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Exciting New Program: DIMACS Program at the Interface between
Mathematics and Biology
Posted:
Oct 27, 2005 9:47 AM
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The DIMACS Bio-Math Connect Institute 2006: A Unique Professional
Development Experience Linking the Biological and Mathematical
Sciences for High School Biology and Mathematics Teachers
* The DIMACS Biomath Connect Institute (BMCI) explores exciting topics
at the interface of the biological and mathematical sciences, topics
that can be brought into your high school math/computer science and/or
biology classrooms.
* BMCI will emphasize BIOINFORMATICS and COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY with
additional topics involving mathematical modeling and EPIDEMIOLOGY and
ECOLOGY.
* MATERIALS will be provided, and others developed by you, for you to
TAKE BACK TO YOUR CLASSROOMS.
* Collaborative FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES enhance the experience.
* Participants receive an introduction to the dramatic changes in
modern biology that, through partnerships with mathematics, have led
to major scientific developments such as the human genome project and
defense against emerging diseases like SARS.
* You have the option of ENGAGING IN A REAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE in
computational biology.
* FUNDING EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE: We expect that hotel rooms, meals,
and a modest stipend will be provided.
* GRADUATE CREDIT: You may receive graduate credits from Rutgers
University if you wish.
* LOCATION: BMCI is a national program sponsored by the Colorado
Institute of Technology (CIT) and Rutgers University (RU). The program
will be held at CIT in Broomfield, Colorado, just outside of Denver,
from July 16 to 28, 2006. A follow-up summer program will take place
in July 2007 at RU in Piscataway, NJ.
* APPLICATIONS are preferred from a pair of teachers from opposite
disciplines from the same school, but applications will be accepted
from pairs of teachers in different schools and from individuals who
prefer to be paired with others whom they do not know.
* APPLICATION DEADLINE is March 1, 2006 or until all slots are
filled. Early application deadline is January 16, 2006. Priority
will be given to early applicants.
*FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact spassion@dimacs.rutgers.edu or
visit http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/dci/2006/.
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