OUTREACH CORE: STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: AIDS

描述(由申请人提供)：在布林建立的网络基础上，INBRE计划扩大和发展夏威夷具有竞争力的生物医学研究能力。扩展将围绕三个主题项目，从免疫学、细胞生物学和发育生物学的角度探索免疫和神经疾病的细胞基础。每个项目将由一名知名的高级调查员领导，他将指导牵头和附属文凭院校的初级调查员。这将延伸到该州的社区大学，参与其中的教职员工将与领先机构的知名研究人员合作。每个调查员--高级、初级和外展--也将招募和指导本科生和研究生。这一发展将不仅集中在个人研究事业上，而且还将集中在该网络对竞争性研究的整体方法上。这包括建立严格的标准和绩效期望，并辅以细心的指导，以帮助网络调查人员和学生满足这些具有挑战性的标准。在组织上，INBRE将 由四个主要核心组成：行政、研究、生物信息学和外联。行政部门 CORE将提供全面的行政支助，包括维护该网络的网站、评价工作以及培训和辅导讲习班和研讨会。研究核心将由三个专题研究项目组成，并有一名核心领导，以确保项目协调。外联核心通过与牵头机构和文凭院校合作，促进研究和学生参与，将研究重点扩展到社区学院。生物信息学核心还将提供独特的机会，强调学术工作队伍的发展。为了促进这一点，核心将设在夏威夷大学马诺阿的信息和计算机科学系。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Building upon the network foundation established by BRIN, INBRE proposes to expand and to develop Hawaii's competitive biomedical research capacity. The expansion will center on three thematic projects exploring the cellular basis of immunological and neurological diseases from the perspective of immunology, cell biology, and developmental biology. Each project will be led by a well-established senior investigator who will mentor junior investigators at both the lead and the affiliated baccalaureate institutions. This will extend into the state's community colleges where participating faculty will collaborate with established researchers at the lead institution. Each investigator - senior, junior, and Outreach - will recruit and mentor undergraduate and graduate students as well. The development will concentrate on not only individual research careers but also the network's overall approach to competitive research. This involves the establishment of rigorous standards and performance expectations coupled with attentive mentoring to assist network investigators and students in meeting these challenging criteria. Organizationally, INBRE will consist of four major cores: Administrative, Research, Bioinformatics, and Outreach. The Administrative Core will provide overall administrative support, including maintenance of the network's web site, evaluation efforts, and training and mentoring workshops and seminars. The Research Core will be comprised of the three thematic research projects with a Core leader to ensure project coordination. The Outreach Core extends the research thrust into the community colleges by promoting research and student participation through collaborations with the lead and the baccalaureate institutions. The Bioinformatics Core will also provide unique opportunities by emphasizing academic work force development. To facilitate this, the Core will be housed within the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Department of Information and Computer Sciences.