Writing Working Group (Writing WG)
Come join the Writing Working Group on Tuesdays @1:30-4:30pm in the Collaboratorium (IRIC 352) for a consistent and accountable time and place to write!
Come join the Writing Working Group on Tuesdays @1:30-4:30pm in the Collaboratorium (IRIC 352) for a consistent and accountable time and place to write!
Our special guest, Johan Paulsson of Harvard Medical school put on quite the show with his exciting talk: Single-cell and evolutionary approaches to basic microbial physiology and diagnostics. Despite having such incredible technology paired with brilliant minds, we as a community continue to face challenges navigating a difficult social landscape. A Zoom recording to the…
Bring a lunch and come join the crew as Chenangnon Tovissode presents a mock job talk. His topic is “From Genes to Epidemics: Integrating Machine Learning and Mechanistic Models“. In this presentation, Chenangnon will explore two complementary approaches to investigating causal mechanisms in biological and social systems. The first part focuses on uncovering causal pathways from…
The primary objective of this discussion is to present findings on how residency, exposure history, and risk perception influence Idahoans’ protective behaviors toward wildfire smoke, as modeled using structural equation modeling (SEM) to link psychometric constructs with observed behaviors. We will also seek feedback on our proposed future study, which will employ threshold and regression models to…
Faced with a lethal stress, microbial populations must either evolve genetic resistance or die, right? For Methylobacterium extorquens, lethal levels of the toxic metabolic intermediate formaldehyde can select for mutants beneficial in this environment, but we have also found that they can survive via epigenetic inheritance. This occurs at much higher rates and can be passed…
Our very own Tinashe Gashirai will present a talk this coming Monday (09/29)! The main aim of this discussion is to trigger a conversation between mathematical modelers and experimentalists on how the concurrent formulation of mathematical model and running of experiments could increase the utility of math models in informing optimal experimental design. Tinashe will use…
In this presentation, Lon Chubiz will explore the consequences of antagonistic interactions between microbes during assembly of microbial communities. Many experimental and theoretical studies on microbial communities focus on how interactions between microbes from diverse species shape their assembly. Often overlooked are interactions between members of the same species. These interactions are frequently highly competitive…