MT VET COBRE CORE A: ADMINISTRATIVE CORE

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。蒙大拿州立大学（MSU） COBRE行政核心由PI Allen Harmsen领导，他是兽医分子生物学的高级资助研究员。他提供行政监督，担任执行委员会主席，并担任MSU COBRE进行的科学研究的研究倡导者和协调员。该中心的目的是为项目负责人、导师、项目负责人、新聘用的教师以及为科学项目和拟议中心核心工作的所有研究人员和技术人员提供行政支持和服务。Harmsen博士直接与项目导师一起指导和协调项目项目和新教师的招聘，通过这个核心，项目和中心的相关核心将相互交织并定期进行评估。在此监督下，他负责领导，管理，人员配置和资源分配，并根据NIH政策管理MSU COBRE。行政核心还包括一名行政助理，负责组织COBRE活动和会议，一名会计助理负责财务管理和项目各方面的支持，以及一名项目评估员，负责收集和分析数据并报告项目进展情况。行政核心由几个额外的部分组成。执行委员会（EC）包括PI和核心董事。中心的核心成员包括基因组学和蛋白质组学核心（核心B）、分子和细胞分析核心（核心C）和BSL-3核心（核心D）的主任。每个COBRE核心的董事都是兽医分子生物学教师，也参与指导委员会。总体而言，EC将审查COBRE进度报告，为计划项目的研究工作设定优先级，提供所有核心活动的指示，并向PI提出未来中心方向的建议。外部咨询委员会（EAC）就COBRE项目的科学、行政和研究内容提供建议。该委员会由全国公认的科学家组成，包括：Suzy Swain，美国免疫学家协会主席，NIAID理事会成员和特鲁多研究所所长；约翰·科利尔，哈佛大学，美国国家科学院院士，国际公认的炭疽毒素专家；Jerry McGhee，阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校，国际知名的粘膜免疫专家；以及华盛顿大学免疫学系主任、国际公认的传染病免疫专家克里斯托弗·威尔逊。EAC审查MSU COBRE的绩效，具体目标，并评估该计划的纵向进展。EAC活动包括概念开发、项目规划、研究项目开发和指导、资源识别以及对既定目标进展的评估。在某些情况下，EAC成员向项目负责人提供指导援助，并确定潜在的国家导师和合作者。行政核心组织了几个项目来提高研究经验和宣传密歇根州立大学COBRE项目，即国家演讲者系列和年度研究会议。全国演讲系列每月三次将世界级传染病研究人员带到密歇根州立大学校园。COBRE赞助的演讲者将参观主办机构的实验室，并与COBRE的研究人员和学生会面。这些访问使所有教师和学生接触到前沿科学，并提供正在进行的研究的非正式审查。INBRE的学生和教师通过在访问之前阅读关于演讲者研究的期刊文章和背景科学来准备研讨会。年度研究会议和专题讨论会是重要的场所，使项目负责人和其他重要的研究人员能够展示他们的研究成果，与其他有相似兴趣的研究人员进行互动，并集思广益地讨论新的技术和方法，以扩大或改进科学。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Montana State University (MSU) COBRE Administrative Core is directed by the PI, Allen Harmsen, who is a senior funded researcher in Veterinary Molecular Biology. Dr. Harmsen provides administrative oversight, chairs the Executive Committee, and serves as a research advocate and coordinator of the scientific research conducted under MSU COBRE. The purpose of this core is to provide administrative support and services to the PI, Mentors, Project Leaders, new faculty hires, and to all investigators and technical personnel working on the scientific projects and cores of the proposed center. Dr Harmsen works directly with the project mentors to guide and coordinate the program projects and new faculty hires, and it is through this Core that the projects and related cores of the center will be interwoven and regularly assessed. Under this oversight, Dr. Harmsen is responsible for the leadership, management, staffing, and resource allocation, and for administering the MSU COBRE in accordance with NIH policies. The Administrative Core also includes an Administrative Associate who organizes the COBRE events and conferences, an Accounting Associate who is responsible for fiscal management and support for all aspects of the program, and a Program Evaluator who collects and analyzes data and reports on the progress of the programs. The Administrative Core is comprised of several additional components. The Executive Committee (EC) includes the PI and the Core Directors. The Cores of the Center include directors from the Genomics and Proteomics Core (Core B), Molecular and Cellular Analysis Core (Core C), and BSL-3 Core (Core D). Directors from each COBRE Core are Veterinary Molecular Biology faculty and also participate on the Mentoring Board. As a whole, the EC will review COBRE progress reports, set priorities for research efforts on the program projects, provide directives of all the cores¿ activities, and make recommendations to the PI for future center directions. The External Advisory Committee (EAC) advises on scientific, administrative, and research elements of the COBRE Program. The committee is comprised of nationally recognized scientists that includes: Suzy Swain, President of the American Association of Immunologists, Member NIAID Council, and Director of the Trudeau Institute; John Collier, Harvard University, National Academy of Science Member, and internationally recognized expert on anthrax toxin; Jerry McGhee, University of Alabama-Birmingham and internationally known expert in mucosal immunity; and Christopher Wilson, Head of the Department of Immunology at the University of Washington and internationally recognized expert in immunity to infectious disease. The EAC reviews the MSU COBRE¿s performance, specific aims, and evaluates the longitudinal progress of the program. EAC activities include concept development, program planning, research project development and mentoring, identification of resources, and evaluation of progress toward stated goals. In some cases, EAC members provide mentoring assistance to Project Leaders and identify potential national mentors and collaborators. The Administrative Core organizes several programs to enhance research experiences and publicize the MSU COBRE Program, namely the National Speakers Series and the Annual Research Conference. The national speakers series brings world-class infectious disease researchers to MSU campus three times a month. The COBRE-sponsored speakers will tour labs at the host institution and meet with COBRE researchers and students. These visits expose all faculty and students to cutting-edge science and provide informal review of ongoing research. INBRE students and faculty prepare for the seminars by reading journal articles and background science on the speakers' research prior to their visits. The annual research conferences and symposiums are important venues that allow project leaders and other important researchers to showcase their research, interact with other researchers who share similar interests, and brainstorm new techniques and ways to expand or improve the science.