Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Northwestern University

西北大学分子生物物理学培训项目

• 批准号: 10172277
• 负责人: Ishwar Radhakrishnan
• 金额: $ 39.01万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10172277
• 关键词: Biophysics; Molecular; Training Programs; Universities

Project Summary The core mission of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) at Northwestern University (NU) is to train the next generation of pre-doctoral students in the highly interdisciplinary field of molecular biophysics. This field seeks to describe and explain biological phenomena using fundamental physical, chemical, and mathematical principles and to leverage this knowledge to develop new medicinal therapies and engineer new biomedical tools and applications. As the sole training program at NU dedicated to this area, for 30 years MBTP has played a key role in strengthening intellectual ties and stimulating interdisciplinary collaborations among program preceptors, catalyzed by student trainees, spread over seven departments in the schools of arts & sciences, medicine, and engineering. Six pre-doctoral student trainees in their second and third years of graduate education from seven feeder graduate programs will be recruited to and supported by the training program for a maximum of two years, allowing the program to have the greatest impact early in their careers as trainees complete the required coursework, learn to think critically, frame research questions independently, acquire and hone the requisite technical skills to answer these questions, and develop operational skills to be effective communicators and researchers. Trainee learning will occur through the completion of a core biophysics curriculum established by the program that will allow students from diverse backgrounds to share a common didactic experience. Trainees will have numerous opportunities to develop and hone oral presentation skills at program-sponsored forums from intimate settings like journal clubs and research-in-progress meetings held every month to larger audiences at monthly intramural seminars and the annual symposium. Monthly seminars, annual symposia and career development forums featuring external speakers, who are also leaders in academia, industry, and other non-academic careers will not only provide trainees with opportunities for broadening and deepening knowledge in the field but also for networking and career advancement. MBTP is deeply committed towards the development of all students including those from underrepresented backgrounds for broad impact. The overarching goal of MBTP is to prepare pre-doctoral students of exceptional promise in the early stages of their scientific careers to conduct rigorous, reproducible, and responsible research in molecular biophysics by facilitating the development of both general competencies as well as the uniquely molecular biophysical skills of deep analytical and quantitative reasoning and expertise in the application of cutting-edge technologies to solve complex biological problems. By achieving our overarching goal, we will set students on a trajectory towards independence in thought and action with skills that are compatible with a spectrum of productive, intellectually-demanding careers in academia, industry, and beyond.

项目摘要 西北大学（NU）分子生物物理学培训计划（MBTP）的核心使命是 在分子生物物理学的高度跨学科领域培养下一代博士预科生。 该领域试图用基本的物理，化学和生物学原理来描述和解释生物现象。 数学原理，并利用这些知识来开发新的医学疗法和工程新的 生物医学工具和应用。作为NU唯一致力于这一领域的培训计划，30年来 MBTP在加强知识联系和促进跨学科合作方面发挥了关键作用 在项目导师中，由学生学员催化，分布在学校的七个部门， 艺术与科学、医学和工程。 六名博士前学生在他们的第二和第三年的研究生教育，从七个馈线 研究生课程将被招募到培训计划并得到最多两年的支持， 使该计划在学员完成所需的职业生涯早期产生最大的影响， 课程作业，学会批判性思考，独立构建研究问题，获得和磨练必要的 回答这些问题的技术技能，并发展成为有效沟通者的操作技能， 研究人员学员将通过完成生物物理学核心课程进行学习， 该计划将允许来自不同背景的学生分享共同的教学经验。 学员将有无数的机会，发展和磨练口头表达技能，在节目赞助 论坛从私密的设置，如期刊俱乐部和每月举行的研究进展会议，到更大的 每月的校内研讨会和年度研讨会的观众。每月研讨会、年度专题讨论会 和职业发展论坛，由外部演讲者主讲，他们也是学术界、工业界和 其他非学术职业不仅为学员提供拓宽和深化的机会， 在该领域的知识，也为网络和职业发展。MBTP致力于 所有学生的发展，包括那些来自代表性不足的背景广泛的影响。 MBTP的总体目标是准备在早期的特殊承诺的博士前学生 他们的科学生涯的各个阶段，进行严格的，可重复的，负责任的研究，在分子 生物物理学通过促进发展的一般能力，以及独特的分子 深入分析和定量推理的生物物理技能以及尖端技术应用的专业知识 解决复杂生物问题的技术。通过实现我们的总体目标，我们将设置学生 一条通往思想和行动独立的道路，拥有与一系列 在学术界，工业界和其他领域的生产力，智力要求高的职业生涯。