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The National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) aims to transform the practice of biological research and mathematics

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⏰ Travel applications for the ‘Evolutionary Games: Mathematical Theory and Biological Insights’ workshop close THIS WEEK!

Apply by Wednesday, March 11th to secure your spot at the workshop
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09.03.2026 19:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Research | NITMB Learn more about the NITMB's Research Themes and see exciting new research funding opportunities

Sharing space and ideas, NITMB and SkAI are transforming research and inspiring new developments, contributing to the futures of a multitude of disciplines.

Learn more about NITMB research at www.nitmb.org/research
Learn more about SkAI research at skai-institute.org/research/ska...

09.03.2026 17:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Research | NITMB Learn more about the NITMB's Research Themes and see exciting new research funding opportunities

Institute directors Antonio Auffinger (Director, NITMB) and Vicky Kalogera (PI and Director, SkAI), along with Adam Miller, Madhav Mani, Emma Alexander, and Niall Mangan presented developments from the frontiers of interdisciplinary research with the Northwestern Board of Trustees in attendance

09.03.2026 17:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Building the future of collaborative interdisciplinary scientific research

NSF-Simons Institutes NITMB and @skai-institute.bsky.social (AI institute for the Sky) had faculty recently share developments on new collaborative work from both institutes, driving innovation across fields

09.03.2026 17:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Unravelling the structure of behavioral variation from data

Don’t miss this week’s entry in the NITMB Seminar Series! Featuring @antoniocbscosta.bsky.social, INSERM CRCNPI at @institutducerveau.bsky.social

Join us at NITMB or online on Friday, March 13th
www.nitmb.org/nitmb-semina...

09.03.2026 14:30 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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NITMB Seminar Series | NITMB The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Seminar Series aims to bring together a mix of mathematicians and biologists to foster discussion and collaboration between the…

🗓️Find the upcoming NITMB Seminar Series schedule at www.nitmb.org/nitmb-semina...

06.03.2026 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Octopus odor navigation - Extracting directional information from turbulent flow fields
Octopus odor navigation - Extracting directional information from turbulent flow fields Recorded on 03/06/2026 Watch the recording without ads at https://www.nitmb.org/nitmb-seminar-series-recordings Title: Octopus odor navigation - Extracting directional information from turbulent…

🎥 A recording of the seminar is available now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl3o...

Join us for the next entry in the NITMB Seminar Series featuring @antoniocbscosta.bsky.social (PI, @institutducerveau.bsky.social ) on Friday, March 13th!

06.03.2026 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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🐙 Octopus odor navigation - Extracting directional information from turbulent flow fields

Thank you for joining us at this week’s entry in the NITMB Seminar Series! Featuring Venkatesh Gopal, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at Elmhurst University!

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06.03.2026 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Octopus odor navigation - Extracting directional information from turbulent flow fields

Venkatesh Gopal, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at Elmhurst University, shares recent work on octopus odor following at today’s entry in the NITMB Seminar Series!

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06.03.2026 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t miss tomorrow’s entry in the NITMB Seminar Series!

Venkatesh Gopal, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at Elmhurst University, shares recent work on odor plume following by octopuses

Join us at NITMB or online tomorrow at 10am CT
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05.03.2026 16:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This week’s Work-in-Progress meeting features Aaron Scheiner, PhD candidate in Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics at Northwestern University!

Work-in-Progress meetings are a venue for the NITMB community to discuss planned or in-progress work

04.03.2026 21:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Travel applications for our upcoming workshop, ‘Evolutionary Games: Mathematical Theory and Biological Insights,’ close in one week!

Don’t miss this convening of interdisciplinary evolutionary game theory researchers charting new directions for theory and applications

www.nitmb.org/evolutionary...

04.03.2026 17:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Experts in applied stochastic processes and biological dynamics are invited to join us at an upcoming workshop exploring the critical, yet underdeveloped, role of extreme and rare events in enabling reliable biological function!

Learn more -
www.nitmb.org/extreme-even...

03.03.2026 18:15 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Explore recent work on the first laboratory observations of odor plume following by octopuses at this week’s NITMB Seminar!

Featuring Venkatesh Gopal, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at Elmhurst University

Join us Friday, March 6th - www.nitmb.org/nitmb-semina...

