Molecular Biophysics Training Program

计划摘要/摘要 华盛顿大学分子生物物理学培训计划(MBTP) (UW)旨在培养博士后学生应用最先进的物理和定量 分子和细胞生物医学相关系统的研究方法 级别。在后基因组时代，许多生物医学领域的基础和翻译研究 将受益于更广泛地应用严格和定量的生物物理方法，这些方法 需要一支训练有素、精通这些方法进行研究的劳动力队伍。这个 MBTP的总体目标是通过提高研究经验来满足这些需求 和培训选定的威斯康星大学博士前学生，他们对分子生物物理学和 让他们做好准备，在学术界从事与健康相关的研究， 政府和私营部门。 MBTP学员每年通过严格的遴选程序选出， 从一大批有才华和多样化的申请者中挑选出最优秀的研究生 通过4个跨学科项目和9个系项目录取威斯康星大学。 在他们的研究生生涯中，MBTP实习生被提供有组织的活动来展示 它们涉及广泛的生物物理方法、技术和研究课题，超出了 他们自己的研究生课程。这些学生包括但不限于两周一次的学生。 研究报告系列，一个同行组织的学生日记俱乐部和讨论小组，以及 包括受训者、他们的导师和更大的当地生物物理学的年度务虚会 社区，以及本计划要求或支持的其他讲座和课程，以及 UW相关部门。 该培训计划在UW发挥着特殊的作用，它积极地使一个交叉的 系生物物理界。它促进了学员和他们的同龄人之间的密切互动 博士前学生，他们在分子生物物理学方面有共同的兴趣，但不是 按系和研究生项目分开。通过利用不断增长的 拥有生物物理学背景的UW教师，MBTP创建了一个独特的平台，学员可以在这里 了解现代生物物理技术，了解新出现的挑战 生物医学研究，并建立和扩大他们的专业网络。培训计划有 成功和影响的强劲记录，从其受训人员在 研究生毕业后，以及他们离开后所做的多样化的职业选择 研究生院。

Program Summary / Abstract The Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) at the University of Washington (UW) is designed to train predoctoral students to apply state-of-art physical and quantitative approaches to the investigation of biomedically relevant systems at molecular and cellular levels. In the post-genomic era, basic and translational research in many biomedical areas will benefit from a wider application of rigorous and quantitative biophysical methods, which requires a highly trained workforce proficient in conducting research with these methods. The overarching objective of MBTP is to meet these needs by enhancing the research experience and training of selected UW predoctoral students interested in molecular biophysics and preparing them to develop a productive career in health-related research in academia, government, and the private sector. MBTP trainees are chosen each year through a rigorous selection process that identifies the top graduate students from a large pool of talented and diverse applicants admitted to UW through four interdisciplinary programs and nine departmental programs. During their graduate career, MBTP trainees are provided with structured activities to expose them to a wide range of biophysical methods, techniques, and research topics that go beyond their home graduate program. These include, but are not limited to, a bi-weekly student research presentation series, a peer-organized student journal club and discussion group, an annual retreat that involves the trainees, their advisors, and a larger local biophysics community, as well as other lectures and courses required or supported by this program and related UW departments. This Training Program plays a special role in UW by actively nucleating a cross- departmental biophysics community. It fosters close interactions among trainees and their peer pre-doctoral students, who share common interests in molecular biophysics, but are otherwise separated by departments and graduate programs. By taking advantage of a growing body of UW faculty with biophysics background, MBTP creates a unique platform, where trainees can learn about modern biophysical techniques, gain knowledge of emerging challenges in biomedical research, and build and extend their professional network. The training program has a strong record of success and impact as evidenced by the productivity of its trainees during and after graduate school and by the diverse career choices they make after they leave graduate school.