UBM-Group, RUI: BioMaPS (Biology and Mathematics in Population Studies) II

该项目建立在默里州立大学（MSU）以前的UBM项目（0531885）的基础上。为了促进专业人士谁了解数学背后的生物学和数学模型的生物学意义的发展，生物学和数学在人口研究计划（BioMaPS）II在密歇根州立大学提供了一个合作的研究环境，为数学和生物学本科生调查模式在植物和动物种群。在BioMaPS II教师的指导下，12名学生在三年的时间里掌握了调查这种模式的技能，并通过参与分析种群动态稳定性和可控性的变革性项目来开发生物医学和生态现象的准确模型。在这一年的密集研究经验，学生参加BioMaPS会议和国家研讨会与研究导师和国家认可的专家。大学和高中的演讲让BioMaPS学生在向非专业人士解释他们的研究方面有经验，而在区域和国家研讨会上的专业演讲则帮助学生制定并向专家观众阐述他们的发现。智力优势：BioMaPS II计划在数学和生物学的交叉点推进发现，并通过吸引学生和教师作为研究人员和教师来促进研究和教学的整合。这些项目包括与入侵植物的生物物理特征、遗传多样性、热带气候变化影响和新出现的传染病有关的生态和进化过程建模。所有项目都侧重于对所研究学科具有当前和重要意义的数学和生物学问题。更广泛的影响：九名教师调查员在两个学科不同，但互补的背景合作这个项目。这些合作者指导了超过175名本科生，他们在40篇出版物中发表了超过140篇研究报告，取得了BioMaPS II计划继续建立的成功记录。该计划将继续加强与落基山生物实验室、汉考克生物站和NIMBioS的现有伙伴关系，并促进新伙伴关系的发展。 BioMaPS II计划正在通过课程改革为学生提供一个有趣且具有挑战性的学习领域-数学生物学未成年人正在设计以补充2007年推出的成功的生物数学领域。这些BioMaPS II指令每学年影响约200名大学微积分和生物学学生，并通过外展努力影响100多名当地高中学生及其教师。 该计划为默里州立大学STEM学科未来的合作课程创造了途径，并有机会将课程扩展到州和国家机构。

This project builds on a previous UBM project (0531885) at Murray State University (MSU). To foster the development of professionals who understand the mathematics behind the biology and the biological implications of mathematical models, the Biology and Mathematics in Population Studies program (BioMaPS) II at MSU is providing a collaborative research environment for mathematics and biology undergraduates to investigate patterns in plants and animal populations. Under the mentorship of BioMaPS II faculty, 12 students over a three-year period are being equipped with skills to investigate such patterns and to develop accurate models of biomedical and ecological phenomena by engaging in transformative projects that analyze stability and controllability of population dynamics. Within this intensive year-long research experience, students attend BioMaPS meetings and national workshops with research mentors and nationally recognized experts. Collegiate and high school presentations give the BioMaPS students experience in explaining their research to non-specialists, while professional presentations at regional and national symposia help students formulate and articulate their discoveries to an expert audience. Intellectual Merit: The BioMaPS II program advances discovery at the intersection of mathematics and biology and promotes the integration of research and teaching by engaging students and faculty as both researchers and teachers. The projects include modeling of ecological and evolutionary processes relating to biophysical traits of invasive plants, genetic diversity, climate change impacts in the tropics, and emerging infectious diseases. All projects focus on mathematical and biological questions that are of current and significant importance to the disciplines studied. Broader Impacts: Nine faculty investigators across two disciplines with different but complementary backgrounds collaborate on this project. These collaborators have mentored over 175 undergraduates, who have given over 140 research presentations with results in 40 publications, a record of success upon which the BioMaPS II program continues to build. The program is continuing to strengthen existing partnerships with Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Hancock Biological Station, and NIMBioS, as well as to foster the development of new partnerships. The BioMaPS II program is making an interesting and challenging area of study available to students through curriculum reform - a Mathematical Biology minor is being designed to complement a successful Biomathematics area of concentration that was introduced in 2007. These BioMaPS II directives impact approximately 200 university calculus and biology students each academic year, and more than 100 local high school students and their teachers through outreach endeavors. The program creates avenues for future collaborative courses across the STEM disciplines at Murray State University, with opportunities to extend the courses to state and national institutions.