M-EID Events

Hekki Harrio, Markov Chain Monte Carlo

As a part of IGERT Scholar in Residence program, Professor Heikki Haario of Finland (Lappeenranta University of Technology and University of Helsinki) will present a short course on Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) approach for estimation of reliability regions for dynamic models parameters identified by fitting model results to data. The topics of major examples addressed in the short course will be familiar to the IGERT students: the model problems statements are going to be taken from core IGERT course Math 414 final projects. However, the treatment of reliability regions estimates for these examples will be somewhat different. The short course will ideally complement the material that the IGERT students acquired during the fall semester of 2007 in the core course Math 414.

Professor Harrio is available for individually scheduled appointments. Please contact Kate Tran at the MEID office to schedule a time to meet 406-243-5670.

IMB Seminar

Speaker: Dr. Clifford F. Weil, Purdue University

Topic: “Mining Genetic Variation in Maize”

OBE Seminar

Speaker: Kerry Metlen

Topic: TBA

WBIO Seminar

Speaker: Renée Duckworth, Harvard University

Topic: "Evolutionary ecology of avian behavior: from developmental variation to species diversification"

M-EID Journal Club

Stefan Ekernas will be running the club this week.

Math Weekly Seminar Schedule

Rocky Mountain Labs

Speakers: Myers and Ammann

Topics: “Friend Virus infection in the liver” and “Friend Virus Infection in chronic LDV infected mice”

For more information, visit: http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/organization/dir/rml/.

M-EID Opportunities

Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships for 2009

Applications are now being accepted for the 2009 Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships Program for Achieving Excellence in College and University Teaching.

U.S. citizen or national; Planning a career in teaching and research at the college or university level in a research-based field of science, social sciences, or humanities

Predoctoral--$20,000 to the fellow, institutional allowance of $2,000 for three years

Dissertation--$21,000 for one year

Postdoctoral--$40,000 for one year, $1,500 employing institution allowance, to be matched by employing institution

Awardees have expenses paid to attend one Conference of Ford Fellows

Approximately 60 predoctoral, 35 dissertation, and 20 postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Ford Foundation and administered by the National Research Council of the National Academies

Predoctoral: November 14, 2008

Dissertation: November 28, 2008

Postdoctoral: November 28, 2008

For more information visit http://nationalacademies.org/fellowships