EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

描述(由申请人提供)： 本申请请求支持对位于爱荷华大学医学实验室设施地下室、一楼和二楼的内科和整形外科系的不合标准的研究实验室空间进行重大翻新。这些消化疾病炎症免疫调节(IIDD)、血管生物学(VB)和细胞与分子生物学(CMB)项目的长期目标是促进这些领域的研究，并加强每个学科和相关研究领域的研究生和博士后研究员的培训。该计划的具体目标是：1)在医学实验室大楼(MLB)的三层楼建立最先进的研究实验室，供将参与这些计划的新老教研员使用；2)通过这些实验室的近距离促进教研员与他们的研究小组(包括研究生、博士后研究员和本科生)之间的科学互动；3)为翻新空间的居住者和来自其他部门的这些计划的参与者之间的研究互动和合作提供机会；以及4)建立一个研究环境，促进这些计划的杰出高级教员对新的初级教员和少数族裔科学家的指导。这一改造项目的总体目标是为IIDD、VB和CMB项目创造一个良好的互动研究环境，以提高这些项目所有参与者的研究生产力和职业发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests support for major renovations of sub-standard research laboratory space in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery located in the basement, first and second floors of the Medical Laboratories facility at the University of Iowa. The long-term goals of these Programs in Immunoregulation of Inflammation in Digestive Diseases (IIDD), Vascular Biology (VB) and Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) are to facilitate research in these areas and to enhance the training of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in each respective subject and related research areas. The Specific Goals of the Program are to: 1) generate state-of-the-art research laboratories on three floors of the Medical Laboratory Building (MLB) for new and established faculty investigators who will participate in these Programs; 2) facilitate scientific interactions among faculty investigators and their research groups, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and undergraduates, by the close proximity of these laboratories; 3) provide opportunities for research interactions and collaborations among both the occupants of the renovated space and the participants in these Programs from other Departments; and 4) develop a research environment that fosters the mentoring of new junior faculty members and minority scientists by outstanding senior faculty of these Programs. The overall objective of this renovation project is to create an excellent, interactive research environment for the programs in IIDD, VB and CMB that enhances the research productivity and career development of all the participants in these Programs.