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Welcome to the homepage of the Institute for Quantitative Biology!
Our goals:
- Introduce new curriculum and educational experiences that address the intellectual development and professional goals of students interested in mathematics and biology.
- Provide opportunities for our faculty to either enhance or develop research programs in quantitative biology, and to improve their ability to keep pace with this very rapidly moving and important scientific field.
- Provide support for studies on quantitative biology and attract students and faculty to this field of science.
The last century has been heralded as "the century of biology". Biology and biotechnology have become more important in the coming decades, and it is expected that applications of quantitative methods to biological science will likewise become more and more important in the decades to come. Mathematical and computational components are vital to many areas of contemporary biological research, such as genomics, molecular modeling, structural biology, ecology, evolutionary biology, and systems analysis of neurobiology, physiology, and metabolism. The National Research Council of the National Academies recently published a book entitled BIO 2010. This new book provides a blueprint for bringing undergraduate biology education up to the speed of today's research fast track. Some sample of the recommendations:
"Undergraduate biology students who become comfortable with the ideas of mathematics and physical sciences from the start of their education will better positioned to contribute to future discoveries in biomedical research."
"The lack of quantitative viewpoint in biology courses can result in students who are mathematically talented losing interest in studying the life sciences."
Our main goal is to answer to these challenges and serve as a center of basis and support to both students and faculty who is interested in quantitative biology.
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We are
pleased to announce that as a result of common efforts of the Departments of
Mathematics and Biological Sciences, we have received an award from the National
Research Foundation (NSF
DUE-0337406)
and DUE-0525447.
Please report here if you were supported by these grants |
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1. We had a successful summer program in 2005. Visit the link below! 2. International Exchange Program in Cognitive Science 3 Discussion board opened 4. See our new page about our new grants |
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