02.03.2026 21:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Development of a biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we decoding from a tortured manifold?
Development of a biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we decoding from a tortured manifold? Recorded on 02/27/2026 Watch the recording without ads at https://www.nitmb.org/nitmb-seminar-series-recordings Title: Development of a universal, biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we…

🎥 A recording of the talk is available now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtaf...

Join us for next week's entry in the NITMB Seminar Series with Venkatesh Gopal, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at Elmhurst University, on Friday, March 6th!

27.02.2026 21:59 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Development of a universal, biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we decoding from a tortured manifold?

Thank you for joining us at today's entry in the NITMB Seminar Series! Featuring Lee E. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University

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27.02.2026 21:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This morning at NITMB: Lee E. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University, explores ‘Development of a universal, biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we decoding from a tortured manifold?’

Join us at NITMB or online at 10am CT!
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27.02.2026 14:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Extreme Events in Biological Functions Navigate

Travel applications for our upcoming ‘Extreme Events in Biological Function’ workshop are due Wednesday, April 1st www.nitmb.org/extreme-even...

26.02.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Are you an expert in applied stochastic processes and biological dynamics?

Join us at NITMB for a workshop exploring the critical yet underdeveloped role of extreme and rate events in enabling biological function!

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26.02.2026 18:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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NITMB Seminar Series | NITMB The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Seminar Series aims to bring together a mix of mathematicians and biologists to foster discussion and collaboration between the…

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26.02.2026 15:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Development of a universal, biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we decoding from a tortured manifold?

Lee E. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University, presents at tomorrow’s entry in the NITMB Seminar Series!

Join us at NITMB or online at 10am tomorrow (🔗 ⬇️)

26.02.2026 15:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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This week’s Work-in-Progress meeting features @biophysben.bsky.social, postdoc in the @goyallab.bsky.social Lab at Northwestern University!

Work-in-Progress meetings are a venue for members of the NITMB community to discuss planned or in-progress work

25.02.2026 21:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join an interdisciplinary community of evolutionary game theory researchers charting new directions for theory and applications at the ‘Evolutionary Games: Mathematical Theory and Biological Insights’ workshop!

Travel applications are due Wednesday, March 11th - www.nitmb.org/evolutionary...

24.02.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Don’t miss this week’s entry in the NITMB Seminar Series!

Featuring Lee E. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University!

Join us at NITMB or online on Friday, February 27th
www.nitmb.org/nitmb-semina...

23.02.2026 20:47 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NITMB Seminar Series | NITMB The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Seminar Series aims to bring together a mix of mathematicians and biologists to foster discussion and collaboration between the…

Join us on Friday, February 27th for the next entry in the NITMB Seminar Series with Lee E. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience at Northwestern University, on 'Development of a universal, biomimetic Brain-Computer Interface: Are we decoding from a tortured manifold?'

20.02.2026 21:50 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Biofilms: Modeling nanomaterial biofilm transport dynamics and microbiome-immune dynamics
Biofilms: Modeling nanomaterial biofilm transport dynamics and microbiome-immune dynamics Recorded on 02/20/2026 Watch the recording without ads at https://www.nitmb.org/nitmb-seminar-series-recordings Title: Biofilms: Modeling nanomaterial biofilm transport dynamics and…

📽️ A recording of the seminar is available now at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYg9...

20.02.2026 21:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Biofilms: Modeling nanomaterial biofilm transport dynamics and microbiome-immune dynamics

Thank you for joining us at today's entry in the NITMB Seminar Series! Featuring A-Andrew D. Jones III, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University

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20.02.2026 21:50 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Biofilms: Modeling nanomaterial biofilm transport dynamics and microbiome-immune dynamics

Join us at 10:45am CT at NITMB or online for today’s NITMB Seminar with A-Andrew D. Jones III, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University!

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20.02.2026 14:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NITMB Seminar Series | NITMB The NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology Seminar Series aims to bring together a mix of mathematicians and biologists to foster discussion and collaboration between the ...

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19.02.2026 17:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tomorrow: A-Andrew D. Jones III, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, highlights novel tools developed by the Jones lab for the study of biofilm dynamics, as part of the NITMB Seminar Series!

Join us at NITMB or online tomorrow at 10:45 am CT

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