UBM-Group, RUI: Undergraduate Research Experience in Mathematical Biology

该计划将通过指导数学和生物学学生开展跨学科合作研究项目以及开发一系列结合数学建模和生物学的课程来推进数学和生物学的跨学科教育。 该项目的目标是让本科生参与跨学科研究，增强数学生物学知识，让学生融入科学界，开展有效的跨学科交流，将生物数学课程和学位选择制度化，并招募代表性不足群体的成员进入数学生物学领域。 学生将积极参与独特的研究，以支持他们发展跨学科交流的能力并进入专业研究社区。 选定的本科生、数学生物学（MB）学者将在生物学和数学专业人数相等的团队中工作，并在生物学和数学教师的联合指导下，开发以细胞过程的数学建模和分析为中心主题的研究项目。学生将在夏季全日制研究计划期间开始研究，在接下来的学期继续研究，并以期刊格式提交最终书面报告。 他们将学习电生理学、免疫化学、蛋白质组学、动力系统分析、数学建模和统计学技术，并应用这些方法来阐明细胞动力学的生物化学或蛋白质组学的基本机制。 该计划将为本科生提供数学生物学职业培训和指导。学生将通过期刊出版物和科学会议上的演讲来传播他们的成果，并将发起数学生物学地区本科生会议，以将研究计划的影响扩大到其他学生。 新课程和现有课程都将通过跨学科的数学生物学内容和实验室得到加强，也将该计划的好处扩展到MB学者以外的学生。新的学位选择和生物数学辅修课程将形成制度结构，使生物数学成为燕山大学课程的一个组成部分。 该计划将通过与俄亥俄州科学与工程联盟/路易斯-斯托克斯少数族裔参与联盟的合作，促进少数族裔的参与。

This program will advance interdisciplinary education in mathematics and biology by mentoring mathematics and biology students in collaborative, interdisciplinary research projects and developing a series of courses that incorporate both mathematical modeling and biology. The program?s goals are to engage undergraduates in interdisciplinary research, enhance knowledge of mathematical biology, immerse students in the scientific community, develop effective cross-disciplinary communication, institutionalize courses and degree options in biomathematics, and recruit members of underrepresented groups to mathematical biology. Students will participate actively in unique research that supports their development of proficiency in interdisciplinary communication and entry into the professional research community. Selected undergraduate students, Mathematical Biology (MB) scholars will work in teams of equal numbers of biology and mathematics majors and, with joint mentorship of biology and mathematics faculty, will develop research projects within the central theme of mathematical modeling and analysis of cellular processes. Students will initiate their research during a summer full-time research program, continue their research during the following semesters, and submit a final written report, in journal-ready format. They will learn techniques of electrophysiology, immunochemistry, proteomics, dynamical systems analysis, mathematical modeling, and statistics and apply these methods to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of the biochemistry or proteomics of cellular dynamics. The program will train and mentor undergraduates for careers in mathematical biology. Students will disseminate their results through journal publications and presentations at scientific meetings, and a regional undergraduate student conference in mathematical biology will be initiated to extend impact of the research program to other students. Both new courses and existing courses will be enhanced with interdisciplinary mathematical biology content and laboratories, also extending the benefits of the program to students beyond the MB scholars. New degree options and a minor in Biomathematics will form the institutional structure to make biomathematics an integral part of the curriculum at YSU. The program will foster minority participation through collaboration with the Ohio Science and Engineering Alliance / Louis-Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation.