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Mathematical modeling for cell behavior, complex social systems, and more: A conversation with Alexandria Volkening
Meet Alexandra Volkening, assistant professor of mathematics and (by courtesy) biomedical engineering at Purdue University!
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6 hours ago4 min read
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Announcing: NITMB Public Lecture with Steven Strogatz
Join us for the NSF-Simons NITMB's first public lecture with New York Times bestselling author, Steven Strogatz!
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Apr 73 min read
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How do cells process information? A conversation with Jeremy Gunawardena
Meet Jeremy Gunawardena, associate professor in the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School
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Mar 286 min read
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What we can learn from how flies set the thermostat
Research from NITMB member explores how differences between forest and desert flies could help explain how climate change impacts insects
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Mar 55 min read
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Expanding the NITMB community and driving collaboration at the Biological Systems that Learn workshop
Hear how attending the Biological Systems that Learn workshop is impacting workshop participants
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Feb 265 min read
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Studying Collective behavior in bacteria and humans: A conversation with Krešimir Josić
Meet Krešimir Josić, John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Houston
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Feb 265 min read
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Two NSF-Simons NITMB Members Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
NITMB members Niall Mangan and Jeremy Hoskins have been awarded prestigious 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships
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Feb 182 min read
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Announcing: Awarded Internal Project Grants
NITMB is proud to announce the Institute has awarded funding to support ten new internal research projects.
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Jan 279 min read
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Many more is different: A conversation with Andrea Liu
Meet Andrea Liu, Hepburn Professor of Physics at the University of Pennsylvania
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Jan 275 min read
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Studying cell division to benefit humanity: A conversation with Orlando Arguello-Miranda
Meet Orlando Arguello-Miranda, assistant professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at North Carolina State University!
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Jan 246 min read
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Exploring complexity in biological systems: A conversation with Oni Basu
Meet NITMB Member Oni Basu, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago
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Jan 214 min read
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What structured computations explain the brain? A conversation with Xaq Pitkow
Meet Xaq Pitkow, associate professor of computational neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University
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Dec 19, 20243 min read
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Upcoming Workshop: Biological Systems that Learn
Explore the NITMB's upcoming workshop, Biological Systems that Learn
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Dec 18, 20242 min read
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How does host immunity regulate pathogen populations? A conversation with Sarah Cobey
Meet Sarah Cobey, NITMB Member and Professor of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago
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Dec 16, 20243 min read
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Igniting the future of interdisciplinary research at the Random Dynamical Systems, with Applications in Biology workshop
Mathematicians and biologists from around the world recently convened for the Random Dynamical Systems, with Applications in Biology
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Nov 24, 20248 min read
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Learning about phenotypes through genetic perturbations: A conversation with Ben Kuznets-Speck
Meet Ben Kuznets-Speck, postdoctoral research fellow at Northwestern University
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Nov 15, 20243 min read
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Applying statistical models to social impact research: A conversation with Sonja Petrović
Meet Sonja Petrović, Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Illinois Institute of Technology
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Nov 1, 20246 min read
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Uncovering the impact of microbes on primate ecology and evolution: A conversation with Katherine Amato
We spoke with Professor Amato to explore the impact of microbes on primates
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Oct 28, 20243 min read
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Solving complex machine learning optimization problems: A conversation with Jorge Nocedal
We spoke with Professor Nocedal to learn more about his work with optimization
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Oct 24, 20243 min read
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Upcoming Workshop: Random Dynamical Systems, with Applications in Biology
Explore the NITMB's upcoming workshop, Random Dynamical Systems, with Applications in Biology
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Oct 21, 20242 min read
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