CMCI wishes hire two postdoctoral research associates in geospatial modeling. Position 1 will initially engage in collaborative research with the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute to use geospatial modeling of water quality and health data to predict the effects of water quality on human health. Position 2 will be part of the recently funded NSF-EPSCoR…
Several people reported the correct answer and students and postdocs were rewarded with chocolate at the CMCI Luncheon yesterday. The image was created by CMCI Postdoctoral Fellow Dharmesh Patel for the College of Science 2018 Photography and Graphic Arts Contest. Congratulations to CMCI student researcher Emmanuel Ijezie who submitted one of the top 5 images…
Project Team: Kristopher Waynant, Darren Thompson, Tyler Siegford, Jacob Kennedy, Dharmesh Patel Start Date: February 1, 2019 In preparation for a grant proposal to the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research, CMCI Postdoctoral Fellow Dharmesh Patel will be dedicating some of his time over the next few months to prepare models for Chemistry faculty…
Project Director: Min Xian Project Team: Aleksandar Vakanski Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in females. Early detection of breast tumors is critical to increasing the survival of women diagnosed with this disease. This project serves as a key step to achieving the long-term goal of making accurate early detection of…
Dr. Bryan Cwik, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and University Studies at Portland State University, will be speaking at CMCI’s Brown Bag Lunch on Monday, February 11, 12:30 p.m., in the Collaboratorium. Title: Moving Beyond ‘Therapy’ and ‘Enhancement’ in the Ethics of Gene Editing Abstract: Since the advent of recombinant DNA technology, expectations (and trepidations) about…
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…
The IBEST/CMCI Seminar Series for the Spring 2019 semester has been finalized. All seminars will be held in LSS 277, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Jan 24 – Aaron King, University of Michigan“Efficient Scientific Inference for Stochastic Dynamical Systems” Feb 07 – Bruce Rannala, UC Davis“The Species Delimitation Dilemma” Mar 28 – Peter Ralph, University of…
College of Science Dean Ginger Carney recently announced the recipient’s of this year’s Hill Undergraduate Research Fellowships. Madison Bergeman, who works with Professor Christine Parent, was one of eight recipients for her project, “Effects of sequential co-infection of viruses in Drosophila adult flies.” Additionally, CMCI-affiliated undergraduates Brandon Larsen and Nicole Recla were also each awarded…
The CMCI Modeler’s Workshop with Aaron King on Friday, January 25, 2019, is for faculty, postdocs and students interested in biological dynamics, infectious disease ecology, inference for stochastic processes and time series analysis. The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and lunch is included. — REGISTER HERE! — Registration is required and…
Dear Friends & Colleagues, I have a few informational items to bring to your attention: WHEN SHOULD YOU CITE CMCI P20GM104420? Future funding requires we document our impact. Therefore, it’s critically important that you cite the grant when appropriate: Your work was conceived or carried out as part of a CMCI Working Group. The research…