Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Northwestern University

西北大学分子生物物理学培训项目

• 批准号: 10405487
• 负责人: Heather Wendy Pinkett
• 金额: $ 41.63万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10405487
• 关键词: Biophysics; Molecular; Training Programs; Universities

Project Summary The core mission of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) at Northwestern University (NU) is to train the next generation of pre-doctoral students in the highly interdisciplinary field of molecular biophysics. This field seeks to describe and explain biological phenomena using fundamental physical, chemical, and mathematical principles and to leverage this knowledge to develop new medicinal therapies and engineer new biomedical tools and applications. As the sole training program at NU dedicated to this area, for 30 years MBTP has played a key role in strengthening intellectual ties and stimulating interdisciplinary collaborations among program preceptors, catalyzed by student trainees, spread over seven departments in the schools of arts & sciences, medicine, and engineering. Six pre-doctoral student trainees in their second and third years of graduate education from seven feeder graduate programs will be recruited to and supported by the training program for a maximum of two years, allowing the program to have the greatest impact early in their careers as trainees complete the required coursework, learn to think critically, frame research questions independently, acquire and hone the requisite technical skills to answer these questions, and develop operational skills to be effective communicators and researchers. Trainee learning will occur through the completion of a core biophysics curriculum established by the program that will allow students from diverse backgrounds to share a common didactic experience. Trainees will have numerous opportunities to develop and hone oral presentation skills at program-sponsored forums from intimate settings like journal clubs and research-in-progress meetings held every month to larger audiences at monthly intramural seminars and the annual symposium. Monthly seminars, annual symposia and career development forums featuring external speakers, who are also leaders in academia, industry, and other non-academic careers will not only provide trainees with opportunities for broadening and deepening knowledge in the field but also for networking and career advancement. MBTP is deeply committed towards the development of all students including those from underrepresented backgrounds for broad impact. The overarching goal of MBTP is to prepare pre-doctoral students of exceptional promise in the early stages of their scientific careers to conduct rigorous, reproducible, and responsible research in molecular biophysics by facilitating the development of both general competencies as well as the uniquely molecular biophysical skills of deep analytical and quantitative reasoning and expertise in the application of cutting-edge technologies to solve complex biological problems. By achieving our overarching goal, we will set students on a trajectory towards independence in thought and action with skills that are compatible with a spectrum of productive, intellectually-demanding careers in academia, industry, and beyond.

项目摘要 西北大学分子生物物理培训计划(MBTP)的核心任务是 在高度交叉的分子生物物理学领域培养下一代博士前学生。 这个领域试图用基本的物理、化学和 数学原理，并利用这些知识来开发新的药物疗法和设计新的 生物医学工具和应用。作为NU致力于这一领域的唯一培训项目，已有30年 MBTP在加强知识联系和促进跨学科合作方面发挥了关键作用 在学生实习生的催化下，项目负责人分布在#年学校的七个部门 文理、医学和工程学。 六名博士前实习生在他们的研究生教育的第二和第三年从七支线 研究生项目将被招募到培训项目中并得到培训项目的支持，最长为两年， 使该计划在他们职业生涯的早期产生最大的影响，因为受训人员完成了要求的 课业，学会批判性思考，独立构思研究问题，获得和磨练必要的 回答这些问题的技术技能，并培养操作技能，以成为有效的沟通者和 研究人员。学员的学习将通过完成由 该计划将允许来自不同背景的学生分享共同的教学经验。 学员将有许多机会在项目赞助的会议上发展和磨练口头表达技巧。 论坛从每月举行的杂志俱乐部和研究进展会议等私密场所发展到更大的规模 每月一次的校际研讨会和年度研讨会的观众。每月研讨会、年度研讨会 和职业发展论坛，有外部演讲者，他们也是学术界、工业界和 其他非学术职业不仅将为学员提供拓宽和深化的机会 不仅是该领域的知识，也是网络和职业发展的关键。MBTP坚定地致力于 所有学生的发展，包括那些来自代表人数不足的背景的学生，都将产生广泛的影响。 MBTP的首要目标是在早期培养有特殊前途的博士前学生。 他们科学生涯的各个阶段，在分子领域进行严谨、可重复和负责任的研究 通过促进一般能力和独特的分子能力的发展来促进生物物理学 深入分析和定量推理的生物物理技能和专业知识在前沿领域的应用 解决复杂生物问题的技术。通过实现我们的总体目标，我们将使学生们 在思想和行动上走向独立的轨迹，其技能与一系列 在学术界、工业界和其他领域从事富有成效、对智力要求高的职业。