Cellular & Molecular Microbiology Postgraduate Training

描述（由申请人提供）：此研究生申请 提交了细胞和分子微生物学研究培训计划 由范德比尔特大学的一组研究人员 (VU)Meharry Medical College（MMC）培训计划源于一个 分子微生物学和细胞生物学两个学科的结合， 是一个尝试，汇集了许多基础科学家在VU和MMC谁工作 在与细胞微生物学新领域密切相关的领域，并致力于 培训博士后研究员由机构NRSA的支持。的 新的方面的培训计划包括一个强调的状态， 本领域的细胞生物学应用于研究中的模式生物， 以下领域：（i）微生物粘附;（ii）细胞骨架和胞质分裂; (iii)内吞作用/溶酶体途径;（iv）信号转导/基因 转录;（v）RNA结合蛋白;（vi）蛋白体-ER-高尔基体途径; (vii)细胞凋亡和线粒体功能;（viii）病毒-细胞相互作用; (ix)微生物多样性的分子遗传学 和（x）细胞成像、亚细胞靶向的新技术， 蛋白质组学博士后研究生将由指导委员会挑选 委员会由博士和/或医学博士/博士毕业生谁希望专注于细胞 微生物学和谁直接申请该计划以及那些提名 由教师指导。还要求为五名暑期学生提供资金。 特别注意严格的甄选程序， 由优秀的导师指导，包括创新的双重指导 系统，促进参与实验室之间的科学互动， 和职业咨询累积起来，这项新计划将充分利用 在VU和MMC的师资和可用的一流资源 学员提供最有效和创新的研究生 细胞微生物学新领域的培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for a postgraduate research training program in Cellular and Molecular Microbiology is submitted by a group of investigators who are on the faculty of Vanderbilt University (VU) and Meharry Medical College (MMC). The training program grew out of a coalescence of two disciplines, molecular microbiology and cell biology, and is an attempt to bring together many basic scientists at VU and MMC who work in areas germane to a new field of cellular microbiology and are committed to training postdoctoral fellows to be supported by the Institutional NRSA. The novel aspects of the training program consist of an emphasis on the state of the art cell biology as applied to the study of model organisms in the following areas: (i) Microbial Adhesion; (ii) Cytoskeleton and Cytokinesis; (iii) Endocytosis/Lysosomal Pathway; (iv) Signal Transduction/Gene Transcription; (v) RNA Binding Proteins; (vi) Proteosomes-ER-Golgi Pathway; (vii) Apoptosis and Mitochondrial Function; (viii) Virus-Cell Interaction; (ix) Molecular Genetics of Recombination, Mutations, and Microbial Diversity; and (x) New Technologies of Cell Imaging, Subcellular Targeting, and Proteomics. The postdoctoral trainees will be selected by the Steering Committee from PhD and/or MD/PhD graduates who wish to specialize in Cellular Microbiology and who apply directly to the Program as well as those nominated by the faculty preceptors. Funds are also requested for five summer students. Special attention has been paid to a stringent selection process, adequate mentoring by excellent preceptors including an innovative dual mentoring system, promoting scientific interactions between participating laboratories, and career counseling. Cumulatively, this new program will take full advantage of the superb resources at VU and MMC in terms of faculty and available trainees to provide an optimally effective and innovative postgraduate training in the new field of cellular microbiology.