Congratulations to Jagdish Patel and Marty Ytreberg! Their article, “Expanding the watch list for potential Ebola virus antibody escape mutations” was recently selected to be featured on the PLOS Ebola Channel. The PLOS Ebola Channel was launched in response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They work with authors and…
The cover of Science Magazine currently features an important discovery made by an international research team: deep-sea fish can see more than just one color. When a Switzerland- and Australia-based research team recently needed to validate their findings regarding what colors of light a deep-sea fish species could see at up to 1500 meters below…
Yesterday, the University of Idaho took delivery of a just-released, state-of-the-art DNA sequencer: PacBio Sequel II. This instrument is one of the very first of its kind in the entire world. And because we are one of the first organizations to acquire the machine, it also means that we will be one of the very…
Nearly two dozen people gathered in the Collaboratorium for an unusual Brown Bag Lunch on Monday to learn a little about virus structure and to make their own beaded virus. Our beginning work looked nothing like Holly’s expert designs but we had fun trying!
Project Team: Paul Rowley, Jagdish Patel, Dharmesh Patel Start Date: May 2019 Molecular dynamics simulations will help Principal Investigators Rowley and Jagdish Patel analyze FoldX. The team expects this research to lead to a publication and serve as the foundation for future grants to investigate haptoglobin evolution in other mammalian species that serve as reservoirs…
Congratulations to James (JT) Van Leuven, who was recently awarded the U of I’s Outstanding Post-Doctoral Scholar/Fellow Award! JT has been a postdoc at the Center for Modeling Complex Interactions (CMCI) for 3 years. CMCI is a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary endeavor where JT successfully utilizes his wide breadth of scientific skills. He is a…
The University Awards for Excellence recognize and encourage excellence in all forms at the academic level. Recently, the 2019 Interdisciplinary Award was presented to the Flow Ventilators Team for their collaborative efforts for working to improve treatments for asthma and other lung diseases. Team members include 4 researchers from 2 colleges: Tao Xing, associate professor…
Working Group leader: Lihong Zhao Group members: Yusuf Omoson (Morehouse School of Medicine), German Enciso (UC Irvine), Ming Tan (UC Irvine), Scott Grieshaber Originated: April, 2019 Description: This working group is interested in using mathematical modeling to understand the association of microbial dynamics in the genital tract of female mice with Chlamydia infection. They will…
CMCI participants presented 24 posters at the Science Expo on Friday. The poster session and lunch buffet are part of CMCI’s annual meetings with External Advisory Committee (EAC). In addition to attending the poster session, EAC members Irene Eckstrand, Harmit Malik and Fred Adler met with project leaders, CMCI modeling fellows and staff, U of…
CMCI is one of many organizations on the U of I campus that offers research opportunities to undergraduate students. David Pfeiffer, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research says: Vandals in Focus is a magazine created by undergraduate students about undergraduate student research. And the 2019 edition has just been released. Read the stories and…