UBM-Group, RUI: BioMaPS (Biology and Mathematics in Population Studies) II

该项目建立在默里州立大学(密歇根州立大学)先前的不明飞行物项目(0531885)基础上。为了培养了解生物学背后的数学和数学模型的生物学含义的专业人员，密歇根州立大学的生物学和数学种群研究计划(BioMaPS)II正在为数学和生物学本科生提供一个合作研究环境，以研究植物和动物种群的模式。在BioMaPS II教员的指导下，12名学生在三年的时间里掌握了研究这种模式并通过参与分析种群动态稳定性和可控性的变革性项目来开发生物医学和生态现象的准确模型的技能。在为期一年的密集研究经验中，学生将与研究导师和国家公认的专家一起参加BioMaPS会议和国家研讨会。大学和高中的演讲为BioMaPS的学生提供了向非专业人士解释他们的研究的经验，而在地区和国家研讨会上的专业演讲则帮助学生向专家受众阐述和阐明他们的发现。智力价值：BioMaPS II计划促进了数学和生物学的交叉发现，并通过让学生和教职员工同时担任研究人员和教师来促进研究和教学的整合。这些项目包括与入侵植物的生物物理特征、遗传多样性、热带气候变化影响和新出现的传染病有关的生态和进化过程的建模。所有项目都侧重于对所研究学科具有当前和重要意义的数学和生物问题。更广泛的影响：两个学科的九名教职调查人员具有不同但互补的背景，在这个项目上进行合作。这些合作者指导了超过175名本科生，他们在40种出版物上发表了140多篇研究报告，创造了BioMaPS II计划继续发展的成功记录。该计划继续加强与落基山生物实验室、汉考克生物站和NIMBioS的现有伙伴关系，并促进新伙伴关系的发展。BioMaPS II项目通过课程改革为学生提供了一个有趣且具有挑战性的学习领域--正在设计一个辅修数学生物的课程，以补充2007年引入的成功的生物数学专业。这些BioMaPS II指令每学年影响大约200名大学微积分和生物学学生，以及100多名当地高中生和他们的老师。该计划为默里州立大学未来跨STEM学科的合作课程创造了途径，并有机会将课程扩展到州和国家机构。

This project builds on a previous UBM project (0531885) at Murray State University (MSU). To foster the development of professionals who understand the mathematics behind the biology and the biological implications of mathematical models, the Biology and Mathematics in Population Studies program (BioMaPS) II at MSU is providing a collaborative research environment for mathematics and biology undergraduates to investigate patterns in plants and animal populations. Under the mentorship of BioMaPS II faculty, 12 students over a three-year period are being equipped with skills to investigate such patterns and to develop accurate models of biomedical and ecological phenomena by engaging in transformative projects that analyze stability and controllability of population dynamics. Within this intensive year-long research experience, students attend BioMaPS meetings and national workshops with research mentors and nationally recognized experts. Collegiate and high school presentations give the BioMaPS students experience in explaining their research to non-specialists, while professional presentations at regional and national symposia help students formulate and articulate their discoveries to an expert audience. Intellectual Merit: The BioMaPS II program advances discovery at the intersection of mathematics and biology and promotes the integration of research and teaching by engaging students and faculty as both researchers and teachers. The projects include modeling of ecological and evolutionary processes relating to biophysical traits of invasive plants, genetic diversity, climate change impacts in the tropics, and emerging infectious diseases. All projects focus on mathematical and biological questions that are of current and significant importance to the disciplines studied. Broader Impacts: Nine faculty investigators across two disciplines with different but complementary backgrounds collaborate on this project. These collaborators have mentored over 175 undergraduates, who have given over 140 research presentations with results in 40 publications, a record of success upon which the BioMaPS II program continues to build. The program is continuing to strengthen existing partnerships with Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Hancock Biological Station, and NIMBioS, as well as to foster the development of new partnerships. The BioMaPS II program is making an interesting and challenging area of study available to students through curriculum reform - a Mathematical Biology minor is being designed to complement a successful Biomathematics area of concentration that was introduced in 2007. These BioMaPS II directives impact approximately 200 university calculus and biology students each academic year, and more than 100 local high school students and their teachers through outreach endeavors. The program creates avenues for future collaborative courses across the STEM disciplines at Murray State University, with opportunities to extend the courses to state and national institutions.