Tumor Immunology and Cancer Cell/Molecular Biology

描述（由申请人提供）： 本次培训的持续目标是 肿瘤免疫学七名博士前研究员和两名博士后研究员的资助 和癌症细胞/分子生物学是教育和培训科学家， 学术界、政府和工业界的研究和教育。 培训 赠款计划设在微生物学和免疫学系， 也 包括来自生物化学系、医学系、 病理学、药理学和放射医学。 该研究计划是基于 一个新的综合生物医学科学课程，它提供了一个强大的 生物化学，细胞生物学和信号传导，遗传学， 分子生物学在第一年沿着的可用性， 由经验丰富的教师管理的令人兴奋的资金充足的研究项目 培养博士前和博士后研究员。 的一个主要优势 该计划是强大的互动培训环境， 在教学和研究方面。 这导致了高度的 项目教师和学员之间的合作研究，并与 机构外的科学家。 研究培训，其中24 参与的教师目前参与的领域包括肿瘤 免疫学，癌基因，肿瘤干细胞，基因调控，分子免疫学 和肿瘤转移。 该计划强调多学科研究 培训基于客人支持的正式指导基础， 学生 研讨会计划，期刊俱乐部，实验室研究会议， 出席区域和国家会议。 癌症 中心最近聘请了一位新的癌症中心主任，阿尔弗雷德科恩博士 来自纪念斯隆-凯特琳研究所， 承诺扩大癌症研究的师资队伍，这将有利于 未来的培训机会。 总之，这是一个成功的计划。 强调多学科培训，自1985年以来已培训了35名 博士前和16名博士后研究员，他们的职业生涯在一个 模范的方式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The continuing goal of this training grant for seven predoctoral and two postdoctoral fellows in Tumor Immunology and Cancer Cell/Molecular Biology is to educate and train scientists for research and education in academia, government and industry. The training grant program is housed in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology but also includes faculty from the Departments of Biochemistry, Medicine, Pathology, Pharmacology and Radiation Medicine. The program of study is based on a new Integrated Biomedical Sciences Curriculum which provides a strong didactic base in Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Signaling, Genetics, and Molecular Biology during the first year along with the availability of exciting well-funded research programs administered by faculty with experience in training both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows. A major strength of this program is the strong interactive training environment which exists with regard to both teaching and research. This has resulted in a high degree of collaborative research among the program faculty and trainees and with scientists outside the institution. Research training in which the 24 participating faculty are currently involved encompasses the areas of tumor immunology, oncogenes, tumor stem cells, gene regulation, molecular immunology and tumor metastasis. The program emphasizes multidisciplinary research training based on a foundation of formal instruction supported by guest and student seminar programs, journal clubs, laboratory research meetings, minisymposia, and attendance at regional and national meetings. The Cancer Center has recently recruited a new Cancer Center Director, Dr. Alfred Cohen from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute who has been given a substantial commitment to expand the faculty in cancer research which should benefit future training opportunities. In summary, this has been a successful program that has emphasized multidisciplinary training and has since 1985 trained 35 predoctoral and 16 postdoctoral fellows whose careers have developed in an exemplary manner.