Workshops: UK Mathematics in Medicine Study Groups (2009-2012)

数学在理解生物医学问题中扮演着重要的角色。这一角色导致了数学和系统生物学等领域最近的爆炸性增长。这项提议的重点是继续现有的为期一周的MMSGs计划和较短的后续会议，旨在促进和鼓励数学和生物医学科学之间的新合作。MMSGs允许数学家、统计学家、生物医学科学家和临床医生在“同一屋檐下”共聚一堂，为期五天，并参与将数学建模技术应用于生物医学科学家提出的问题。这些研讨会是集中的、协作的会议，数学家与生物医学科学家并肩工作，解决他们的问题。产生的新想法可以帮助指导未来的实验工作，并开发新的信息丰富的数学模型和技术。较短的一天后续会议(每个讲习班三次)使讲习班上形成的协作得到进一步发展。MMSGs在促进数学家、生物医学科学家和临床医生之间令人兴奋的跨学科合作方面有九年的记录，这些合作导致了期刊出版物和未来的研究通过理学硕士和博士学生奖学金、奖学金和更大的拨款申请来资助。该计划为跨学科研究提供了一个令人兴奋的机会，并为学生和早期职业研究人员提供了一个良好的培训环境。

Mathematics has an important role to play in the understanding of biomedical problems. This role has resulted in the recent explosive growth in fields such as Mathematical and Systems Biology. This proposal is focused on continuing an existing programme of week-long MMSGs and shorter follow-up meetings designed to foster and stimulate new collaborations between the mathematical and biomedical sciences. The MMSGs allow mathematicians, statisticians, biomedical scientists and clinicians to come together under `one-roof' for a period of five days, and to participate in the application of mathematical modelling techniques to problems presented by the biomedical scientists. The workshops are focused, collaborative meetings where the mathematicians work side-by-side with the biomedical scientists to tackle their problem. The new ideas that are generated can help to direct future experimental work and developing new informative mathematical models and techniques. Shorter one day follow-up meetings (three per workshop) allow collaborations developed at the workshops to develop further. MMSGs have a nine year track record of facilitating exciting interdisciplinary collaborations between mathematicians, biomedical scientists and clinicians which have led to journal publications and future research being funded through MSc and PhD studentships, fellowships and larger grant applications. The programme provides an exciting opportunity for interdisciplinary research and an excellent training environment for students and early stage career researchers.