Genetics and Genomics Training Grant

大学遗传学与基因组学项目 (UPGG) 拥有近 40 年的培训历史 杜克大学的研究生。该计划多年来一直保持其精英地位 通过与实验和分析技术的变化共同发展的研究生培训计划， 科学文化、职业发展和学生人口统计。目前，UPGG 是一个学位- 授予计划约 50 名学生和 90 名教员，在各院系任职 医学院、工程学院以及艺术与科学学院。 UPGG 学生拥有 有机会接受广泛的基础研究问题的培训，包括染色体， 核酸和基因表达；发育遗传学、群体遗传学和进化遗传学； 模型系统遗传学、人类和哺乳动物遗传学、植物遗传学；以及微生物和病毒 遗传学。我们的教师对学生进行实验和定量/分析方法的培训 从微生物到植物再到人类的各种生物系统。这种智力多样性，加上 杜克大学高度协作的文化创造了真正的跨学科培训环境。我们的UPGG 校友的职业道路广泛，从传统的学术研究和教学到 工业/政府研究或监管事务，以及小型初创公司到大型制药公司。我们的 目前的学员来自不同的科学、文化和社会经济背景。这个 不同的人群通过组织我们的一些签名积极参与自己的培训 计划，例如年度学生静修会、杰出讲座系列和社区外展 努力。其他程序化产品（例如我们的周二研讨会系列）是焦点 将杜克大学的整个遗传学和基因组学界聚集在一起。在即将到来的 在资助期内，我们寻求利用 UPGG 当前的优势和成功以及 开发新的计划和课程以支持知识和职业 我们的学员的发展。我们的目标是利用遗传学和基因组学研究的背景 杜克大学培养独立科学家，他们在基础技术、 他们在一系列科学职业道路上蓬勃发展所必需的领导力和操作技能。作为 作为我们关注学生培训的一部分，我们将制定提高学生指导技能的机制 我们的培训教师在学员的智力发展中发挥着至关重要的作用。最后，我们将 确保我们的培训环境继续成为所有学生都能蓬勃发展的环境。

The University Program in Genetics and Genomics (UPGG) has a nearly 40-year history of training graduate students at Duke University. The program has maintained its status over the years as an elite graduate training program by co-evolving with changes in experimental and analytical technologies, scientific culture, career development, and student demographics. Currently, the UPGG is a degree- granting program of approximately 50 students and 90 faculty with appointments in departments across the School of Medicine, School of Engineering, and Arts & Sciences. UPGG students have the opportunity to train in a broad range of fundamental research questions including chromosomes, nucleic acids, and gene expression; developmental genetics, population and evolutionary genetics; model systems genetics, human and mammalian genetics, plant genetics; and microbial and viral genetics. Our faculty train students in experimental and quantitative/analytical approaches across a variety of biological systems from microbes to plants to humans. This intellectual diversity, coupled with Duke’s highly collaborative culture, has created a truly interdisciplinary training environment. Our UPGG alumni populate a breadth of career paths from traditional academic research and teaching to industrial/government research or regulatory affairs, and small startup companies to big pharma. Our current trainees come from a variety of scientific, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds. This diverse population participates actively in their own training by organizing some of our signature programs, such as the annual student retreat, distinguished lecture series, and community outreach efforts. Additional programmatic offerings such as our Tuesday Seminar Series serve as a focal point for bringing together the entire Genetics and Genomics community together at Duke. In the coming grant period, we seek to leverage the current strengths and successes of the UPGG along with developing new programmatic and curricular offerings that support the intellectual and career development of our trainees. Our objective is to utilize the backdrop of genetics and genomics research at Duke to produce independent scientists who are well trained in the fundamental technical, leadership, and operational skills necessary for them to thrive in a range of scientific career paths. As part of our focus on student training, we will develop mechanisms for improving the mentoring skills of our training faculty who play a critical role in the intellectual development of our trainees. Finally, we will ensure that our training environment continues to be one in which all of our students can flourish.