Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: the McKusick Short Course

项目总结/摘要 人类和哺乳动物遗传学和基因组学：McKusick短期课程，通过六个 约翰霍普金斯大学和杰克逊实验室（JAX）之间长达十年的合作伙伴关系， 下一代基础研究和医学遗传学专业人员。McKusick短期课程 这是一个为期两周的密集项目，涵盖了人类和小鼠的遗传和基因组学过程， 和人类疾病的机制。该课程提供约45个讲座，10个研讨会和8个晚上 讲座超过12天的时间，独特地提供医学遗传学，小鼠遗传学，和伦理，法律的和 基因组学内容培训的社会影响。短期课程提供的内容通常是 由一个或多个研究生水平，为期一个学期的大学课程覆盖。对于研究生来说， 来自美国大学的博士后研究员和教师是主要观众，该课程吸引了约115人 学员每年JAX利用了来自NIH、March of Dimes和HHMI的宝贵奖学金基金 高级课程补助金，以允许被接受的代表性不足的少数族裔学员参加课程 没有任何注册费或住宿费。此外，JAX致力于扩大URM的参与 参与者和教师超过百分之十六谁参加了过去四年。两个学院 学员在课程中建立了重要的联系，从而获得了博士后奖学金， 研究合作，并建立重要的学术网络。在未来的课程中， 通过网上播放讲座和研讨会产生更大的影响。McKusick短期课程的总体目标是 在医学和实验遗传学和基因组学方面培训年轻科学家， 成为下一代生物医学研究领导者和临床科学家。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: the McKusick Short Course, developed through a six- decade long partnership between Johns Hopkins University and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), trains the next generation of basic research and medical genetics professionals. The McKusick Short Course is purposefully an intense, two-week program that covers human and mouse genetic and genomics processes and the mechanisms of human disease. The course offers ~45 lectures, 10 workshops and eight evening lectures over a 12-day period, uniquely providing medical genetics, mouse genetics, and ethical, legal and social implications of genomics content training. The content delivered by the short course would normally be covered by one or many more graduate-level, semester-long university courses. With graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty from U.S. universities being the dominant audience, the course attracts ~115 trainees each year. JAX leverages valuable scholarship funds from the NIH, the March of Dimes, and a HHMI Advanced Courses grant to allow accepted underrepresented minority (URM) trainees to attend the course without any registration or housing fee. Moreover JAX is committed to expanding the participation of URM participants and faculty beyond the sixteen percent who have participated in the last four years. Both faculty and trainee participants make important connections at the course, leading to postdoctoral fellowships, research collaborations, and creation of important academic networks. Going forward the course also will have a larger impact through webcasting of lectures and seminars. The overall goal of the McKusick Short Course is to train young scientists in medical and experimental genetics and genomics such that participants can become the next generation of biomedical research leaders and clinician scientists.