T32 CTEng (Cellular and Tissue Engineering) Training Program

项目摘要 该申请要求为我们非常成功和有影响力的NIGMS的31-35年提供资金 生物技术T32细胞和组织工程计划（CTEng）。CTEng的目标是 为细胞工程专业的博士前学生提供创新和综合培训， 组织工程，为这些生物技术行业培养未来的领导者。CTEng将 提供一个创新和综合培训计划，包括（i）正式的工程课程 基本原理，生物科学，生物工程和商业原则;（ii）与教师的双周会议 主题在期刊俱乐部讨论、研究报告、教师和行业职业之间轮换 讨论和指导培训;（iii）行业访问和实习;（iii）行业导师 计划;（iv）年度细胞和组织工程会议;（v）区域T32生物技术事业 发展讲习班;以及（六）负责任地进行研究和方法方面的培训， 提高了再现性。格鲁吉亚技术提供了一个杰出的，高度协作和整合 细胞和组织工程的培训和研究环境。特别的优势，在许多 实例独特的功能，我们的计划包括（1）在全国最大的院系之一， 包括许多领先的研究人员在细胞和组织工程，谁提供了一个动态的， 广泛而深入的专业知识临界质量;（2）公认的工程和医学领导（与 我们的合作伙伴埃默里大学医学院），特别是在他们的交叉点;（3）杰出的 研究设施和基础设施;（4）创新培训课程，强调 培养具有较强领导能力和沟通能力的跨学科研究人员;（5）动态 生态系统与多方面的连接点，以工业和创业精神， 商业化;（6）丰富多样和支持性的文化;（7）高质量的计划， 招聘、培训和毕业人数最多的少数民族学生 也是国内最成功的CTEng导师将提名博士前学生从我们的 生物工程，联合GT/埃默里生物医学工程，化学和生物分子工程，和 机械工程项目在他们的第一年年底，CTEng将支持选定的 研究生院第二年和第三年的受训人员。我们要求每年为9名学生提供支持， 这是目前的资金水平。CTEng的毕业生将在以下方面表现出高的研究生产力 出版物和演讲，并将过渡到学术，工业和 成为细胞和组织工程生物技术行业的领导者。

Project Summary This application requests funding for Years 31-35 of our highly successful and impactful NIGMS Biotechnology T32 Program on Cell and Tissue Engineering (CTEng). The objective of CTEng is to provide innovative and integrated training for predoctoral engineering students in cell and tissue engineering to develop future leaders for these biotechnology industries. CTEng will provide an innovative and integrated training program comprising (i) formal courses on engineering fundamentals, biosciences, bioengineering, and business principles; (ii) bi-weekly meetings with faculty with topics rotating among journal club discussion, research presentation, faculty and industry career discussions, and mentorship training; (iii) industrial visits and internships; (iii) an industry mentor program; (iv) an annual cell and tissue engineering conference; (v) a regional T32 Biotechnology career development workshop; and (vi) training in the responsible conduct of research and methods for enhancing reproducibility. Georgia Tech provides an outstanding, highly collaborative and integrative training and research environment in cell and tissue engineering. The particular strengths, and in many instances unique features, of our program include (1) one of the largest faculties in the nation, comprising many of the leading researchers in cell and tissue engineering, who provide a dynamic, broad and deep critical mass of expertise; (2) recognized leadership in engineering and medicine (with our partner Emory University School of Medicine) and especially at their intersection; (3) outstanding research facilities and infrastructure; (4) a curriculum of innovative training components emphasizing developing interdisciplinary researchers with strong leadership and communication skills; (5) a dynamic ecosystem with multi-faceted connection points to industry and entrepreneurship and commercialization; (6) a richly diverse and supportive culture; and (7) quality programs for the recruitment, training and graduation of underrepresented minority students that are among the largest and most successful in the nation. CTEng preceptors will nominate predoctoral students from our BioEngineering, joint GT/Emory Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering programs at the end of their first year, and CTEng will support selected trainees for the second and third years of graduate school. We request support for 9 students per year, which is the current funding level. Graduates of CTEng will exhibit high research productivity in terms of publications and presentations and will transition into impactful careers in academic, industry, and government and become leaders of the cell and tissue engineering biotechnology industries.