/software…
Texas Tech Professor Speaks Today
Linda Allen, a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Texas Tech University, will speak at 12:30 p.m. today, Aug. 30, in EP 122 as part of the IBEST/CMCI Seminar Series. Her talk is titled “Probability, Duration and Final Size of an Epidemic in Stochastic Multistage or Multigroup Models.”
Modeling Gut Microbial Dynamics
Join us for the next joint-hosted IBEST/CMCI seminar on Thursday, September 13, 12:30 p.m. in EP 122. Sean Gibbons from the Washington Research Foundation will present, “How do we model gut microbial dynamics?“ Abstract: Dynamics reveal crucial information about how a system functions. However, it is not yet known what the relevant timescales or models…
Registration Now Available
Software Carpentry: Unix, Git, and Python for Novices Workshop dates: Thursday and Friday, January 30-31, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Instructors: Amanda Stahlke, Breanna Sipley, Salvador (Chava) Castaneda Barba, and Clint Elg Description: Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This…
Ethics of Gene Editing Talk Rescheduled
Dr. Bryan Cwik, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and University Studies at Portland State University, will deliver his talk titled “Moving Beyond ‘Therapy’ and ‘Enhancement’ in the Ethics of Gene Editing,” on Monday, April 8 at 12:30 p.m. in the Collaboratorium (IRIC 352). If you would like an opportunity to meet with Dr. Cwik while he…
Modeling COVID-19
When COVID-19 landed in Washington state, researchers at the Institute for Disease Modeling (IDM) in Bellevue quickly switched their focus from tuberculosis and malaria to track and forecast the coronavirus pathogen that was threatening their own country. Mike Fumulare is the group’s lead coronavirus modeler and finds his work days longer than ever, even though…
