Host-Microbe Interactions that Determine Host Traits and Disease

项目摘要 宿主和微生物之间的分子相互作用对宿主生理有重大影响， 发展，和疾病症状学。该培训计划将支持5名博士后学者 与康奈尔大学教职员工领导的研究小组合作，研究分子之间的相互作用 微生物(细菌、真菌和病毒)及其动植物宿主在宿主中表现为主要特征。 符合条件的学员将从国内和世界一流的博士项目中招募，并进行协调 重点招聘与历史上任职人数不足的团体有关联的受训人员 生物研究。学员将在两个或更多的培训实验室合作，但将拥有相当多的 研究独立性和可自由支配的研究津贴。所有受训人员都将拥有知识分子 拥有他们项目的所有权，并将被允许将他们的博士后研究带入随后的 如果他们愿意，他们可以选择独立的立场。培训导师的作用将是提供必要的 支持研究的基础设施和资源，并培养学员的发展和 准备好在学术界、工业界或政府从事与独立研究相关的职业。 培训将通过康奈尔宿主-微生物相互作用和疾病研究所进行协调 (CIHMID)，除了研究外，还将包括专业发展的重要组成部分 训练。研究部分将强调使用先进方法的专门培训。 高度跨学科的环境，利用不同生物系统的比较来最大限度地 智力广度、创造力和洞察力。专业发展将包括一系列活动 以及旨在帮助受训者获得并在随后的职位上取得成功的研讨会 选择。每个学员将与一个量身定做的指导委员会合作，创造一个个性化的个人 发展计划(IDP)，将包括研究的年度目标和基准 专业发展组件。

Project Summary Molecular interactions between hosts and microbes have substantial impact on host physiology, development, and disease symptomology. This training program will support five postdoctoral scholars to collaborate with faculty-led research groups at Cornell in the study of how molecular interactions between microbes (bacteria, fungi and viruses) and their animal and plant hosts manifest as major traits in the host. Eligible trainees will be recruited from top Ph.D. programs in the nation and world, with a concerted emphasis on recruitment of trainees who affiliate with groups that are historically underrepresented in biological research. Trainees will work in collaboration two or more trainer labs but will have considerable research independence and a discretionary research allowance. All trainees will have intellectual ownership over their projects and will be allowed to carry their postdoctoral research into subsequent independent positions if they so desire. The role of the training mentors will be to provide the necessary infrastructure and resources to support the research, and to cultivate trainee development and preparedness for independent research-related careers in academia, industry, or government. Training will be coordinated through the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions and Disease (CIHMID) and will include a substantial component of professional development in addition to the research training. The research component will emphasize specialized training using advanced methodologies in a highly interdisciplinary environment, exploiting comparison across diverse biological systems to maximize intellectual breadth, creativity, and insight. The professional development will include an array of activities and workshops designed to help trainees secure and be successful in the subsequent position of their choice. Each trainee will work with a tailored mentoring committee to create a personalized Individual Development Plan (IDP) that will include annual objectives and benchmarks for both the research and professional development components.