Human and Mammalian Genetics and Genomics: the McKusick Short Course

项目摘要/摘要 人类和哺乳动物遗传学和基因组学：McKusick短期课程，通过六个月的 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，为 下一代基础研究和医学遗传学专业人士。麦库西克的短期课程是 有目的地进行为期两周的密集计划，涵盖人类和小鼠的遗传和基因组学过程 以及人类疾病的机制。该课程提供约45个讲座、10个工作坊和8个晚上 为期12天的讲座，独一无二地提供医学遗传学、老鼠遗传学以及伦理、法律和 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 包括一个或多个研究生级别的、为期一学期的大学课程。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的听众，该课程吸引了约115人 每年都有实习生。贾克斯利用来自NIH、DIMES进行曲和HHMI的宝贵奖学金资金 高级课程津贴，让接受的少数族裔(市建局)学员参加课程 不收取任何注册费或住房费。此外，JAX致力于扩大URM的参与 参与者和教职员工超过了在过去四年中参与的16%。两位教职员工 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，以及创建重要的学术网络。展望未来，该课程还将拥有 通过网络直播讲座和研讨会产生更大的影响。麦库西克短期课程的总体目标是 对年轻科学家进行医学和实验遗传学和基因组学方面的培训，使参与者能够 成为下一代生物医学研究带头人和临床科学家。

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.