Integration of Informatics and Quantitative Concepts in Biology at UPR

UPR 生物学中信息学和定量概念的整合

• 批准号: 7124465
• 负责人: Reginald W Morales
• 金额: $ 19.38万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-10 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7124465
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this proposal is to increase the quantitative and informatics skills of undergraduate Biology majors at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. It is aligned with the objective of the MARC U*STAR Program which is to increase the number of minority students that pursue graduate education in one of the STEM fields. The National Research Council in its report "BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists" identified the need for Biology majors to receive a more quantitative and interdisciplinary education as undergraduates. The Department of Biology, following this recommendation and an ongoing comprehensive curricular revision, has delineated several strategies to address this issue. This proposal aims to incorporate quantitative and informatics concepts and skills throughout the Biology curriculum. Undergraduate laboratory courses are being targeted as they provide the perfect environment to offer our students quantitative and interdisciplinary research-like activities. In addition, we will enrich our academic offerings by describing new interdisciplinary courses to allow our students to be better prepared for their future academic or professional goals. Our proposed specific aims are: (1) Design a course sequence that will promote the development of quantitative skills in biology majors. (2) Integration of quantitative and computational skills into Biology laboratory courses. (3) Increase the bioinformatics and interdisciplinary course offerings in the Biology Department. (4) Interdisciplinary training of faculty and support personnel. The proposed changes will be integrated into the Biology Department's ongoing comprehensive curricular revision as we expect that they will contribute to increase students' interest in biological research and significantly improve our student competitiveness, particularly of those who pursue graduate studies.

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案的目标是提高波多黎各大学里奥皮德拉斯校区生物学专业本科生的定量和信息学技能。它与MARC U * 星星计划的目标一致，该计划旨在增加在STEM领域之一接受研究生教育的少数民族学生的数量。国家研究理事会在其报告"生物2010：为未来的研究生物学家转变本科教育"确定了生物学专业的本科生需要接受更多的定量和跨学科的教育。生物系，根据这一建议和正在进行的全面课程修订，已经划定了几个战略来解决这个问题。该提案旨在将定量和信息学的概念和技能纳入整个生物学课程。本科实验室课程是有针对性的，因为它们提供了完美的环境，为我们的学生提供定量和跨学科的研究活动。此外，我们将通过描述新的跨学科课程来丰富我们的学术课程，让我们的学生为他们未来的学术或职业目标做好更好的准备。我们建议的具体目标是： (1)设计一个课程序列，将促进生物专业定量技能的发展。 (2)将定量和计算技能融入生物学实验室课程。 (3)增加生物系的生物信息学和跨学科课程。 (4)教师和辅助人员的跨学科培训。 我们预期这些建议将有助提高学生对生物研究的兴趣，并显著提高学生的竞争力，特别是修读研究生课程的学生。