Research Training Program in Nonlinear Dynamics in Biology

该奖项支持一个新的、多学科的研究培训计划，重点是从细胞水平到种群和社区水平理解生物系统中的非线性过程。来自加州大学戴维斯分校八个系的25名教职员工将培训具有数学或生物学背景的本科生、研究生和博士后，教他们适合分析各种生物问题的非线性数学方法。研究生将被要求完成一系列数学核心课程，以及基于实验室或实地考察的生物学额外培训，具体取决于个人背景。将需要进行实验室轮换，并将参加一个涉及各级受训人员的为期一年的集体研究项目。然后，研究生将在三个一般研究领域之一的两名导师的指导下完成一个多学科的论文研究项目：细胞、生物流体或人口动力学。在总体方法上，该计划将强调教师以及研究生和博士后在培训级别内和跨培训级别的合作研究和指导。

This award supports a new, multidisciplinary research training program focused on understanding nonlinear processes in biological systems at the level of cells to that of populations and communities. A group of 25 faculty from eight departments at the University of California at Davis will train undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students with backgrounds in mathematics or biology in non- linear mathematical methods suited to the analysis of a variety of biological problems. Graduate students will be required to complete a set of core courses in mathematics, and additional training in laboratory or fieldwork-based biology, depending on individual backgrounds. Laboratory rotations will be required as will participation in a year- long group research project involving trainees at all levels. Graduate students will then complete a multidisciplinary thesis research project under the guidance of two mentors in one of three general research areas: Cellular, Biofluid or Population Dynamics. In its overall approach, the program will emphasize collaborative research and mentoring by faculty and by graduate and postdoctoral students within and across training levels.