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  • Lauren Shoemaker is a second-year graduate student in the IQ Biology program.
    Night at the Museum: With the Society for Vertebrate PaleontologyThe kickoff for the 72nd Annual Meeting for the Society for Vertebrate Paleontology was the night of October 17th—that’s right, the meeting began on National Fossil Day.To be
  • Topher Weiss-Lehman is a second-year graduate student in the IQ Biology program.
    IQ Bio Blog: Science in picturesRecently I was lucky enough to present a poster at the Ecological Society of America (ESA) conference in Portland, Oregon. This is the largest conference of ecologists and evolutionary biologists in the US with over 4
  • Carlos is beginning his second year in the IQ Biology graduate studies program this fall.
    When the student becomes the mentorThis past May, the inaugural class of IQ Biology, including myself, finished its first year of graduate study. It was an interesting year that saw different people from very different backgrounds coexist in an
  • After post-doctoral work at The Broad Institute, Dan Knights will join the computer science faculty at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
    IQ Biology graduate's adventure continuesDan Knights is a humble guy, with very little reason to be humble. A short list of his titles includes high school math teacher, computer scientist and the 2003 Rubik’s Cube World Champion. He has appeared on
  • IQ Biology grad student, Daniel McDonald recently returned from the Workshop on Genomics in the Czech Republic.
    This past January, I had an amazing opportunity to be an instructor at the Workshop on Genomics, and the associated advanced topic sessions, in the Czech Republic. The workshop was hosted in Cesky Krumlov, a UNESCO World Heritage site considered the
  • Computer Science Professor Liz Bradley (left), meets with Rhonda Hoenigman (center) and their collaborator, Assistant Professor in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Nichole Barger, to discuss an algorithm that determines where plants will grow efficiently.
    Multi-discipline research makes a big impact Liz Bradley is a great professor because she loved being a student. The computer science professor graduated from MIT with three degrees, a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., in electrical engineering and
  • Jane Butcher (center) examines some of CU’s latest research results during the poster session at the 2011 Butcher Symposium. Photo credit: Casey Cass, ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ
    Butcher Symposium highlights the success of collaborative researchOn November 11, the Butcher Symposium brought together many of CU’s top researchers to share their current science and to build new scientific collaborations that span disciplines and
  • The Colorado Advantage Preview Weekend is open to college seniors wanting to pursue a STEM-related doctoral degree at CU-Boulder.
    Biofrontiers Institute supports the Colorado Advantage Preview Weekend College seniors looking for their next big academic step will visit CU-Boulder later this month for a weekend of tours and workshops designed to showcase the best that the
  • An agora was a gathering place where early scientists would share and refine ideas.
    A scientific agora in ColoradoAn agora was a gathering place where early scientists would share and refine ideas.The University of Colorado Board of Regents today approved creation of the system-wide University of Colorado Biofrontiers
  • IQ Bio
    The Interdisciplinary Quantitative Biology program (IQ Biology) will enroll its first students in the fall semester of 2011. This unique program crosses eight academic departments to provide broad training in science, mathematics, engineering and
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