Training in Microbial Pathogenesis

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的培训计划将继续为选定的博士后学生(PHD)提供微生物致病学方面的指导。将作出重大努力，吸引和培养来自代表性不足的种族/族裔群体的候选人。博士前实习生的必修课程(核心课程)旨在集中思考发病机制；它始于基础生物化学和细胞生物学课程，以及基础免疫学课程。它还包括研讨会课程，在这些课程中，学生被介绍给病因学文献。在第二年，细菌遗传学、生理学和病毒学课程紧随其后的是微生物发病机制和流行病学课程。此时，受训者将在学院实验室开始病因学研究，并将继续病因学研讨会课程。这些课程将偏向于病因学文献中的例子。所有受训人员必须出席所有病因学研讨会，大约每周举行两次；博士后研究员和高级学生出席此类研讨会。这项资格考试是基于一项“NIH式”的研究提案。课程是专门为博士生设计的，与布法罗大学(UB)其他专业学生的课程分开教授。实验室研究始于博士前学习的第一年，在不同的实验室至少进行三次轮换。学员的主要经验是撰写论文的研究，通常至少需要三年时间。除了实验室和期刊俱乐部的工作外，博士后研究员还参加选定的研究生课程。成功的主要标准是洞察力、独立性、实验室技能、展示工作的能力以及对他人工作的批判性分析和安置。微生物致病学系每年组织三次国家/地区会议，受训人员参加会议并在会上介绍他们的工作。受训者还在每周一次的科学交流研讨会系列中介绍他们的工作。亚利桑那州立大学拥有丰富的生物医学补充教育经验，可供所有希望利用这一主要大学校园的规模和范围的受训者使用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed training program will continue to provide instruction for selected predoctoral students (PhD) in Microbial Pathogenesis. Substantial efforts will be made to attract and nurture candidates from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups. The required course work for predoctoral trainees (the core curriculum) is designed to focus thinking on pathogenesis; it starts with fundamental biochemistry and cell biology courses and a basic immunology course. It also includes seminar courses, in which students are introduced to the pathogenesis literature. In the second year, courses in bacterial genetics and physiology and virology courses are followed by microbial pathogenesis and epidemiology courses. At this time, trainees will have started pathogenesis research in a faculty laboratory, and will continue with pathogenesis seminar courses. These courses will be taught with a bias towards examples from the pathogenesis literature. All trainees are required to be present at all pathogenesis seminars, held approximately twice/week; postdoctoral fellows and senior students present in such seminars. The qualifying examination is based on an "NIH-type" research proposal. Courses are specifically designed for PhD students and are taught separately from those given to other professional students at the University at Buffalo (UB). Laboratory research begins in the first year of predoctoral study with at least three rotations in different laboratories. The major experience for trainees is research leading to a dissertation, for which at least three years is normally required. In addition to laboratory and journal club work, postdoctoral fellows attend selected graduate courses. The chief criteria for success are insight, independence, laboratory skills, ability to present work and critical analysis of the work of others and placement. Three times yearly, the microbial pathogenesis faculty organize national/regional meetings, which trainees attend and at which they present their work. Trainees also present their work in a weekly scientific exchange seminar series. UB has a wealth of supplementary educational experiences in biomedical sciences available for all trainees who wish to take advantage of the size and scope of this major University campus.