Conference: Biology and Medicine through Mathematics!

2018年5月30日至6月1日将在弗吉尼亚联邦大学举行生物学和医学数学会议（BAMM!）会议的目的是强调数学、生物学和医学等广泛领域的最新发展。全体会议发言人将涵盖一系列专业知识，并将重点介绍近年来该领域的进展。本次会议的目标是：i)提供一个区域性的生物数学会议，促进初级研究者（研究生、博士后和初级教师）的发展；Ii)展示数学生物学中的一系列应用和方法；Iii)为初级和高级研究人员之间的交流提供良好的环境。会议将接待约100名与会者。会议将包括全体会议、分组会议和海报会议。旅行支助将用于增加初级研究人员参加会议的机会。初级研究人员（本科生和研究生，博士后学者和早期职业教师）将受益于参加本次会议。BAMM !将为各级研究人员提供一个亲密的会议环境，并有机会展示海报或进行演讲。旅游奖励基金将促进初级主持人出席BAMM！考虑到计划的会谈的多样性，新进入该领域的学生研究人员将有机会参加来自许多子领域的会谈。这将是一个极好的机会，本科生和研究生从VCU和其他地区机构。鼓励和支持妇女和代表性不足的少数民族参与数学和科学。更多信息可以在http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bammThis上找到，该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The conference in Biology and Medicine through Mathematics (BAMM!) will take place May 30 - June 1, 2018 at Virginia Commonwealth University. The aim of the conference is to highlight recent developments in the broad fields of mathematical biology and medicine. The plenary speakers will cover a range of expertise and will provide highlights from advances in the field in recent years. The goals of this conference are to: i) provide a regional biomathematics conference that promotes junior investigators (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty); ii) give visibility to a range of applications and methods in mathematical biology; iii) provide a good environment for networking between junior and senior researchers. The conference will host approximately 100 attendees. The conference will be a mix of plenary talks, break-out sessions and a poster session. Travel support will be used to increase the accessibility of the conference by junior researchers.Junior researchers (undergraduates and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and early career faculty) will benefit from participating in this meeting. BAMM! will provide an intimate conference environment with opportunities to present a poster or give a talk for researchers at all levels. The travel award funds will promote junior presenters attendance at BAMM!. Given the diversity of the planned talks, student researchers new to the field will have the opportunity to attend talks from many subfields. This will be an excellent opportunity for undergraduate and master's students from VCU and other regional institutions. Participation of women and underrepresented minorities in mathematics and science will be encouraged and supported. More information can be found at http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/bammThis award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.