Training Program in Cancer Cell Biology

描述(由申请者提供)：该培训计划的主要目标是为希望从事癌症研究学术生涯的高资质个人提供癌症生物学方面的博士后培训。培训人员在癌症研究的许多领域拥有专业知识，包括信号转导、基因调控、癌基因和抑癌基因的分子生物学、癌症发生学、癌症治疗学、癌症免疫学和病毒肿瘤学。受训者将根据他们在癌症生物学领域富有成效的研究生涯的潜力进行挑选，并将得到两年的支持。除了教师导师在实验室的研究经验外，该培训计划还具有独特的特点，旨在加强受训者在癌症生物学许多方面的教育。学员将被要求参加癌症生物学课程的讲座，这门课程将包括专门为学员设计的临床体验部分。此外，受训者将参加癌症生物学系列研讨会，癌症信号转导杂志俱乐部，并将参加专门为博士后学生量身定做的研究论坛。受训者还将参加美国癌症研究协会的会议，并将被鼓励参加其他专注于癌症研究的会议。培训方案中有招募少数民族受训人员的方案以及科学行为和实践原则的正式指导。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The primary goal of this training program is to provide postdoctoral training in cancer biology for highly qualified individuals who wish to pursue an academic career in cancer research. The training faculty have expertise in many areas of cancer research including signal transduction, gene regulation, molecular biology of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, carcinogenesis, cancer therapeutics, cancer immunology, and viral oncology. Trainees will be selected based on their potential for a productive research career in cancer biology and will be supported for two years. In addition to the research experience in the laboratory of a faculty mentor, the training program has unique features that have been designed to enhance the education of trainees in many aspects of cancer biology. Trainees will be required to attend lectures in the cancer biology course, this course will include a clinical experience segment designed specifically for the trainees. Additionally, trainees will attend a seminar series in cancer biology, a journal club in cancer signal transduction, and will participate in a research forum specifically tailored to postdoctoral students. Trainees will also attend a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research and will be encouraged to attend other meetings that focus on cancer research. Programs for the recruitment of minority trainees and formal instruction in the principles of scientific conduct and practice are in place in the training program.