Training for Future Biotechnology Development

描述（由申请人提供）：明尼苏达大学的生物技术培训项目已经存在了15年。该计划汇集了来自不同学科的天才学员和教师培训师，这些学科与生物技术相结合，创造了一种创新的、跨学科的研究和教育努力。在这个更新申请中，我们建议继续我们在培养未来的生物技术科学领袖方面的成功。下一个培训补助金期间的重点将是将系统分析方法应用于生物过程。这是一个对未来生物技术创新和发现至关重要的领域，代表了一个非常适合我们培训教师综合专业知识的领域。在未来五年内，我们将加强跨学科的教育和培训，率先开设新的跨学科课程“生物过程的系统分析”和“生物数学”，并让我们的学员沉浸在生物学夏令营、跨学科研讨会、专题讨论会和静修中。已经建立了一些机制，通过实习和其他工业互动，促进受训人员获得实际的“现实世界”生物技术观点。我们继续在培训项目中强调文化和种族多样性，采取措施促进来自代表性不足的种族群体的学员加入。特别设立了夏季客座教授项目，邀请教师和学生在夏季参加培训项目。负责任的研究行为的强制性培训已经到位。此外，我们将继续强调通过国际交流项目为学员提供全球视野。拟议的培训计划将培养全面发展的博士、工程师和科学家，以领导我国未来几代人的生物技术进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Biotechnology training program at the University of Minnesota has been in existence for fifteen years. This program has brought together gifted trainees and faculty trainers from diverse disciplines that interface with biotechnology, and has created an innovative, interdisciplinary research and educational endeavor. In this renewal application, we propose to continue our success in training future scientific leaders in biotechnology. An emphasis in the next training grant period will be on the application of systems analysis approaches to biological processes. It is an area of critical importance to future innovations and discoveries in biotechnology, and represents an area that is uniquely suited for the combined expertise of our training faculty. During the next five years, we will intensify our interdisciplinary education and training by spearheading efforts to create new interdisciplinary courses "Systems Analysis of Biological Processes" and "Biological Mathematics", and to immerse our trainees in a Biology summer camp and in cross disciplinary workshops, symposia and retreats. Mechanisms are already in place to facilitate trainee's gaining practical "real world" biotechnology perspectives through internships and other industrial interactions. We continue to emphasize cultural and racial diversity in our training program by implementing measures to facilitate inclusion of trainees from underrepresented racial groups. Specifically a summer visiting professor program is established to invite faculty members and the students to join the training program in the summer. Mandatory training for responsible research conduct is in place. Furthermore, we will continue to emphasize giving our trainees a global perspective through our international exchange program. The proposed training program will produce well rounded Ph.D. engineers and scientists to lead our country's biotechnology advances in future generations.