IGERT: Vertically Integrated Training with Genomics

IGERT：基因组学垂直整合培训

• 批准号: 1069157
• 负责人: Andrew Suarez
• 金额: $ 319.84万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2018-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1069157&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Vertically; Integrated; Training; Genomics

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) award is built around two grand challenges in biology: 1) How do genomes interact with the environment to produce biological diversity? and 2) How are biological systems integrated from molecules to ecosystems? Our training model is aimed at preparing students so that they are empowered to learn how an organism?s traits emerge from, and are continually shaped by, a complex interplay of genetic information stored in DNA and environmental information that an organism experiences throughout its life. This training will equip students with the knowledge, tools and perspectives needed to address pressing scientific and societal problems, including: effects of climate change on agriculture and food security; responses of organisms and ecosystems to anthropogenic influences on landscapes; emergence of infectious diseases, and influences of genes on behavior.This proposal uses a ?back-to-the-future? educational model that asserts that the best way to use genomics to address grand challenges in biology is to have a graduate program that blends state-of-the-art training in genomics with an integrated, taxon-oriented, perspective. Our guiding principle is that to be able to use powerful new genomic resources as effectively as possible, students need to have strong foundation in the basic biology of the organisms they are studying. Another cornerstone of this IGERT is the recruiting and mentoring of underrepresented minorities into a scientific discipline. Because genomic topics often deal with provocative issues, students will also get training in scientific ethics and on how to communicate sensitive topics to the public.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖是围绕生物学的两个重大挑战：1）基因组如何与环境相互作用，以产生生物多样性？2）生物系统如何从分子到生态系统整合？我们的培训模式旨在帮助学生做好准备，使他们有能力学习如何一个有机体？一个生物体的特征来自于DNA中储存的遗传信息和生物体一生中经历的环境信息之间复杂的相互作用，并不断受到这种相互作用的影响。这项培训将使学生掌握解决紧迫的科学和社会问题所需的知识，工具和观点，包括：气候变化对农业和粮食安全的影响;生物和生态系统对景观人为影响的反应;传染病的出现，以及基因对行为的影响。回到未来该教育模式断言，利用基因组学来应对生物学中的重大挑战的最佳方式是拥有一个研究生课程，该课程将基因组学中最先进的培训与综合的，以分类为导向的观点相结合。我们的指导原则是，为了能够尽可能有效地使用强大的新基因组资源，学生需要在他们正在研究的生物体的基础生物学方面有坚实的基础。IGERT的另一个基石是招募和指导代表性不足的少数群体进入科学学科。 由于基因组主题往往涉及挑衅性的问题，学生还将获得科学道德和如何向公众传达敏感话题的培训。IGERT是一个全国性的计划，旨在应对教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中促进研究生教育的文化变革。