Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Inter-university PHD Program Computational Biology

综合、跨学科、跨大学博士课程计算生物学

• 批准号: 8036036
• 负责人: Felisa Annamarie Smith
• 金额: $ 19.74万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8036036
• 关键词: Computational Biology; Universities; programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The greatest scientific challenges for the 21st Century are inherently interdisciplinary. Research to address these challenges in biology requires the input of new ideas, methodologies, and investigative strategies from the multiple disciplines, including the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, and the social sciences. Yet very few students are encouraged to think boldly and broadly, or are trained to go beyond existing disciplinary frameworks. We aim to prepare Ph.D students for sustained careers doing cutting edge interdisciplinary research by: i) developing a common baseline of mathematical, computational and biological knowledge and skills, ii) exposing trainees to the disparate ways that various scientific disciplines tackle and solve scientific problems, and ii) exposing trainees to the disparate ways that various scientific disciplines tackle and solve scientific problems, and ii) helping them acquire the communication, scientific and social skills necessary to work effectively in small interdisciplinary research teams. The Program in Interdisciplinary Biological and Biomedical Science (PiBBs) unites faculty and students from 6 departments ( Biology, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy and Anthropology), 2 colleges ( College of Arts and Science and the College of Engineering at UNM) and 3 prestigious institutions ( University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory) with research interests in biological theory, modeling and bioinformatics into a comprehensive program leading to a Ph.D concentration in Integrative Biology. A standing crop of 12 trainees (some supported by UNM) will receive several years of support to engage in didactic and hands-on training in the conduct of interdisplinary research. Our program involves a series of 5 specialized courses that include a repertoire of pedagogical strategies all with proven effectiveness in interdisciplinary training, a summer training program at SFI that broadens scientific horizons and networks, and hands on training in the conduct of research within a collaborative research team. A common facility, visiting scholars and a series of other professional and social activities help foster and maintain a vibrant and exciting community of interdisciplinary scholars. RELEVANCE: PiBBs addresses the goals of the NIH roadmap and the HHMI-NiBIB Interfaces Initiative by integrating across disciplines, providing innovative training in collaborative interdisicplinary science, and addressing fundamental problems in the biological science. Our training will prepare Ph.D. students for sustained careers doing cutting edge interdisciplinary biological research that will likely lead to important research discoveries.

描述（由申请人提供）：21世纪世纪最大的科学挑战本质上是跨学科的。解决生物学中这些挑战的研究需要来自多个学科的新思想，方法和调查策略的输入，包括物理科学，工程，数学和社会科学。然而，很少有学生被鼓励大胆和广泛地思考，或者被训练超越现有的学科框架。我们的目标是通过以下方式为博士生的持续职业生涯做好准备：i）制定数学、计算和生物知识和技能的共同基线，ii）使受训者接触各种科学学科处理和解决科学问题的不同方式，以及ii）使受训者接触各种科学学科处理和解决科学问题的不同方式，以及ii）帮助他们获得在小型跨学科研究团队中有效工作所需的沟通、科学和社交技能。 跨学科生物和生物医学科学（PiBBs）计划将来自6个部门的教师和学生团结在一起（生物学、计算机科学、电子和计算机工程、数学和统计学、物理学、天文学和人类学），2所学院（艺术和科学学院和工程学院在新墨西哥大学）和3个著名的机构（新墨西哥州，圣达菲研究所和洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室的大学）与生物理论，建模和生物信息学的研究兴趣，成为一个综合性的计划，导致在综合生物学博士浓度。一批12名受训人员（其中一些由新墨西哥大学提供支助）将获得几年的支助，以从事从事机构间研究的教学和实践培训。我们的计划涉及一系列的5个专业课程，其中包括教学策略的剧目都具有跨学科培训的有效性，在SFI的暑期培训计划，拓宽了科学视野和网络，并在合作研究团队内进行研究的培训。一个共同的设施，访问学者和一系列其他专业和社会活动有助于培养和维持一个充满活力和令人兴奋的跨学科学者社区。 相关性：PiBBs通过整合跨学科，提供协作跨学科科学的创新培训，并解决生物科学中的基本问题，实现了NIH路线图和HHMI-NiBIB接口计划的目标。我们的培训将准备博士学位。学生从事前沿的跨学科生物学研究，可能会导致重要的研究发现。