Training Grant in Physical Biosciences

物理生物科学培训补助金

• 批准号: 7232201
• 负责人: ROBERT STEPHEN ZUCKER
• 金额: $ 26.37万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7232201
• 关键词: Grant; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests a new training grant in physical biosciences, to replace the expiring non-renewable NSF IGERT grant in Physical Biosciences. The program will be administered by the interdisciplinary Graduate Group in Biophysics. Its 35 faculty mentors are drawn from the departments of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Integrative Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Physics, Psychology, Public Health, and Vision Science. The 12 trainees may matriculate in any participating department, but must have a research focus in one of five research areas in biomedical imaging and bioengineering in which this campus excels, namely: 1) single molecule / single cell mechanics and dynamics, 2) molecular microscopy and optical-electrical probes, 3) brain imaging and systems neuroscience, 4) computational biology, and 5) biomechanics and animal locomotion. The program attracts physical scientists to the quantitative study of biological problems, and trains them flexibly and broadly for emerging disciplines, making use of the extraordinary research facilities of UCB and the adjacent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, with whom many of the faculty are associated. No other training grant on campus supports these areas. The program is characterized by intensive advising, tracking, and counseling, and individualized curricula designed to provide breadth and depth appropriate to each trainee's interests and background. Initially, trainees take graduate level survey and comprehensive courses, followed by specialized laboratory and focus courses, directed reading and oral presentation courses, and graduate seminars. They attend an annual biophysics retreat, laboratory meetings, and journal clubs, receive teaching experience, and perform original dissertation research in the final years. The expiring IGERT program has attracted outstanding students and provided core support for the first two years of study, supplemented with Graduate Student Instructor stipends, plus UCB, individual NRSA, and private foundation scholarships that support additional trainees. Minority applicants have been welcome and are succeeding in the program. This grant will allow UCB to continue in its tradition of training the best biomedical researchers who provide the scientific foundation for the improvement of modern medical practice and extending the health and well being of the American public.

描述（由申请人提供）： 该提案要求在物理生物科学方面提供新的培训补助金，以取代即将到期的物理生物科学不可再生的NSF IGERT补助金。该计划将由生物物理学跨学科研究生小组管理。它的35名教师导师来自生物工程，化学工程，化学，综合生物学，分子和细胞生物学，物理学，心理学，公共卫生和视觉科学等部门。12名学员可以在任何参与部门录取，但必须在生物医学成像和生物工程的五个研究领域之一的研究重点，其中这个校园擅长，即：1）单分子/单细胞力学和动力学，2）分子显微镜和光电探针，3）脑成像和系统神经科学，4）计算生物学，5）生物力学和动物运动。该计划吸引了物理科学家对生物问题的定量研究，并为新兴学科灵活而广泛地培养他们，利用UCB和邻近的劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室的非凡研究设施，许多教师都与之相关。校园里没有其他培训补助金支持这些领域。该计划的特点是密集的建议，跟踪和咨询，以及个性化的课程，旨在提供适合每个学员的兴趣和背景的广度和深度。最初，学员参加研究生水平调查和综合课程，然后是专业实验室和重点课程，指导阅读和口头陈述课程，以及研究生研讨会。他们参加年度生物物理务虚会，实验室会议和期刊俱乐部，获得教学经验，并在最后几年进行原创论文研究。即将到期的IGERT计划吸引了优秀的学生，并为前两年的学习提供了核心支持，辅以研究生导师津贴，加上UCB，个人NRSA和私人基金会奖学金，以支持更多的学员。少数民族申请人受到欢迎，并在该计划中取得成功。这笔赠款将使UCB继续其培养最好的生物医学研究人员的传统，这些研究人员为改善现代医疗实践和扩大美国公众的健康和福祉提供科学基础。