REU Site: Mathematical Biology Team Science (MBioTS) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program at Clarkson University

该奖项全部或部分根据2021年美国救援计划法案（公法117-2）资助。数学生物学团队科学（MBioTS）本科生（REU）计划的研究经验在克拉克森大学是一个为期十周的跨学科研究本科生的夏季经验。 该计划的目标是通过沉浸式团队科学方法培养对定量生物学感兴趣的学生。该计划旨在为未来的生物学家和应用数学家做好准备，以便跨学科进行有效的沟通和合作，以解决生物科学中出现的问题。 MBioTS REU网站的目标人群包括来自不同学术背景的学生，如数学，生物学，健康科学，物理学，计算机科学和工程学。 学生将在全国范围内招募，重点是妇女，STEM中代表性不足的群体，以及研究机会有限的机构的学生。 教师导师在数学生物学方面具有合作的专业知识，研究项目涵盖生态学，细胞生物学和公共卫生等生物现象。参与者将发展适用于协作科学，科学传播，出版和展示研究成果，以及STEM研究生学习和职业生涯的技能。MBioTS REU计划将通过直接将联合收割机实验和理论组件相结合的项目，向学生介绍生物学和数学交叉点的跨学科研究。学生们将成对地进行指导研究，一名参与者专注于实验室环境中的数据收集，另一名专注于计算和数学分析。每个团队将由克拉克森的生物学和数学系的教师指导。MBioTS REU的一个关键组成部分将是跨学科的学生团队成员之间的密切互动，因为他们合作设计实验和模型来解决生物学问题。该计划还将包括研究研讨会的数学生物学项目的教师都在克拉克森大学和其他机构。学生开发的技能是通用的，广泛适用的，包括实验设计，建模，计算，数据拟合和不确定性量化，以及数学分析。通过研究报告和专业发展研讨会，也将强调技术沟通能力，旨在为学生的研究生院和科学生涯做准备。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). The Mathematical Biology Team Science (MBioTS) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program at Clarkson University is a ten-week interdisciplinary research summer experience for undergraduate students. The objective of the program is to train students interested in quantitative biology through an immersive team science approach. The program is designed to prepare future biologists and applied mathematicians to effectively communicate and collaborate across disciplines to solve problems arising in the biological sciences. The targeted population for the MBioTS REU site includes students from a diverse set of academic backgrounds such as mathematics, biology, health sciences, physics, computer science, and engineering. Students will be recruited nationally, with a focus on women, underrepresented groups in STEM, and students at institutions with limited research opportunities. The faculty mentors have expertise working collaboratively in mathematical biology, and the research projects span biological phenomena ranging from ecology, cell biology, and public health. Participants will develop skills applicable in collaborative science, in science communication, in publishing and presenting research results, and in graduate studies and careers in STEM. The MBioTS REU program will introduce students to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of biology and mathematics through projects that directly combine experimental and theoretical components. Students will work in pairs on mentored research, with one participant focused on data collection in a laboratory setting and the other focused on computational and mathematical analysis. Each team will be mentored by faculty from both the Biology and Mathematics Departments at Clarkson. A key component of the MBioTS REU will be the close interaction between student team members across disciplines, as they collaboratively design both experiments and models to address biological questions. The program will also include research seminars on mathematical biology projects from faculty both at Clarkson University and other institutions. The skills students develop are versatile and broadly applicable, and include experimental design, modeling, computation, data fitting and uncertainty quantification, and mathematical analysis. Technical communication skills will also be emphasized via research presentations, and professional development seminars intended to prepare students for graduate school and scientific careers.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.