UBM-Group: Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics Training Program at NJIT

UBM 集团：NJIT 本科生物和数学培训项目

• 批准号: 0926232
• 负责人: Victor Matveev
• 金额: $ 23.98万
• 依托单位: New Jersey Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0926232&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: UBM; Group; Undergraduate; Biology; Mathematics

The Group Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics Training Program(G-UBMTP) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will provide long-term research experience for undergraduate students majoring in Mathematics and Biology, taking advantage of the unique strong ties between the Departments of Mathematics and Biology at NJIT, and building upon the achievements and curricular modifications of the preceding NSF-funded Institutional UBM program. The goal of this Project is to continue the training of students skilled in the combined application of experimental and quantitative techniques. The proposal aims to train 6 students per year, broken into three groups, with joint mentoring of each 2-student group by a pair of faculty from the Department of Mathematical Sciences (NJIT) and the Federated Department of Biological Sciences (NJIT/Rutgers-Newark). The program will start in the spring semester, with students taking the required Introduction to Mathematical Biology course, fulfilling other academic requirements, and starting rotations through the laboratories of investigators involved in this Project, while attending weekly group meetings and seminars. The trainees will spend 9 weeks of the following summer working on the chosen research project, which will continue in the Fall Semester. Special emphasis will be made on the development of written and oral communication skills, with students required to make regular presentations at weekly group meetings. Students will write a final report of research results and findings, in a publishable format. The proposed research projects cover a diverse set of Mathematical Biology areas, focusing on different topics in Neuroscience, Ecology or Cell Biology, and will be guided by 11 investigators from the Departments of Biology and Mathematics, with an additional pool of Mathematics and Biology investigators with interdisciplinary experience ready to participate if need arises.The main aim of the proposed Training Program is to provide an opportunity for NJIT undergraduate students to participate in a variety of interdisciplinary research projects combining Biology and Mathematics and to prepare the students to pursue graduate studies or industrial scientific research in the increasingly interdisciplinary fields of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Ecology. To accomplish this goal, this project will combine the resources and strengths of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at NJIT and the Federated Department of Biological Sciences (NJIT/Rutgers-Newark). The involvement of these two Departments will further increase the collaboration between investigators working within different academic disciplines, leading to new research projects, and potentially resulting in new findings and discoveries. As a teaching and research institution, NJIT is particularly well positioned to achieve these goals, due to historically strong interdisciplinary links between the Departments of Mathematics and Biology. In fact, several leading investigators involved in this project hold or have held dual appointments in the Departments of Mathematical and Biological Sciences. The successful outcome of this proposal may also serve as a catalyst for increased interdisciplinary collaborations at other institutions. Further, this Project will broaden the training of groups underrepresented in science, since NJIT has one of the highest proportions of students from underrepresented groups and minorities in the country. The proposed Training Program will also increase the involvement of women in research, as about 40% of the participants of the preceding Institutional UBM program at NJIT were women. The recruitment of women and minority students will remain one of the priorities for this Project. Finally, the broad dissemination of the results of the student research projects is an integral part of this proposal, and a special emphasis will be made on the training of oral and written presentation skills of the trainees, which are indispensable for the future career of a scientist and for the successful communication of research results to a larger community.

新泽西技术学院（NJIT）的小组本科生物学和数学培训计划（G-UBMTP）将为数学和生物学领域的专业学生提供长期的研究经验，利用NJIT的数学和生物学部门之间的独特牢固联系，并建立在NJIT的数学和生物学方面之间，并建立了精加工的成就。 程序。该项目的目的是继续培训熟练的实验和定量技术合并应用的学生。该提案旨在每年培训6名学生，分为三组，并由数学科学系（NJIT）和联邦生物科学系（NJIT/RUTGERS-NEWARK）的一对教职员工共同指导每个2名学生。该课程将在春季学期开始，学生们对数学生物学课程进行了必要的介绍，满足其他学术要求，并通过参与该项目的调查人员的实验室开始轮换，同时参加每周的小组会议和研讨会。受训人员将在次年夏天花9周的时间在选定的研究项目中工作，该项目将在秋季学期持续。特别重点将是书面和口头沟通技巧的发展，学生需要在每周小组会议上定期演讲。学生将以可发布的格式撰写研究结果和发现的最终报告。拟议的研究项目涵盖了一系列数学生物学领域，重点关注神经科学，生态学或细胞生物学领域的不同主题，并将受到生物学和数学部门的11位研究人员的指导，数学和生物学研究人员的额外学科经验可以在拟议的培训方面提供促进的培训。跨学科研究项目结合了生物学和数学，并准备在细胞生物学，神经科学和生态学的日益跨学科领域中攻读研究生研究或工业科学研究。为了实现这一目标，该项目将结合NJIT数学科学系和联合生物科学系（NJIT/RUTGERS-NEWARK）的资源和优势。这两个部门的参与将进一步增加不同学科的研究人员之间的合作，从而导致新的研究项目，并可能导致新发现和发现。作为一家教学和研究机构，由于历史上牢固的跨学科跨学科联系，NJIT在数学和生物学部门之间的跨学科联系尤为明显。实际上，参与该项目的一些主要调查员在数学和生物科学部门持有双重任命。该提案的成功结果也可以作为增加其他机构跨学科合作的催化剂。此外，由于NJIT拥有来自该国代表性不足的团体和少数群体中最高比例的学生，因此该项目将扩大对科学领域不足的群体的培训。拟议的培训计划还将增加妇女参与研究的参与，因为NJIT上一个机构UBM计划的参与者中约有40％是女性。招募妇女和少数民族学生将仍然是该项目的优先事项之一。最后，对学生研究项目结果的广泛传播是该提案不可或缺的一部分，并且将特别重视受训者的口头和书面演讲技巧，这对于科学家的未来职业以及成功与更大的社区进行研究结果的沟通是必不可少的。