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Fox Research Studies Cancer Susceptibility in Threatened Wildlife Populations

A recent study aims to analyze the connection between cancer susceptibility and genes in wildlife populations – a connection that could further decipher the role of cancer in threatened wildlife populations.

2022-12-19
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Falcon Supercomputer Now Available to U of I Researchers

Falcon, a supercomputer offering more than 10 times the processing power of any academic cluster in the region, is now available for use by University of Idaho faculty, staff and student researchers.

2022-12-15
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Data-Driven Action

Recent grant to bring comprehensive health data to Idaho for the first time

2022-12-07
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Genomic Inference Workshop Benefits University of Idaho Chipmunk Research

BCB doctoral student David Sneddon is using what he learned in a workshop on genomic inference from low-coverage whole-genome sequencing data for his thesis investigating the red-tailed chipmunk genome.

2022-11-30
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From Moscow to Silicon Valley and Back Again

John Brunsfeld’s passion for technology and the arts brought him from Moscow to Silicon Valley and back again. A full stack developer for IIDS, he works on projects that help make positive, non-commercial impacts on the community.

2022-11-16
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Computer Science Alumna Shares Experience as Software Engineer

University of Idaho alumna Samantha Heck (’19) returned to Moscow to share her experience as a high-level software engineer at Commerce Architects to Computer Science seniors.

2022-10-31
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Mathematical Models Allow Researchers to Predict Viral Spillover from Wildlife to Humans

An interesting phenomenon arises when killing off wildlife populations that are transmitting lethal diseases to humans: it tends to increase viral spillover. Scott Nuismer explores why and how this occurs in his latest publication.

2022-10-28
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Outreach Activity Teaches High School Students About Molecular Deformation & Additive Manufacturing

A group of students at Pullman High School explored the science behind the PrinTimber project, which uses 3D printing to transform timber waste into housing. They learned how polymers change when stretched on a molecular level. PrinTimber utilizes this concept to benefit affordability, sustainability, and tackle climate change one house at a time.

2022-10-24
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Bats and Biological Puzzles

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate Courtney Schreiner uses math to solve biological puzzles—piecing together information through mathematical models to reveal a complete biological or ecological story. Her career goal is to become a quantitative disease ecologist, and she is combining her diverse interests to get there.

2022-09-23
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Modeling a Zombie Plague as a Teaching Tool

This simulation being developed by Polymorphic Games teaches how infection spreads.

2022-09-12
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Science Writing & Design Internships

Combine science with writing or design in one of our two internships this semester!

2022-09-01
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Eva Top Named AAAS Fellow for Work on Drug Resistant Bacteria

Department of Biological Sciences Professor Emerita Eva Top was elected to the rank of Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in recognition of her pioneering work on the ecology and evolution of multiple drug resistance plasmids in bacteria.

2022-01-28
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Herpesvirus-Vectored Transmissible Vaccines Show Promise

Recent BCB graduate Tanner Varrelman published a paper examining the effectiveness of herpes viruses as vectors for transmissible vaccines. He found that these types of vaccines could have the potential to manage infectious diseases in wildlife populations.

2022-01-20
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Climate Change in a Galápagos Snail Shell

Christine Parent was first inspired by the Galápagos islands when she was eighteen. After years of specialization on endemic land snails, she realized the need for a broader, interdisciplinary vantage point on the ecosystem.

2022-01-13

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