RoL:FELS: Symposium: Evolutionary Biomechanics in the Era of Big Data, January 6, 2019, Tampa, Florida

该奖项资助了2019年综合与比较生物学学会年会上为期一天的会议，以推进进化生物力学跨学科领域的研究和发展新的合作。想象一下在附近的公园里散步。在靠近地面的地方，一种真菌慢慢地收集水分，这样它就可以将孢子发射到空气中。附近，落下的枫树种子豆荚产生了空气漩涡，使它们在传播过程中保持在高处。在天空中，雨燕和鹰扫描地面寻找食物，它们的翅膀形状不同，以适应机动或速度。真菌、枫树和鸟类有什么共同之处？它们的运动--事实上，所有的生物运动--都服从于物理定律。进化生物力学是研究运动的物理规则如何塑造生物多样性的进化，由于成像技术，机器学习方法和分子生物遗传学的重大进步，该领域正在经历复兴。进化生物力学的新发现具有重要的应用，包括工程和生物启发的机器人设计。支持为期一天的研讨会突出了进化生物力学领域的新兴趋势。本科生，研究生和博士后研究人员在会议上将获得咨询，以追求多样化的职业机会，研讨会的主要目标是激发新的研究和促进生物力学新的合作。所有的生物运动都是由物理定律指导的。进化适应性的主要特征--运动、进食和繁殖--是由机械定律指导的。因此，运动的物理学和生物多样性的进化是紧密相连的。生物学中一个尚未回答的主要问题是，力学和表型多样性之间的因果关系和预测性如何。该奖项将支持在2019年综合与比较生物学学会会议上举行为期一天的研讨会，以突出进化生物力学的新趋势和发现。该领域的新兴领导者（各种背景和级别）将讨论他们如何使用尖端方法来提高我们对表型进化的理解。新的成像方法允许快速生成、存储和分析扫描和视频。机器学习技术和众包平台正在加快数据收集和模式检测的步伐。下一代测序技术和比较遗传学的进展正在促进进化分析。结合起来，这些发展正在迅速阐明因果关系的支配原则，并可预见地将物理学与表型多样性联系起来。学生将与小组研讨会发言人配对，明确的目标是帮助学生规划他们的下一个职业步骤，并建立新的研究合作。该奖项有助于建立新兴的跨学科研究网络，并鼓励新一代的科学家在进化生物力学。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过评估使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准的支持。

This award funds a one-day conference at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, to advance research and develop new collaborations in the interdisciplinary field of evolutionary biomechanics. Imagine going for a stroll in a nearby park. Near the ground, a fungus slowly collects water so it can ballistically launch its spores into the air. Nearby, falling maple seed pods create air vortices, allowing them to remain aloft during dispersal. Up above, swifts and hawks scan the ground for food, their wings differently shaped for either maneuvering or speed. What do the fungus, maple tree, and birds have in common? Their motion - all biological motion, in fact - is subject to the laws of physics. Evolutionary biomechanics is the study of how the physical rules of motion shape the evolution of biodiversity, a field that is undergoing a renaissance due to major advances in imaging technology, machine learning approaches, and molecular phylogenetics. Novel discoveries in evolutionary biomechanics have important applications, including those in engineering and biologically-inspired robotic design. The supported one-day symposium highlights emerging trends in the field of evolutionary biomechanics. Undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers at the conference will obtain advice for pursuing diverse career opportunities, The major goal of the symposium is to galvanize new research and foster new collaborations in biomechanics. All biological motion is guided by the laws of physics. The major features of evolutionary fitness - locomotion, feeding, and reproduction - are guided by mechanical laws. Thus, the physics of movement and the evolution of biodiversity are deeply connected. One of the major unanswered questions in biology is how causal and predictive the relationships are between mechanics and phenotypic diversity. This award will support a one-day symposium at the 2019 meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology to highlight novel trends and discoveries in evolutionary biomechanics. Emerging leaders (of various backgrounds and ranks) in the field will discuss how they are using cutting-edge methods to improve our understanding of phenotypic evolution. New imaging methods allow the rapid generation, storage, and analysis of scans and videos. Machine learning techniques and crowd-sourcing platforms are accelerating the pace of data collection and pattern detection. Evolutionary analysis is being facilitated by Next Generation Sequencing and advances in comparative phylogenetics. Combined, these developments are rapidly elucidating the governing principles that causally, and predictably, link physics to phenotypic diversity. Students will be paired with symposium speakers in small groups, with the explicit goal of helping students plan their next career steps and forge new research collaborations. This award may help build an emerging interdisciplinary research network and encourage a new generation of scientists in evolutionary biomechanics.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.