REU Site: Research at the Intersection of Biology and Mathematics

这个REU网站奖给技术的佛罗里达理工学院，位于佛罗里达州墨尔本将支持10名学生在2015年至2017年的夏天10周的培训。REU课程向所有美国公民，国民或永久居民的本科生开放。在该计划中接受培训的学生将获得实验室研究技能，培养他们的批判性思维和解决问题的能力，了解科学的过程，并能够将他们的研究成果传达给他们的同行和公众。学生将有机会在全国会议上展示他们的成果。REU计划为学生提供了一种体验，这种体验通常在他们的家庭机构中无法获得。鼓励来自研究机会有限的学校和代表性不足的群体的学生申请。这个REU网站计划将招收对整合生物学和数学研究感兴趣的学生。有必要大大提高学生在生物学方面的定量和计算技能，并吸引数学家和计算机科学家对解决生物学中新出现的问题的兴趣。将有一个强烈强调解决问题和现代数学和计算方法的直接应用，以当前的问题，在生物科学，从细胞和分子生物学生态学。学生将在教师的大力支持下，以团队形式研究特定的研究问题。由生物基础设施司（生物科学局）资助的所有REU计划使用的共同网络评估工具将用于确定培训计划的有效性。学生需要在课程结束后进行跟踪，并必须通过NSF报告系统自动发送电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http：//research.fit.edu/reu/biomath/biomath.php，或联系主要研究者（大卫卡罗尔博士，网址：dcarroll@fit.edu）或共同主要研究者（Munevver Subasi博士，网址：msubasi@fit.edu）。

This REU Site award to the Florida Institute of Technology, located in Melbourne, FL will support the training of 10 students for 10 weeks during the summers of 2015-2017. The REU program is open to all undergraduate students who are citizens, nationals or permanent residents of the United States. Students trained in the program will gain skills in lab research, develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills, understand the process of science, and be able to communicate their research results to their peers and the general public. Students will have an opportunity to present their results at a national conference. The REU program provides an experience to students that is typically not available to them at their home institutions. Students from schools with limited opportunities for research and from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.This REU Site program will recruit students interested in integrating biology and mathematics research. There is a need to greatly improve the quantitative and computational skills of students in biology as well as capture the interest of mathematicians and computer scientists in addressing emerging problems in biology. There will be a strong emphasis on problem solving and the direct application of modern mathematical and computational methods to current problems in the biological sciences ranging from cell and molecular biology to ecology. Students will work in teams on a specific research problem with significant support from faculty. A common web-based assessment tool used by all REU programs funded by the Division of Biological Infrastructure (Directorate for Biological Sciences) will be used to determine the effectiveness of the training program. Students are required to be tracked after the program and must respond to an automatic email sent via the NSF reporting system. More information is available by visiting http://research.fit.edu/reu/biomath/biomath.php, or by contacting the PI (Dr. David Carroll at dcarroll@fit.edu) or the co-PI (Dr. Munevver Subasi at msubasi@fit.edu).