IGERT: Multidisciplinary Training at the Interface of Biology, Mathematics and Physics

9870659塔博尔这一综合性教育与研究培训(IGERT)奖将支持在生物、数学和物理科学之间建立一个基础广泛的研究生培训计划。该项目由来自9个系和2个国家实验室的21名教职员工共同努力，将强调对数学和物理建模与动手实验室实验相结合的问题的合作研究。特别感兴趣的领域包括节肢动物进化和种群生物学、心血管生理学、图像分析、细菌运动、细胞结构物理学和嗅觉。注册了现有七个博士项目中的任何一个的学生，将参加现有课程和新课程的结合，包括一个新的三个学期的生物数学研讨会，该研讨会将结合文献研究、师生小组讨论和外部专家的研讨会来探索主题问题。所有学生都需要上一门新的生物物理实验课，涵盖布朗运动、膜、生物聚合物、趋化性和流体动力学。学生将通过现有的以系为基础的战略，以及由研究生院直接赞助的特别努力来招生。IGERT是一个新的NSF范围内的项目，其目标是资助建立创新的、以研究为基础的研究生项目，培养多样化的新科学家和工程师群体，为私营和公共部门的不同职业做好充分准备。IGERT为新的、重点明确的多学科项目的开发提供了机会，这些项目弥合了传统的组织障碍，团结了来自几个部门或机构的教师，为培训和研究建立了一个高度互动的协作环境。在第一年，该计划将为17个机构提供新的或新生的项目的支持，这些项目总共涵盖了S有资格获得国家科学基金资助的所有科学、工程和数学领域。

9870659 Tabor This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award will support the establishment of a broadly- based graduate training program at the interface of the biological, mathematical and physical sciences. The program, a joint effort of 21 faculty drawn from 9 departments and 2 national laboratories, will emphasize collaborative research on problems where the joining of mathematical and physical modeling with hands-on laboratory experimentation holds great promise. Particular areas of interest include arthropod evolution and population biology, cardiovascular physiology, image analysis, bacterial motion, physics of cell structures, and olfaction. Students enrolled in any of seven existing Ph.D. programs, will participate in a combination of existing and new courses, including a new three semester biomathematics seminar that will combine literature research, faculty-student group discussions and seminars by outside experts to explore topical problems. A new, biological physics laboratory course covering Brownian motion, membranes, biopolymers, chemotaxis and fluid dynamics will be required of all students. Students will be recruited through existing departmentally-based strategies, as well as special efforts sponsored directly by the graduate college. IGERT is a new, NSF-wide program whose goal is to sponsor the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of new scientists and engineers to be well-prepared for varied careers in the private and public sectors. IGERT provides an opportunity for the development of new, well-focused multidisciplinary programs that bridge traditional organizational barriers, uniting faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly-interactive collaborative environment for both training and research. In its first year, the program will provide support to 17 institutions for new or nascent programs that collectively s pan all areas of science, engineering and mathematics eligible for support by the NSF.