Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

分子、细胞和发育生物学培训项目

• 批准号: 10178045
• 负责人: Needhi Bhalla
• 金额: $ 41.03万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10178045
• 关键词: Cellular biology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology; Training Programs

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The graduate Training Program in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (MCDB) is a student- centered interdisciplinary training program that includes 29 principal investigators from 5 departments, with 76 PhD students currently in training. The MCDB program is 1 of 4 training tracks within a larger umbrella program called the Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (PBSE), which encom- passes investigators who study diverse topics in biomedical science. Students admitted into the MCDB Training Program can do research rotations with any of the PBSE faculty, thereby gaining opportunities to explore diverse research topics and methodologies. MCDB students take courses designed to foster independent and critical thinking, as well as an understand- ing of key principles of biomedical science. The courses instruct students in rigor and reproducibility and build basic competencies needed for success in diverse careers. In addition to the core courses, students take an ethics course, a grant writing course, a pedagogy course, a career planning course, and elective courses. The Program Director, a Thesis Advisory Committee, and the Graduate Advis- ing Committee closely monitor student progress and intervene as necessary to ensure retention and successful completion of the program. The average time to degree is 5.9 years. The most motivated and promising MCDB students are selected for Training Grant support based on their academic records and their engagement and performance in core courses and research rota- tions. Training Grant students are usually selected soon after they join a thesis lab for support in Years 2-3. Support is requested for 12 students per year, but we note that all students in our program benefit from the high standards and goals of NIH-supported graduate programs and the innovations in mentoring and training that we have implemented to meet those standards and goals. The MCDB Training Program can point to a number of important achievements. An ambitious and highly successful effort to build an inclusive and diverse program has allowed us to reach 30% URM students in training, as well as a training faculty that is greater than 50% women. We closely track career outcomes for our students, which shows that 73% of our graduates over the last 13 years have gone on to successful careers in the sciences and an additional 20% are training as postdocs. With support from the NIH, we created an exciting new Career Planning course that equips students with the skills and inspiration to pursue diverse careers. A complete restructuring of our core courses has kept them current and relevant. Together, these kinds of innovations have helped drive the success of our training program, which produces outstanding graduates who bring unique skills and diversity to the national biomedical science workforce.

项目摘要/摘要 分子、细胞和发育生物学研究生培训计划(MCDB)是一名学生- 以跨学科为中心的培训计划，包括来自5个部门的29名首席调查人员， 目前有76名博士生正在接受培训。MCDB计划是一个更大的 伞形计划被称为生物医学科学和工程计划(PbSe)，它使- 通过了研究生物医学科学中不同主题的研究人员。 被录取参加MCDB培训计划的学生可以与PbSE中的任何一个进行研究轮换 教师，从而获得了探索不同研究主题和方法的机会。MCDB 学生学习旨在培养独立和批判性思维的课程，以及理解- 生物医学科学关键原理的研究。这些课程指导学生严谨和可重复性。 并建立在不同职业中取得成功所需的基本能力。除了核心课程外， 学生们选修了一门伦理学课程，一门助学金撰写课程，一门教育学课程，一门职业规划课程， 还有选修课。项目主任，论文咨询委员会，和研究生进修班- ING委员会密切监测学生的进步，并在必要时进行干预，以确保留住学生和 项目顺利完成。达到学位的平均时间为5.9年。 最有动力和最有前途的MCDB学生被挑选出来接受培训助学金支持 他们的学业成绩以及他们在核心课程和研究轮换中的参与度和表现- 特兹。培训助学金学生通常在他们加入论文实验室后不久被选中，以获得 2-3岁。要求每年为12名学生提供支持，但我们注意到，我们计划中的所有学生 受益于NIH支持的研究生项目的高标准和目标以及 我们为达到这些标准和目标而实施的指导和培训。 MCDB培训方案可以指出一些重要的成就。一位雄心勃勃的 建立包容性和多样化计划的非常成功的努力使我们达到了30%的URM 培训中的学生，以及培训人员中女性占50%以上。我们密切跟踪 我们学生的职业前景，这表明在过去的13年里，我们73%的毕业生 继续在科学领域取得成功的职业生涯，另外20%的人正在接受博士后培训。使用 在美国国立卫生研究院的支持下，我们创建了一门令人兴奋的新职业规划课程，为学生提供 追求不同职业的技能和灵感。我们的核心课程已经完全重组 使它们保持最新和相关。这些创新加在一起，帮助推动了成功 我们的培训计划，培养出优秀的毕业生，他们为 国家生物医学科学工作者。