Predoctoral Training Program in Genetics

节目概要 爱荷华州大学的遗传学跨学科研究生项目有45年的培训历史 遗传学博士生，当时有174名毕业生。该计划目前为74名教师和42名 学生在四个学院和17个学术部门在我们的校园。学生接受严格训练 和可重复性和研究行为在整个教育培训的跨度。学生与 无论是在基础遗传学的标准课程或选择追求计算遗传学（CG） 子轨道，培养学生在遗传学的生物学方面和复杂的计算 分析大量基因组和遗传数据的方法。两条轨道的研究机会 跨越遗传学的范围，从细菌到模式生物到人类遗传学，从发育 从遗传学到进化，从表观遗传学和基因组学到细胞生物学和疾病机制。学生 完成该计划配备有广泛的职业生涯在当代科学。 我们的使命是培养一批训练有素的遗传学家和生物信息学家， 操作和专业技能，安全地进行严格和可重复的研究， 负责任地，并过渡到生物医学研究人员的职业生涯。我们认识到 教师和学生在遗传学学科的广度不同的观点，从 不同的地区、教育和种族背景。具体而言，我们建议1）发展和加强 我们的受训人员在科学逻辑和沟通方面的技能，2）提供广泛的技术和操作培训 跨越遗传学学科的多个方面，与生物学，医学和数据的许多领域相结合 科学，3）通过招聘，保留和培训，增强计划和领域的多样性， 4）透过导师培训教育及活动，建立师友文化。 培训计划将通过一个坚实的核心课程来实现这些目标，并具有额外的灵活性， 加强具体领域的培训。学员将接受写作技巧、数据分析、 严谨的实验设计和批判性思维。他们还将制定个人职业计划， 导师，并通过机会与校友和来自各种职业道路的其他专家互动。 通过教学助学金和机会，介绍他们的工作在计划务虚会，区域和 国家会议，他们将提高他们的沟通技巧，辅之以正式的教学，在这些 地区该方案将强调对培训员的导师培训，并为学员提供导师培训机会。 每年需要为7名受训人员提供支助，每名受训人员在培训的第2年或第3年中需要1年或2年的支助。

PROGRAM SUMMARY The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics at the University of Iowa has a 45-year history of training PhD students in Genetics, with 174 graduates in that time. The program currently serves 74 faculty and 42 students in four colleges and 17 academic departments across our campus. Students receive training in rigor and reproducibility and research conduct throughout the span of their educational training. Students align with either the standard curriculum in foundational genetics or elect to pursue the Computational Genetics (CG) subtrack, which trains students in the biological aspects of Genetics and sophisticated computational approaches for the analysis of large sets of genomic and genetic data. Research opportunities in both tracks span the spectrum of Genetics, from bacterial to model organism to human genetics, from developmental genetics to evolution, and from epigenetics and genomics to cell biology and disease mechanisms. Students complete the program equipped have a broad range of careers in contemporary science. Our mission is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained Geneticists and Bioinformaticists with the technical, operational, and professional skills necessary to conduct rigorous and reproducible research safely and responsibly, and transition into careers in the biomedical research workforce. We recognize the power of diverse perspectives of faculty and students across the breadth of the discipline of genetics, recruited from diverse regional, educational and ethnic backgrounds. Specifically, we propose to 1) develop and sharpen the skills of our trainees in scientific logic and communication, 2) provide broad technical and operational training across the multiple facets of the genetics discipline, interfacing with many areas of biology, medicine and data science, 3) enhance diversity in the program and in the field through recruitment, retention and training for excellence, and 4) establish a culture of mentorship through mentor training education and activity. The training program will accomplish these goals through a solid core curriculum with additional flexibility to enhance training in specific areas. Trainees will receive integrated training in writing skills, data analysis, rigorous experimental design and critical thinking. They will also develop individual career plans guided by mentors and informed by opportunities to interact with alumni and other experts from a variety of career paths. Through teaching assistantships and opportunities to present their work at the program retreat, regional and national conferences, they will enhance their communication skills, supplemented by formal instruction in these areas. The program will emphasize mentor training for trainers, with mentor training opportunities for trainees. Support is requested for 7 trainees per year, each trainee for 1 or 2 years in years 2 or 3 of their training.