Integrated, Interdisciplinary, Inter-university PHD Program Computational Biology

描述(由申请人提供)：21世纪最大的科学挑战本质上是跨学科的。为了应对生物学中的这些挑战，研究需要来自多个学科的新思想、方法和调查策略的投入，包括物理科学、工程、数学和社会科学。然而，很少有学生被鼓励大胆而宽泛地思考，或者被训练成超越现有的学科框架。我们的目标是帮助博士生为从事前沿学科研究的持续职业生涯做好准备：i)建立数学、计算和生物知识和技能的共同基线，ii)让受训人员接触不同科学学科处理和解决科学问题的不同方式，ii)让受训人员接触不同科学学科处理和解决科学问题的不同方式，以及ii)帮助他们获得在小型跨学科研究团队中有效工作所需的沟通、科学和社交技能。 跨学科生物和生物医学科学(PIBBS)计划将来自6个系(生物学、计算机科学、电气和计算机工程、数学和统计学、物理、天文学和人类学)、2个学院(文理学院和工程学院)和3个著名机构(新墨西哥大学、圣达菲研究所和洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室)的对生物学理论、建模和生物信息学研究感兴趣的教职员工联合起来，组成一个综合生物学博士学位课程。12名常备受训人员(其中一些人得到了UNM的支持)将获得数年的支助，以进行学科间研究方面的授课和实践培训。我们的计划包括一系列5个专业课程，其中包括在跨学科培训中证明有效的教学策略，SFI的暑期培训计划，拓宽科学视野和网络，以及在合作研究团队中进行研究实践培训。一个共同的设施、访问学者和一系列其他专业和社会活动有助于培养和维持一个充满活力和令人兴奋的跨学科学者社区。 相关性：PIBBS通过整合跨学科、提供协作学科间科学方面的创新培训以及解决生物科学中的基本问题，实现了NIH路线图和HHMI-NIBIB接口倡议的目标。我们的培训将使博士生为从事前沿跨学科生物学研究的持续职业生涯做好准备，这可能会导致重要的研究发现。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The greatest scientific challenges for the 21st Century are inherently interdisciplinary. Research to address these challenges in biology requires the input of new ideas, methodologies, and investigative strategies from the multiple disciplines, including the physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, and the social sciences. Yet very few students are encouraged to think boldly and broadly, or are trained to go beyond existing disciplinary frameworks. We aim to prepare Ph.D students for sustained careers doing cutting edge interdisciplinary research by: i) developing a common baseline of mathematical, computational and biological knowledge and skills, ii) exposing trainees to the disparate ways that various scientific disciplines tackle and solve scientific problems, and ii) exposing trainees to the disparate ways that various scientific disciplines tackle and solve scientific problems, and ii) helping them acquire the communication, scientific and social skills necessary to work effectively in small interdisciplinary research teams. The Program in Interdisciplinary Biological and Biomedical Science (PiBBs) unites faculty and students from 6 departments ( Biology, Computer Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics and Astronomy and Anthropology), 2 colleges ( College of Arts and Science and the College of Engineering at UNM) and 3 prestigious institutions ( University of New Mexico, Santa Fe Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory) with research interests in biological theory, modeling and bioinformatics into a comprehensive program leading to a Ph.D concentration in Integrative Biology. A standing crop of 12 trainees (some supported by UNM) will receive several years of support to engage in didactic and hands-on training in the conduct of interdisplinary research. Our program involves a series of 5 specialized courses that include a repertoire of pedagogical strategies all with proven effectiveness in interdisciplinary training, a summer training program at SFI that broadens scientific horizons and networks, and hands on training in the conduct of research within a collaborative research team. A common facility, visiting scholars and a series of other professional and social activities help foster and maintain a vibrant and exciting community of interdisciplinary scholars. RELEVANCE: PiBBs addresses the goals of the NIH roadmap and the HHMI-NiBIB Interfaces Initiative by integrating across disciplines, providing innovative training in collaborative interdisicplinary science, and addressing fundamental problems in the biological science. Our training will prepare Ph.D. students for sustained careers doing cutting edge interdisciplinary biological research that will likely lead to important research discoveries.