Predoctoral Training in the Molecular Biology of Aging

衰老是一个基本的生物过程，与年龄相关的疾病已成为导致死亡的主要原因 在现代社会中。布朗大学分子生物学老年博士后研究生培养目标 培训计划(MBEA)是为了培训下一代科学家来攻击具有巨大挑战性的 理解并最终控制人类衰老的重要任务。在运营的头四年里 MBEA将分子生物学家、计算和种群生物学家以及临床医生聚集在一起， 为研究生提供衰老分子机制方面的指导和培训。姆博阿人 在当前的环境下，为博士候选人提供强大的学术和实验基础 分子衰老研究，并使他们具备在该领域从事研究事业的技能。我们的 在过去的10-15年里，人们对衰老的理解达到了一个分水岭，这是由于 在简单的模型系统中使用正向遗传学。来自7个不同部门的15名教员培训人员 两个成熟的研究生课程已经结合在一起，组成了MBOA培训计划。他们的 研究兴趣包括胰岛素/胰岛素样生长因子信号、染色质结构、细胞衰老、线粒体 神经系统、心脏和软骨退行性疾病的功能和蛋白质质量控制。这个 实验系统从线虫和果蝇到哺乳动物模型，包括小鼠和 多种细胞培养模式。要求在以前的水平上继续为每年四名受训人员提供支助 为期五年。MBOA培训计划作为一个轨道在两个现有的 布朗大学的分子生物学、细胞生物学和生物化学专业 研究生课程(MCB)和病理生物学研究生课程。获得支持的候选人来自 该项目中的有才华的学生，无论是基于学业优异的第一年，还是在随后的 根据其研究的口径，可获得为期两年的资助。母婴健康保险及 病理生物学课程有不同，但关于衰老的生物学，非常相辅相成 协同活动领域：MCB在分子生物学、模式生物和病理生物学方面拥有专业知识 在哺乳动物和人类的生理学和病理学中。这些方法的组合和集成是 姆博阿人哲学的基石。而对无脊椎动物模型的研究则告诉我们 衰老的基本分子机制，这些原理必须从哺乳动物的角度来解释 生理学，并最终与人类病理学相结合。只有跨学科的方法才有希望 实施治疗，以减轻与年龄相关的退化过程造成的痛苦。

Aging is a fundamental biological process and age-related diseases have become the leading causes of death in modern societies. The objective of the Brown University Molecular Biology of Aging Predoctoral Graduate Training Program (MBoA) is to train the next generation of scientists to attack the immensely challenging yet important task of understanding and eventually manipulating human aging. In its first four years of operation the MBoA has brought together molecular biologists, computational and population biologists, and clinicians to provide instruction and training to graduate students in the molecular mechanisms of aging. The MBoA provides PhD candidates with a strong academic and experimental foundation in the current landscape of molecular aging research, and equips them with the skills to pursue a research career in this field. Our understanding of aging has reached a watershed in the past 10-15 years that was enabled by the increasing use of forward genetics in simple model systems. Fifteen faculty trainers from seven different departments and two established graduate programs have come together and comprise the MBoA Training Program. Their research interests span from insulin/IGF signaling, chromatin structure, cellular senescence, mitochondrial function and protein quality control to degenerative disorders of the nervous system, heart and cartilage. The experimental systems span from the nematode and Drosophila to mammalian models including the mouse and a variety of cell culture models. Continuing support is requested at the previous level for four trainees per year for a period of five years. The MBoA Training Program operates as a track under the auspices of two existing and well established programs at Brown University, the Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry Graduate Program (MCB), and the Graduate Program in Pathobiology. Candidates for support are drawn from talented students in the program, either in their first year based on academic excellence, or in subsequent years based on the caliber of their research, and are supported for a period of two years. The MCB and Pathobiology programs have different, but with respect to the biology of aging, very complementary and synergistic areas of activity: MCB has expertise in molecular biology and model organisms, and Pathobiology in mammalian and human physiology and pathology. The combination and integration of these approaches is the cornerstone of the philosophy of the MBoA. While research in invertebrate models informs us on the fundamental molecular mechanisms of aging, these principles have to be interpreted in terms of mammalian physiology and ultimately integrated with human pathology. Only an interdisciplinary approach can hope to implement therapies to alleviate the suffering caused by age-associated degenerative processes.