UBM-Group UNLV Mathematical Biology Program

生物和数学科学系的研究人员正在为本科生创造数学生物学的跨学科课程和研究经验。在数学（包括微积分）和生物学的初步介绍背景的学生正在采取进一步的生物数学课程，包括新课程与跨学科模块。他们还加入了一个多学科的教师和学生小组，在人口生物学，植物中的水运输，生物力学和运动，或对环境线索的遗传反应等一系列核心研究项目上进行合作，并根据他们的研究结果在为期一天的研究生和本科生年度会议上进行正式的口头或海报演示。一个题为“数学和生物学-一个接口的21世纪世纪”的研讨会系列是暴露学生和教师的工作突出研究人员在数学生物学。这些活动的智力价值在于它们有助于使本科生接触到生物学和数学的更统一的观点。学生开始主要是生物学或数学的学生，但与教师和学生从这两个领域的互动和他们的研究合作随后形成了一个肥沃的环境，鼓励学生的兴趣和能力，在这个领域的接口工作。该项目更广泛的影响是其对未来科学基础设施发展的贡献。为了让未来的科学家能够克服数学和生物学之间的挑战，该项目旨在在早期阶段影响他们的发展-例如，在他们成为传统的生物学家之前，他们甚至没有考虑将数学应用到他们的研究中。为了实现这一目标，灵活的计划切入点允许学生在数学或生物学背景较少的早期参与，研究项目的目的是访问和引人注目的学生相对较新的研究经验。该项目是改变学生早期发展的一个开端，引导他们中的一些人进入一个不断发展的领域，在那里他们熟悉数学和生物学，并可以开始为这一重要的接口做出贡献，该项目部分得到数学和物理科学局数学科学处的资金支持。

Researchers in the Departments of Biological and Mathematical Sciences are creating an interdisciplinary curricular and research experience in mathematical biology for undergraduates. Students with an initial introductory background in mathematics (including calculus) and biology are taking further coursework in biomathematics, including new courses with interdisciplinary modules. They also join a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students collaborating on a series of core research projects in population biology, water transport in plants, biomechanics and locomotion, or genetic responses to environmental cues, and give formal oral or poster presentations based on their findings at an annual one-day conference of graduate and undergraduate students. A seminar series entitled "Mathematics and Biology - An Interface for the 21st Century" is exposing both students and faculty to the work of prominent researchers in mathematical biology. The intellectual merit of these activities lies in their helping to expose undergraduate students to a more unified perspective of biology and mathematics. Students start out as primarily biology or mathematics students, but the interaction with faculty and students from both fields and their collaborating on research subsequently forms a fertile environment to encourage the interest and ability of students to work at this interface of fields. The broader impact of the project is its contribution to the development of scientific infrastructure for the future. In order for future scientists to conquer the challenges at the interface between mathematics and biology, the project aims to influence their development at an early stage - before, for example, they have become the traditional biologist who does not have the background to even consider applying mathematics to their research. In keeping with this goal, flexible program entry points allow for early participation of students with less background in mathematics or biology, and research projects are designed to be accessible and compelling to students relatively new to the research experience. This project represents a start at modifying the early development of students and directing a number of them into a growing realm where they have familiarity with both mathematics and biology and can begin to contribute to this important interface.This project is partially supported by funds from the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.