UBM: Collaborative Learning at the Interface of Mathematics and Biology(CLIMB)- an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Training Program at UC Davis

在数学和生物学合作学习（CLIMB）计划在加州，戴维斯大学将培养一个多元化的大学生群体在数学和生物学的跨学科合作研究，以解决国家的需要研究人员谁使用数学和计算，以揭示机制和属性，生物过程和模式的基础。 CLIMB计划是加州大学戴维斯分校生物科学本科课程全面修订的一部分，其中数学和生物学之间的联系被融入所有课程。CLIMB学员将通过建立在数学和生物学的坚实基础上，并通过课程，研讨会，小组项目和指导获得跨学科的协作研究技能，来发展参与协作团队所需的专业知识。一个学生驱动的合作项目提供了一个顶点。 在CLIMB中，学员可以研究细胞内材料的运动，植物和动物生物力学，生态学，动物行为和资源管理，使用微生物，植物，昆虫或水生生物作为研究系统。数学和统计方法包括动态建模、统计方法和计算机模拟。通过与社区学院和加州大学戴维斯分校的丰富计划的联系，CLIMB计划将吸引学生从传统上在数学和生命科学代表性不足的群体。完成CLIMB课程的学生将精通各种生物学问题，并将深入了解研究它们的适当经验和定量方法。学生将学习充当跨学科的大使合作研究，并将准备继续在应用数学，定量生命科学，或在跨学科的研究生课程，加入这两个领域的研究生课程。

The Collaborative Learning in Mathematics and Biology (CLIMB) program at the University of California, Davis will train a diverse group of college students in collaborative interdisciplinary research in mathematics and biology to address the nation's need for researchers who use mathematics and computation to uncover the mechanisms and properties that underlie biological processes and patterns. The CLIMB program is part of a comprehensive revision of the biological sciences undergraduate curriculum at UC Davis in which the links between mathematics and biology are integrated into all coursework. CLIMB trainees will develop the expertise needed to participate in collaborative teams by building on a strong foundation of mathematics and biology, and gaining interdisciplinary collaborative research skills through coursework, seminars, group projects, and mentoring. A student-driven collaborative project provides a capstone. Within CLIMB, trainees may study movement of materials within cells, plant and animal biomechanics, ecology, animal behavior, and resource management using microbes, plants, insects, or aquatic organisms as study systems. Mathematical and statistical methods include dynamic modeling, statistical approaches, and computer simulation. Through links with community colleges and UC Davis enrichment programs, the CLIMB program will attract students from groups traditionally underrepresented in mathematics and life sciences. Students who complete the CLIMB program will be well-versed in a variety of biological problems and will have an in-depth understanding of appropriate empirical and quantitative methods by which to study them. Students will learn to act as cross-disciplinary ambassadors for collaborative research and will be prepared to continue their studies in a graduate program in applied mathematics, quantitative life sciences, or in interdisciplinary programs that join the two areas.