Training Program in Chemistry - Interface with Biology

描述(由申请人提供)：伊利诺伊大学化学科学学院(SCS)建议在化学-生物接口实施一项培训计划，每年将招收10名博士前学生(52年级和53年级学生)。该计划将通过在课堂和实验室分享经验，培养一批拥有共同语言的化学家、化学和生物分子工程师以及生物学家。项目毕业生将准备在工业和学术界担任领导职位，并将能够在多学科团队中发挥作用，准备在生物和医学方面取得重大进展。来自SCS两个系和分子和细胞生物学-化学、化学和生物分子工程、微生物学、生物化学、细胞和结构生物学以及分子和综合生理学-在化学-生物界面工作的25名教员将担任教员导师。被主办部门博士项目录取的有才华的学生将成为该项目的候选人。他们将在完成所在系的课程要求和CBI的课程顺序后，从所在系获得博士学位。项目的完成将需要四到五年的时间。未来的学生将从全国范围内的大学中招收。未被充分代表的少数族裔学生将通过几个UIUC校园项目(MERGE、HURF、SROP)、通过参加SACNAS和ACBRMS会议、通过与MARC项目主任的互动以及通过与拥有大量少数族裔入学人数的机构建立有针对性的合作伙伴关系来招收。生物化学本科生的学习也将为全国范围内的CBI培训项目提供渠道。罗杰·亚当斯实验室、化学和生命科学实验室、诺伊斯实验室和即将建成的基因组生物学研究所拥有教员实验室、研讨会、学生和制造设施。贝克曼研究所和生物技术中心拥有额外的设施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at the University of Illinois proposes to implement a training program at the Chemistry - Biology interface that will enroll 10 predoctoral students per year (52nd yr and 53rd yr students). The program will, through shared experiences in the classroom and in the laboratory, produce a cadre of chemists, chemical and biomolecular engineers, and biologists who share a common language. Program graduates will be prepared to assume leadership positions in industry and academe and will be capable of functioning in multidisciplinary teams poised to make major advances in biology and medicine. Twenty-five faculty from two departments in the SCS and four in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology - Chemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Cell & Structural Biology, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology- who work at the chemistry-biology interface will serve as faculty mentors. Talented students admitted to the host departments' doctoral programs will form the pool of candidates for the program. They will receive the PhD from their department after completing both the requirements for that department's program and the course sequence for the CBI. Program completion will take between four and five years. Prospective students will be recruited from among universities nationwide. Underrepresented minority students will be recruited through several UIUC campus-based programs (MERGE, HURF, SROP), through attendance at SACNAS and ACBRMS meetings, through interaction with MARC program directors, and through targeted partnerships with institutions having large minority enrollments. A biological-chemistry undergraduate concentration will also provide a pipeline into CBI training programs nationwide. Roger Adams Lab, the Chemistry and Life Sciences Laboratory, Noyes Lab, and the soon-to-be-completed Institute for Genomic Biology house faculty laboratories, seminar rooms, student and fabrication facilities. The Beckman Institute and the Biotechnology Center house additional facilities.