REU Site: Research at the Intersection of Biology and Mathematics

这个授予佛罗里达州墨尔本的佛罗里达理工学院的REU Site奖将支持2015-2017年夏季为期10周的10名学生的培训。REU计划向所有是美国公民、国民或永久居民的本科生开放。接受该项目培训的学生将获得实验室研究技能，发展他们的批判性思维和解决问题的能力，了解科学的过程，并能够与他们的同龄人和普通公众交流他们的研究成果。学生们将有机会在全国会议上展示他们的成果。REU项目为学生提供了他们在本国机构通常无法获得的体验。鼓励来自研究机会有限的学校和代表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和数学研究感兴趣的学生。有必要极大地提高学生在生物学方面的定量和计算技能，并激发数学家和计算机科学家解决生物学中新出现的问题的兴趣。课程将着重解决问题，并将现代数学和计算方法直接应用于从细胞和分子生物学到生态学的生物科学中的当前问题。学生将在教员的大力支持下，以小组形式研究特定的研究问题。将使用生物基础设施司(生物科学局)资助的所有REU项目使用的通用网络评估工具来确定培训方案的有效性。学生必须在项目结束后被跟踪，并必须回复通过NSF报告系统发送的自动电子邮件。欲了解更多信息，请访问http://research.fit.edu/reu/biomath/biomath.php，，或联系国际和平组织(大卫·卡罗尔博士，电子邮件：dcarroll@fit.edu)或共同国际组织(Munevver Subasi博士，电子邮件：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).