SC IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence

描述（由申请人提供）：SC-INBRE计划联合了南卡罗来纳州的31个学术机构，共同努力发展我们的生物医学研究基础设施。位于南卡罗来纳州地理中心的南卡罗来纳州大学（USC）是该州的旗舰研究机构，担任牵头机构。我们的三所综合研究型大学（CRU）已经形成了一个研究团队，专注于机构间合作，以开发“发育生物学和应用生物工程”主题领域的研究计划，涵盖广泛的研究，从克莱姆森大学（CU）的瓣膜和关节材料，南加州大学的组织工程，以及南卡罗来纳州医科大学（MUSC）的干细胞技术。生物工程主题补充了最近在再生三个椅子奖 药品，每个CRU一个，由南卡罗来纳州彩票捐赠600万美元 佣金.除了CRU之外，在竞争过程中还选择了六所初级本科院校（PUI），通过提供生物技术（克拉夫林大学），生物化学（查尔斯顿学院，弗曼和温斯洛普大学）和神经科学（本尼迪克特和沃福德学院）的学生来支持生物工程研究生课程。其中两所学校是我们最大的公立PUI（查尔斯顿学院和温斯洛普），四所是私立学校，包括两所HBCU（本尼迪克特学院和克拉夫林大学）。生物信息学核心为全州生物信息学能力的发展提供支持，重点是沿着1-26走廊开发计算机资源和通信网络，将从查尔斯顿（MUSC）通过哥伦比亚（USC）到格林维尔-斯帕坦堡（CU）地区的CRU连接起来，并逐步扩展到南卡罗来纳州的其他学术和研究机构。外展核心提供了一系列的方案，达到整个国家的PUI，共22个额外的PUI，重点是学生参与研究和少数民族外展活动。一个评估核心，在南加州大学计划评估研究生课程的基础上，将提供SC-1 NBRE计划的活动的持续评估。SC-INBRE将提供独特的机会来招聘和发展教师，并加强全州学术和研究机构之间的有效互动，从而加速南卡罗来纳州生物医学研究的增长。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The SC-INBRE program unites 31 academic institutions in South Carolina in a common effort to develop our biomedical research infrastructure. The University of South Carolina (USC), the State's flagship research institution, located in the geographical center of SC, serves as the Lead Institution. Our three Comprehensive Research Universities (CRU) have formed a team of researchers with a focus on inter-institutional collaborations to develop research programs in the thematic area of "developmental biology and applied bioengineering" encompassing a broad range of research, from valve and joint materials at Clemson University (CU), tissue engineering at USC, and stem cell technology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). The Bioengineering Theme complements the recent award of three Chairs in Regenerative Medicine, one at each of the CRUs, endowed by a total of $6,000,000 by the South Carolina Lottery Commission. In addition to the CRUs, six Primarily Undergraduate Institutions (PUI) have been selected in a competitive process to provide support for graduate programs in bioengineering by providing students trained in biotechnology (Claflin University), biochemistry (College of Charleston, Furman and Winthrop Universities) and neurosciences (Benedict and Wofford Colleges). Two of these schools are our larges public PUIs (College of Charleston and Winthrop) and four are private, including two HBCUs (Benedict College and Claflin University). A Bioinformatics Core provides support for development of statewide bioinformatics capacity, with emphasis development of computer resources and a communications network along the 1-26 Corridor, linking the CRUs from Charleston (MUSC), through Columbia (USC), to the Greenville-Spartanburg (CU) area, with gradual expansion to other academic and research institutions in South Carolina. The Outreach Core provides a range of programs reaching out to PUIs throughout the state, a total of 22 additional PUIs, with emphasis on student involvement in research and minority outreach initiatives. An Evaluation Core, based on the graduate program in Program Assessment at USC, will provide for continuous assessment of the activities of the SC-1NBRE program. The SC-INBRE will provide unique opportunities to recruit and develop faculty and enhance productive interactions among academic and research institutions throughout the State and thereby accelerate the growth of biomedical research in South Carolina.