Biotechnology Training Program

项目摘要 此申请寻求对UVA生物技术培训计划（BTP）的支持。BTP是一个高度互动的， 多学科和>50%的博士生从每年5月的竞争中选择性地吸引多样化的社区 开放给博士生从所有科学和工程部门的大学范围内，我们要求10 博士预科生名额培训经费为两年。我们强调的是科学的严谨性和沟通使用 最新的工具，可与获奖和协作的双重指导，从而产生了广泛的 多学科和学术/工业培训无与伦比的UVA。我们提倡让学员接触到 各种各样的职业已经转型-最重要的是对学员，但也为大学， 我们分享了许多我们的产品。我们相信学员的职业准备是个性化的，不断发展的 并建立在信任的基础上，而这种关系并不一定在毕业时结束。我们的毕业生欢迎 有机会作为BTP研讨会或工业小组演讲者回归，演讲重点关注或交织于 职业反思;或作为BTP公司董事会成员，帮助实习生提供咨询/倡导 顾问。它们是衡量我们成功的最终标准。他们的成果至少每季度更新一次， 毕业生网页与信息从LinkedIn。接受培训的BTP学生（21人，包括11名少数民族）或 毕业（65）进入平均本科GPA为3.7，目前由8个不同的托管 部门BTP学员和毕业生获得了多个奖项，经历了73个不同的外部 来自51家不同的公司，毕业后现在受雇于工业（37），学术界（15;包括 HBCU院长）、政府（3）、医学（3）或基金会（2）。自2005年以来，已有164篇第一作者文章 发表在影响因子高达24的期刊上。学员通过以下方式培养领导能力和团队合作技能： 直接负责BTP的计划功能，包括：BTP研讨会和研讨会，BTP 关怀日、BTP工业问答小组和BTP公司图尔斯参观。指导我们的学员是一个高度参与， 来自14个部门的55名个人的协作和资金充足的教师。机构支持已 对我们的成功至关重要，包括研究副总裁帮助实习和研讨会资金， 一个由工程学院资助的额外培训名额。我们的总体目标是开发下一代 在生物技术主题方面非常严谨，有创造力，有才华和多样化的科学家 并练习团队合作。我们的目标是：（1）巩固实验计划的严谨性基础，数据 组织和透明度建立在自然和eLife公认的“开放科学框架”中， 与夏洛茨维尔的“开放科学中心”的合作，（2）大力培养我们的学员的爱， 对科学的好奇心，因为他们获得了新的技能，以解决重要的科学问题，（3）覆盖 这种培训与各种形式的生物技术接触，包括所需的externships -所有再加上一个 对学员多样性的坚定和持续的承诺。

PROJECT SUMMARY This application seeks support for UVA's Biotechnology Training Program (BTP). The BTP is a highly interactive, multidisciplinary and >50% diverse community of PhD trainees drawn selectively from an annual May competition open to PhD students from all science and engineering departments university-wide for which we request 10 predoctoral slots. Trainee funding is for 2 years. Our emphasis is on scientific rigor and communication using the latest tools available with award winning and collaborative dual mentoring giving rise to a breadth of multidisciplinary and academic/industrial training unmatched at UVA. Our advocacy for trainee exposure to a wide variety of careers has been transformational - most importantly for trainees but also for the university with which we share many of our offerings. We believe in trainee career preparedness that is personalized, evolving and built on trust, and that relationships do not necessarily end at graduation. Indeed, our graduates welcome the opportunity to return as BTP seminar or industrial panel speakers with talks focused on, or interlaced with, career reflections; or to help in a trainee advisory/advocate role as members of the BTP Board of Corporate Advisors. They are the ultimate measure of our success. Their outcomes are updated at least quarterly on our grads web page with information drawn from LinkedIn. BTP students in training (21, including 11 minorities) or graduated (65) entered with an average undergraduate GPA of 3.7, are currently hosted by 8 different departments. BTP trainees and graduates have received multiple awards, experienced 73 different externships from 51 different companies, and after graduation are now employed in industry (37), academia (15; including an HBCU Dean), government (3), medicine (3), or foundation (2). Since '05, 164 first author articles have been published in journals with impact factors as high as 24. Trainees develop leadership and teamwork skills by taking direct responsibility for programmatic features of the BTP including: BTP Symposia and Seminars, BTP Day of Caring, BTP Industrial Q&A Panels and BTP company tours. Mentoring our trainees is a highly engaged, collaborative and well-funded faculty of 55 individuals from 14 departments. Institutional support has been essential for our success, including Vice President for Research help with externship and Symposia funding, and an additional training slot funded by the School of Engineering. Our overall goal is to develop the next generation of exceptionally rigorous, creative, talented and diverse scientists who are socialized in biotechnology themes and practiced in teamwork. Our aims are to: (1) cement a foundation of rigor in experimental planning, data organization and transparency built on the Nature and eLife recognized 'Open Science Framework' in a collaboration with Charlottesville's 'Center for Open Science', (2) to energetically nurture our trainees love and inquisitiveness for science as they acquire new skills to solve important scientific problems, and (3) to overlay this training with various forms of biotechnology exposure, including required externships – all coupled with a strong and constant commitment to trainee diversity.