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New 2025 External Project Grants Awarded
NITMB is proud to announce the Institute has awarded funding to six new external research projects

NITMB
Jul 297 min read
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From REU to Population Biology Workshop Participant: A Conversation with Mete Yuksel
Meet Mete Yuksel, PhD Student in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto!

NITMB
Jul 176 min read
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Driving Discovery and Innovation Through Biofilms: A Conversation with Andrew Jones
Meet Andrew Jones, assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University!

NITMB
Jun 276 min read
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NSF-Simons NITMB Welcomes Second Annual Cohort of Summer Undergraduate Research Program Participants
The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology is excited to welcome the second annual cohort of the Institute’s...

NITMB
Jun 261 min read
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NSF-Simons NITMB appoints Dr. Joseph Hibdon as First Rotating Associate Director for Convening Programs
The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Math in Biology (NITMB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joseph Hibdon as the inaugural Rotating Associate Director for Convening Programs.

NITMB
Jun 92 min read
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How do cells behave collectively? A conversation with Andreas Buttenschoen
Meet Andreas Buttenschoen, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst!

NITMB
May 294 min read
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NSF-Simons NITMB to Welcome Second NITMB Fellows Cohort
We're excited to welcome the second cohort of NITMB Fellows starting Summer 2025

NITMB
Apr 283 min read
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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!

NITMB
Apr 254 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!

NITMB
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

NITMB
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

NITMB
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

NITMB
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

NITMB
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

NITMB
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.

NITMB
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

NITMB
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!

NITMB
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

NITMB
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

NITMB
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

NITMB
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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