Research Training Program in Nonlinear Dynamics in Biology

该奖项支持一个新的多学科研究培训计划，重点是理解生物系统在细胞水平到群体和社区水平的非线性过程。来自加州大学戴维斯分校8个系的25名教师将培养具有数学或生物学背景的本科生、研究生和博士后，用适合分析各种生物学问题的非线性数学方法。研究生将被要求完成一套数学核心课程，并根据个人背景在实验室或野外工作的基础上进行额外的培训。需要在实验室进行轮岗，并参与一年的小组研究项目，涉及所有级别的学员。然后，研究生将在三个一般研究领域之一的两位导师的指导下完成一个多学科论文研究项目：细胞，生物流体或种群动力学。总体而言，该项目将强调合作研究以及教师、研究生和博士后在培训水平内和跨培训水平的指导。

This award supports a new, multidisciplinary research training program focused on understanding nonlinear processes in biological systems at the level of cells to that of populations and communities. A group of 25 faculty from eight departments at the University of California at Davis will train undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students with backgrounds in mathematics or biology in non- linear mathematical methods suited to the analysis of a variety of biological problems. Graduate students will be required to complete a set of core courses in mathematics, and additional training in laboratory or fieldwork-based biology, depending on individual backgrounds. Laboratory rotations will be required as will participation in a year- long group research project involving trainees at all levels. Graduate students will then complete a multidisciplinary thesis research project under the guidance of two mentors in one of three general research areas: Cellular, Biofluid or Population Dynamics. In its overall approach, the program will emphasize collaborative research and mentoring by faculty and by graduate and postdoctoral students within and across training levels.