REU Site: Research at the Intersection of Biology and Mathematics

REU 网站：生物学和数学交叉点的研究

• 批准号: 1359341
• 负责人: David Carroll
• 金额: $ 31.92万
• 依托单位: Florida Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-10-01 至 2018-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1359341&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Research; Intersection; Biology

This REU Site award to the Florida Institute of Technology, located in Melbourne, FL will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. The REU program is open to all undergraduate students who are citizens, nationals or permanent residents of the United States. Students trained in the program will gain skills in lab research, develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, understand the process of science, and be able to communicate their research results to their peers and the general public. Students will have an opportunity to present their results at a national conference. The REU program provides an experience to students that is typically not available to them at their home institutions. Students from schools with limited opportunities for research and from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.This REU Site program will recruit students interested in integrating biology and mathematics research. There is a need to greatly improve the quantitative and computational skills of students in biology as well as capture the interest of mathematicians and computer scientists in addressing emerging problems in biology. There will be a strong emphasis on problem solving and the direct application of modern mathematical and computational methods to current problems in the biological sciences ranging from cell and molecular biology to ecology. Students will work in teams on a specific research problem with significant support from faculty. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://research.fit.edu/reu/biomath/biomath.php, or by contacting the PI (Dr. David Carroll at [e-mail]) or the co-PI (Dr. Munevver Subasi at [e-mail]).

REU 授予位于佛罗里达州墨尔本的佛罗里达理工学院的场地奖将支持 10 名学生在 2015 年至 2017 年夏季进行为期 10 周的培训。 REU 项目向所有美国公民、国民或永久居民的本科生开放。接受该计划培训的学生将获得实验室研究技能，培养批判性思维和解决问题的能力，了解科学过程，并能够向同行和公众传达他们的研究成果。学生将有机会在全国会议上展示他们的成果。 REU 项目为学生提供了在其所在院校通常无法获得的体验。我们鼓励来自研究机会有限的学校和代表性不足群体的学生申请。该 REU 站点计划将招收对整合生物学和数学研究感兴趣的学生。需要极大地提高生物学学生的定量和计算技能，并激发数学家和计算机科学家对解决生物学中新问题的兴趣。将重点强调解决问题以及将现代数学和计算方法直接应用于从细胞和分子生物学到生态学等生物科学中的当前问题。学生将在教师的大力支持下以团队形式研究特定的研究问题。由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有 REU 项目均使用基于网络的通用评估工具，用于确定培训项目的有效性。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并且必须回复通过 NSF 报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。如需了解更多信息，请访问 http://research.fit.edu/reu/biomath/biomath.php，或联系 PI（David Carroll 博士，[e-mail]）或联合 PI（Munevver 博士）苏巴西 ([e-mail])。