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Program in Interdisciplinary
Biological & Biomedical Science (PiBBs)
The Program in Interdisciplinary
Biological & Biomedical Science at the University of New Mexico is a collaboration between
the Departments of Biology, Computer Science, Physics, Math and Statistics
at UNM, Los Alamos National Laboratory(LANL), and the Santa Fe Institute(SFI). PiBBs is funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Close linkages with
SFI and LANL allow us to offer educational and research opportunities
not available in most traditional curricula.
The impetus for this program
- Increasing recognition that research on fundamental problems
in biology and biomedical science will benefit from the input of new
ideas, methodologies, and investigative strategies from the physical
sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
Primary Goals
The primary goal of PiBBs is to develop new training opportunities
for Ph.D. students that will provide them skills and knowledge
needed to conduct leading edge interdisciplinary research. Specifically we will aim to:
- Develop a common baseline of mathematical,
computational and biological knowledge and skills necessary for successful
interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Expose students to the disparate
ways in that various scientific disciplines tackle and solve scientific
problems.
- Expose students to the language, culture, technology,
literature and different perspectives/approaches used by various disciplines.
- Foster the communication, scientific and social skills necessary
to work effectively in small interdisciplinary research teams.
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