Working Group leader: Tanya Miura Group members: Paul Rowley, Shunji Li, Angela Crabtree, Sierra Beach, Kevin Hutchinson, Laura Steiner, Jordan Richter, Mark Lee, Lance Fredericks Originated: August, 2017 Description: MoVIES is a group designed to bring together the two IMCI-affiliated eukaryotic virology labs at U of I to discuss empirical approaches to test computational predictions…
Reproducibility of research results across repeated studies is a defining feature of science. However, in the last few years scientists across several fields including (but not limited to) psychology, cancer biology, biochemical science, preclinical research, ecology, and evolution have been facing difficulty reproducing well-known results in their respective fields. This disconcerting trend has resulted in…
Project Team: Marty Ytreberg (PI), Craig Miller, Brandon Ogbunugafor (University of Vermont), Daniel Weinreich (Brown University) Understanding how genotypes map to organismal phenotypes is one of the great unsolved problems in modern biology. This research is built on the principle that the biophysical properties of proteins represent general, computationally-predictable intermediaries for mapping genotypes to phenotypes. The…
Working Group leader: Bryn Martin Group members: Gordon Murdoch, Nathan Schiele, Gabriel Potirniche, Bert Tanner, Martin Mortazavi, Sajid Suriya Originated: September 2017 Description: This group is focused on measurement and modeling with respect to TBI. In specific, we are carrying out an INBRE Pilot project research grant project entitled, “Investigating the Impact of Arachnoid Trabeculae…
Project Team: Aleksandar Vakanski, Stephen Lee, David Paul, Russell Baker, Hyung-Pil Jun The long-term goal of this project is to develop a commercial system for evaluation of physical therapy and rehabilitation exercises performed by patients in a home-based setting. The system will employ a machine learning approach for evaluation of patient movements, based on input…
Project Team: Jakob Magolan (PI), Xiong Zhang, Jagdish Patel Depression is a common psychiatric disorder. According to the most prevalent monoamine theory, depression is caused by an imbalance of brain neurotransmitters: serotonin, noradrenaline, and dopamine. All currently available antidepressant drugs act mainly by increasing the concentration of these in the brain. Primary drawbacks of current…
Project Team: Tao Xing (PI), Gordon Murdoch (co-PI) and Rabijit Dutta (co-PI) With support from Percussionaire Corp based in Sagle, Idaho, the team will test the new Phasitron design. They will compare the pressure and tidal volumes and the net flow entertainment under various lung conditions. They will also explore computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations…
Working Group leader: Helen Brown Group members: Christopher Murphy, Erich Seamon, Chris Williams, Nurbanu Bursa, Jennifer Hinds Originated: November 2016 Description: This working group started out as, “Small Area Estimation of Obesity-related Indicators (Modeling Obesity Indicators – MOI).” MIH has continued to refine and expand work to generate small-area estimates (SAE) of Idaho health indicators…