Student Research Network in the Physics of Living Systems: Georgia Tech Node

生命系统物理学学生研究网络：佐治亚理工学院节点

• 批准号: 1205878
• 负责人: Daniel Goldman
• 金额: $ 118.84万
• 依托单位: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1205878&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Student; Research; Network; Physics; Living

In this project, the PIs at Georgia Tech (GT) will join the existing Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network. Growth of the GT program will: 1) bring research topics in underrepresented areas to the PoLS SRN, 2) integrate PoLS at GT into the broader bio-related community at GT, in turn creating a hub in the Southeast of the US for PoLS, 3) create sustained interaction with faculty at world-leading institutions while lubricating opportunities for national and international collaborations, 4) create new PoLS experimental, modeling and theoretical tools, 5) create new PoLS curriculum, 6) train students and postdocs who can advance PoLS at GT and become the next generation of PoLS researchers. The co-PIs on this proposal include four scientists from the Biophysics Group in the School of Physics (SoP), one from Mechanical Engineering, and a senior member of the SoP. They are joined by approximately 20 faculty within and outside the SoP who have research interests that fall within the scope of PoLS. These represent areas within the College of Sciences and the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. In the last five years, the SoP at Georgia Tech has begun to develop a program in biophysics with the goal to become a world leader in this area, and also help develop technologies that can advance both basic science and human health. The core Biophysics Group in the SoP (consisting of four primary faculty and four adjunct faculty) seeks to understand how physics can inform questions of structure, function and dynamics in biological systems, and to study fundamental physics questions posed by biological systems. As a goal for future growth and leadership, the group intends to build on the successes and strengths of the nonlinear science and soft matter communities at GT. A second goal is to integrate their program with the already world-class engineering programs (specifically bioengineering) at GT.

在这个项目中，在格鲁吉亚技术（GT）的PI将加入现有的生命系统物理学学生研究网络。 GT计划的增长将：1）将代表性不足的领域的研究课题带到PoLS SRN，2）将GT的PoLS整合到GT更广泛的生物相关社区中，从而在美国东南部为PoLS创建一个中心，3）与世界领先的机构的教师建立持续的互动，同时润滑国家和国际合作的机会，4）创建新的PoLS实验，建模和理论工具，5）创建新的PoLS课程，6）培养学生和博士后谁可以在GT推进PoLS，并成为下一代的PoLS研究人员。该提案的共同PI包括来自物理学院（SoP）生物物理组的四名科学家，一名来自机械工程，以及SoP的高级成员。他们加入了大约20名教师内外的SOP谁拥有属于PoLS范围内的研究兴趣。这些代表了格鲁吉亚理工学院科学学院和工程学院的领域。在过去的五年里，格鲁吉亚理工学院的SOP已经开始开发生物物理学项目，目标是成为该领域的世界领导者，并帮助开发能够促进基础科学和人类健康的技术。核心生物物理组在SOP（由四个主要教师和四个辅助教师组成）旨在了解物理学如何告知生物系统中的结构，功能和动力学问题，并研究生物系统提出的基本物理问题。作为未来增长和领导的目标，该集团打算建立在GT的非线性科学和软物质社区的成功和优势的基础上。第二个目标是将他们的计划与GT已经世界一流的工程计划（特别是生物工程）相结合。