The Interdisciplinary Quantitative Bioscience (IQB) Program at UMBC

UMBC 跨学科定量生物科学 (IQB) 项目

• 批准号: 7869312
• 负责人: LASSE A LINDAHL
• 金额: $ 26.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-15 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7869312
• 关键词: Bioinformatics; Biological; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; Biometry; Biophysics; CCL7 gene; Cellular biology; Collaborations; Data Analyses; Development; Doctor of Philosophy; Education; Educational process of instructing; Ensure; Environment; Evaluation; Exposure to; Faculty; Funding; Genetic; Goals; Individual; Information Systems; Institutes; Laboratories; Learning; Link; Mathematical Biology; Mathematics; Measurable; Minority Groups; Modeling; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; National Research Council; Participant; Phase; Physics; Qualifying; Quantitative Genetics; Recruitment Activity; Reporting; Research; Research Personnel; Scholarship; Science; Scientist; Series; Students; System; Work; biological research; career; cohort; computer science; design; experience; falls; graduate student; instrument; interest; lecturer; mathematical model; meetings; programs; research study; statistics; symposium; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Interdisciplinary Quantitative Bioscience (IQB) Program at UMBC will respond to the challenges described in the National Research Council report, Bio 2010: Undergraduate Education to Prepare Biomedical Research Scientists. The IQB Program is the product of an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary faculty effort involving support from Phase I MARC Curricular Improvement funds, which included a regional symposium at UMBC, and the MAS' Winter Institute on course development. The IQB Program builds on core strengths of faculty from the Departments of Mathematics and Statistics, Information Systems, Physics, and Biological Sciences. This initiative takes a multi-prong approach to ensure undergraduates, especially students from underrepresented groups in the sciences, value the application of mathematics and statistics, physics and information systems to biological problems. UMBC will create intensive learning environments by employing interdepartmental teams of faculty and teaching assistants. Honors designation will be added to new key courses required for the biological sciences major and a Certificate in Quantitative Biosciences will be established with a progressive series of related course work. The initiative begins with summer seminars at UMBC by exciting guest speakers who use quantitative sciences in their research to inspire participants in the eight-week Meyerhoff Scholarship Summer Bridge Program and summer undergraduate researchers from UMBC and beyond. A one-credit fall seminar course will use guest lecturers to enthuse undergraduates, especially first-year students, about the power of quantitative biosciences. A linked six-credit BIOL 100 Laboratory course with Statistics 350 will incorporate data analysis and model building. Students will benefit from designated two-credit laboratory courses that explore and build mathematical models in genetics (BIOL 312HL) and cell biology (BIOL 313HL). New four-credit basic physics courses, PHYS 111 and 112, will incorporate biological applications for biology majors. A Perl programming course (Information Systems) and a new Introduction to Biophysics (Physics) provided through other funding will add breadth to available course work. A 400-level course developed by a new biology faculty hire will provide a related upper-level elective in the quantitative biosciences. The IQB Program will institutionalize the integration of quantitative sciences into the biological sciences at UMBC. Students who complete the Quantitative Biosciences certificate will be more competitive for acceptance into many Ph.D. programs, and all students will benefit from exposure to seminars and individual courses demonstrating the value of mathematical tools in the biomedical sciences. Comprehensive evaluations using course learning objectives will maximize IQB Program efficacy and ensure that needed changes are identified and incorporated.

描述（由申请人提供）：UMBC的跨学科定量生物科学（IQB）计划将应对国家研究委员会报告中描述的挑战，2010年生物：本科教育，以准备生物医学研究科学家。 IQB计划是部门间和跨学科的教师努力的产物，涉及I阶段MARC课程改善基金的支持，其中包括UMBC的区域研讨会以及MAS课程开发的MAS冬季研究所。 IQB计划基于数学和统计，信息系统，物理和生物科学系的核心优势。 该倡议采用多种方法来确保本科生，尤其是科学中代表性不足小组的学生，重视数学和统计，物理和信息系统在生物学问题上的应用。 UMBC将通过使用教师和助教的部门间小组来创建密集的学习环境。荣誉名称将被添加到生物科学专业所需的新关键课程中，并将通过一系列相关课程工作建立定量生物科学证书。该倡议始于激动人心的演讲嘉宾在UMBC举行的夏季研讨会，他们在研究中使用定量科学来激发参与者参加为期八周的Meyerhoff奖学金计划夏季桥梁计划和UMBC及其他地区的夏季本科研究人员。一学分的秋季研讨会课程将使用客座讲师来激发本科生，尤其是一年级学生，介绍了定量生物科学的力量。具有统计350的六学分生物100实验室课程将结合数据分析和模型构建。学生将受益于指定的两学分实验室课程，这些课程探索和建立遗传学（Biol 312HL）和细胞生物学（Biol 313HL）的数学模型。新的四学分基本物理课程，物理111和112，将纳入生物学专业的生物学应用。 PERL编程课程（信息系统）和通过其他资金提供的生物物理学（物理学）的新简介将为可用的课程工作增加广度。由新的生物学教师开发的400层课程将在定量生物科学中提供相关的高级选修课。 IQB计划将使定量科学整合到UMBC的生物科学中。填写定量生物科学证书的学生将更有竞争能力获得许多博士学位。课程，所有学生将受益于在生物医学科学中展示数学工具的价值的研讨会和各个课程。使用课程学习目标的全面评估将最大化IQB计划功效，并确保确定和整合所需的更改。