UBM-Group: Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics Training Program at NJIT

集团本科生物学和数学培训计划（G-UBMTP）在技术（NJIT）的新泽西学院将提供长期的研究经验，为本科生主修数学和生物学，利用数学和生物学在NJIT部门之间的独特的强有力的联系，并建立在成就和课程修改之前NSF资助的机构UBM计划。该项目的目标是继续培养学生熟练的实验和定量技术的综合应用。该提案旨在每年培训6名学生，分为三组，由数学科学系（NJIT）和生物科学联合系（NJIT/Rutgers-Newark）的一对教师对每个2名学生组进行联合指导。该计划将在春季学期开始，学生参加所需的数学生物学导论课程，满足其他学术要求，并开始通过参与本项目的研究人员的实验室轮换，同时参加每周小组会议和研讨会。学员将在接下来的夏季花9周的时间从事所选的研究项目，该项目将在秋季学期继续进行。将特别强调书面和口头沟通技巧的发展，要求学生在每周的小组会议上定期发言。学生们将以可压缩的格式撰写研究结果和发现的最终报告。拟议的研究项目涵盖了数学生物学领域的不同集合，侧重于神经科学，生态学或细胞生物学的不同主题，并将由来自生物学和数学系的11名研究人员指导，此外，如有需要，亦可邀请具备跨学科经验的数学及生物学研究员参与。拟议培训计划的主要目的，是为NJIT的本科生参加各种跨学科的研究项目相结合的生物学和数学，并准备学生在细胞生物学，神经科学和生态学日益跨学科的领域进行研究生学习或工业科学研究。为了实现这一目标，该项目将联合收割机的资源和NJIT和生物科学（NJIT/罗格斯-纽瓦克）的联合部门的数学科学部门的优势。这两个部门的参与将进一步加强不同学科研究人员之间的合作，从而产生新的研究项目，并可能产生新的发现和发现。作为一个教学和研究机构，NJIT是特别好的定位，以实现这些目标，由于历史上强大的数学和生物学系之间的跨学科联系。事实上，参与该项目的几位主要研究人员在数学和生物科学系中拥有或拥有双重任命。这一建议的成功结果也可能成为其他机构增加跨学科合作的催化剂。此外，该项目还将扩大对在科学方面代表性不足的群体的培训，因为NJIT是全国代表性不足的群体和少数民族学生比例最高的学校之一。拟议的培训方案还将增加妇女对研究的参与，因为在NJIT之前的机构UBM方案的参与者中约有40%是妇女。招收妇女和少数民族学生仍将是该项目的优先事项之一。最后，广泛传播学生研究项目的成果是本提案的一个组成部分，将特别强调培训学员的口头和书面陈述技能，这对科学家的未来职业生涯和向更大的社区成功传播研究成果是不可或缺的。

The Group Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics Training Program(G-UBMTP) at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will provide long-term research experience for undergraduate students majoring in Mathematics and Biology, taking advantage of the unique strong ties between the Departments of Mathematics and Biology at NJIT, and building upon the achievements and curricular modifications of the preceding NSF-funded Institutional UBM program. The goal of this Project is to continue the training of students skilled in the combined application of experimental and quantitative techniques. The proposal aims to train 6 students per year, broken into three groups, with joint mentoring of each 2-student group by a pair of faculty from the Department of Mathematical Sciences (NJIT) and the Federated Department of Biological Sciences (NJIT/Rutgers-Newark). The program will start in the spring semester, with students taking the required Introduction to Mathematical Biology course, fulfilling other academic requirements, and starting rotations through the laboratories of investigators involved in this Project, while attending weekly group meetings and seminars. The trainees will spend 9 weeks of the following summer working on the chosen research project, which will continue in the Fall Semester. Special emphasis will be made on the development of written and oral communication skills, with students required to make regular presentations at weekly group meetings. Students will write a final report of research results and findings, in a publishable format. The proposed research projects cover a diverse set of Mathematical Biology areas, focusing on different topics in Neuroscience, Ecology or Cell Biology, and will be guided by 11 investigators from the Departments of Biology and Mathematics, with an additional pool of Mathematics and Biology investigators with interdisciplinary experience ready to participate if need arises.The main aim of the proposed Training Program is to provide an opportunity for NJIT undergraduate students to participate in a variety of interdisciplinary research projects combining Biology and Mathematics and to prepare the students to pursue graduate studies or industrial scientific research in the increasingly interdisciplinary fields of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Ecology. To accomplish this goal, this project will combine the resources and strengths of the Department of Mathematical Sciences at NJIT and the Federated Department of Biological Sciences (NJIT/Rutgers-Newark). The involvement of these two Departments will further increase the collaboration between investigators working within different academic disciplines, leading to new research projects, and potentially resulting in new findings and discoveries. As a teaching and research institution, NJIT is particularly well positioned to achieve these goals, due to historically strong interdisciplinary links between the Departments of Mathematics and Biology. In fact, several leading investigators involved in this project hold or have held dual appointments in the Departments of Mathematical and Biological Sciences. The successful outcome of this proposal may also serve as a catalyst for increased interdisciplinary collaborations at other institutions. Further, this Project will broaden the training of groups underrepresented in science, since NJIT has one of the highest proportions of students from underrepresented groups and minorities in the country. The proposed Training Program will also increase the involvement of women in research, as about 40% of the participants of the preceding Institutional UBM program at NJIT were women. The recruitment of women and minority students will remain one of the priorities for this Project. Finally, the broad dissemination of the results of the student research projects is an integral part of this proposal, and a special emphasis will be made on the training of oral and written presentation skills of the trainees, which are indispensable for the future career of a scientist and for the successful communication of research results to a larger community.