Training in Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis

描述（由申请人提供）：病毒引起多种人类疾病。病毒还可用于表达外源基因，所述外源基因特别可用作治疗人类遗传疾病和癌症治疗的载体。培养一批受过病毒学培训的科学家对充分处理未来的公共卫生问题至关重要。这些领域包括生物防御和新兴病毒。这项培训补助金旨在帮助满足这一需要。爱荷华州大学的十名参与教师对病毒免疫学、分子病毒学、病毒发病机制和使用病毒载体的基因治疗感兴趣，他们致力于培养博士前学生。来自微生物学系的病毒学博士预科生和跨学科博士。遗传学、免疫学和分子生物学专业将根据他们的本科和研究生学业成绩、GRE成绩和研究潜力进行选择。学员将参加一个培训计划，包括研究，课程，研讨会，期刊俱乐部，并与海伦C。莱维特病毒发病机制和疾病中心。该计划的目标是：1）鼓励参与教师之间的进一步合作; 2）促进科学家和具有病毒学不同领域专业知识的学员之间的讨论; 3）监测学员的进展，以便最大限度地提高学习和生产力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Viruses cause a diverse group of human illnesses. Viruses are also useful for expression of foreign genes which are particularly useful as vectors for the treatment of human genetic diseases and in cancer therapy. The development of a pool of scientists trained in virology is crucial to adequately deal with future public health problems. These include the areas of biodefense and emerging viruses. This training grant is intended to help meet this need. Ten participating faculty at The University of Iowa with interests in viral immunology, molecular virology, viral pathogenesis, and gene therapy using virus vectors are committed to training predoctoral students. Predoctoral trainees in virology from the Department of Microbiology and the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs in Genetics, Immunology and Molecular Biology will be selected for support based on their undergraduate and graduate academic records, their GRE scores, and their research potential. The trainees will participate in a training plan including research, coursework, seminars, journal clubs, and retreats in conjunction with the Helen C. Levitt Center for Viral Pathogenesis and Disease. The program goals are to 1) encourage further collaborations between the participating faculty members; 2) foster discussions between scientists and trainees with expertise in different areas of virology and 3) monitor the progress of trainees so that learning and productivity will be maximized.