Student Research Network in the Physics of Living Systems: Georgia Tech Node

在这个项目中，佐治亚理工学院（GT）的pi将加入现有的生命系统物理学生研究网络。GT项目的增长将：1)将代表性不足的领域的研究课题带入PoLS SRN， 2)将GT的PoLS整合到GT更广泛的生物相关社区中，从而在美国东南部为PoLS创建一个中心，3)与世界领先机构的教师建立持续的互动，同时为国内和国际合作提供机会，4)创建新的PoLS实验，建模和理论工具，5)创建新的PoLS课程，6)培养能够推动我校PoLS发展，成为下一代PoLS研究人员的学生和博士后。该提案的共同pi包括来自物理学院（SoP）生物物理小组的四名科学家，机械工程小组的一名科学家和SoP的一名高级成员。他们有大约20名SoP内外的教师，他们的研究兴趣属于pol的范围。这些代表了佐治亚理工学院理学院和工程学院的领域。在过去的五年里，佐治亚理工学院的SoP已经开始开发生物物理学项目，目标是成为该领域的世界领导者，并帮助开发可以促进基础科学和人类健康的技术。SoP的核心生物物理小组（由四个主要教员和四个辅助教员组成）旨在了解物理如何为生物系统的结构，功能和动力学问题提供信息，并研究生物系统提出的基本物理问题。作为未来发展和领导的目标，该小组打算建立在GT非线性科学和软物质社区的成功和优势之上。第二个目标是将他们的项目与GT已经世界级的工程项目（特别是生物工程）整合在一起。

In this project, the PIs at Georgia Tech (GT) will join the existing Physics of Living Systems Student Research Network. Growth of the GT program will: 1) bring research topics in underrepresented areas to the PoLS SRN, 2) integrate PoLS at GT into the broader bio-related community at GT, in turn creating a hub in the Southeast of the US for PoLS, 3) create sustained interaction with faculty at world-leading institutions while lubricating opportunities for national and international collaborations, 4) create new PoLS experimental, modeling and theoretical tools, 5) create new PoLS curriculum, 6) train students and postdocs who can advance PoLS at GT and become the next generation of PoLS researchers. The co-PIs on this proposal include four scientists from the Biophysics Group in the School of Physics (SoP), one from Mechanical Engineering, and a senior member of the SoP. They are joined by approximately 20 faculty within and outside the SoP who have research interests that fall within the scope of PoLS. These represent areas within the College of Sciences and the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech. In the last five years, the SoP at Georgia Tech has begun to develop a program in biophysics with the goal to become a world leader in this area, and also help develop technologies that can advance both basic science and human health. The core Biophysics Group in the SoP (consisting of four primary faculty and four adjunct faculty) seeks to understand how physics can inform questions of structure, function and dynamics in biological systems, and to study fundamental physics questions posed by biological systems. As a goal for future growth and leadership, the group intends to build on the successes and strengths of the nonlinear science and soft matter communities at GT. A second goal is to integrate their program with the already world-class engineering programs (specifically bioengineering) at GT.