PARTNERSHIPS FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH IN ARKANSAS

该提案描述了创建阿肯色州生物医学研究基础设施网络(BRIN)的计划。BRIN的长期目标是在阿肯色州建立生物医学研究能力；增加拥有外部资助的生物医学研究项目的教职员工数量；并刺激本科生攻读生物医学科学研究生课程。阿肯色州BRIN将围绕三个学术机构建立：阿肯色大学医学科学大学(UAMS)、阿肯色大学小石城分校(UALR)、阿肯色大学小石城分校(UALR)和阿肯色大学费耶特维尔分校(UAF)。所有活动都将通过行政核心进行协调。布林的三个校区通过高速通信线路连接，并将配备Access Grid工作室，以促进校区之间的小组对小组互动。BRIN的一个主要特征是生物信息学核心，它将跨越UALR、UAM和UAF。生物信息学核心将是全州范围内的教育和服务资源，将使研究人员和学生获得多学科生物医学研究所需的计算工具。BRIN还将支持由三个设施组成的生物技术核心：基因组学、蛋白质组学和数字显微镜。这些设施将为研究人员提供生物医学科学基础中的三个方面的仪器和专业知识：基因、蛋白质和活细胞。BRIN的一项至关重要的活动是促进本科教师的招聘和发展，这些教师拥有竞争研究资金所需的培训和资源。通过招聘和指导核心，布林基金将支持在选定的本科校园招聘高素质的受过研究培训的教师。UAMS、UAF和UALR的资深调查人员被组织成主题研究小组，他们将在暑期研究计划中指导新的和现有的本科生教师。暑期研究项目还将使有才华的本科生能够在现有的实验室参与生物医学研究。通过让这些学生从事研究，并通过发展具有积极生物医学研究项目的本科教师，BRIN将显著改善研究队伍，并增加在阿肯色州攻读生物医学科学研究生教育的合格学生池。

This proposal describes plans for the creation of the Arkansas Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN). The long-term goals of the BRIN are to build biomedical research capacity in Arkansas; increase the number of faculty with extramurally funded biomedical research programs; and stimulate undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in biomedical science. The Arkansas BRIN will be built around three academic institutions: the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), and the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (UAF). All activities will be coordinated through the Administrative Core. The three BRIN campuses are connected by high-speed communications lines and will be equipped with Access Grid studios to facilitate group-to-group interactions among campuses. A major feature of the BRIN is the Bioinformatics Core, which will span UALR, UAM, and UAF. The Bioinformatics Core will be a statewide educational and service resource that will give investigators and students access to the computational tools needed for multi-disciplinary biomedical research. The BRIN will also support a Biotechnology Core consisting of three facilities: Genomics, Proteomics, and Digital Microscopy. These facilities will provide investigators with access to instrumentation and expertise in three of the foundation of biomedical science: genes, proteins, and living cells. A critically important activity of the BRIN is to facilitate recruitment and development of undergraduate faculty who have the training and resources needed to compete for research funding. Through the Recruitment & Mentoring Core, BRIN funds will support the recruitment of highly qualified research-trained faculty at selected undergraduate campuses. Established investigators at UAMS, UAF, and UALR, who are organized into Thematic Research Groups will mentor new and existing undergraduate faculty in a summer research program. The summer research program will also enable talented undergraduate students to make part in biomedical research in established laboratories. By exposing these students to research, and by developing undergraduate faculty with active biomedical research programs, the BRIN will significantly improve the research workforce and increase the pool of well-qualified students pursuing graduate education in biomedical science in Arkansas.