Pre- and Postdoctoral Training Program in Immunology

介绍(申请人提供)：拟议的免疫学培训计划的目标是为学术界、工业界和政府的研究实验室提供具有高度创造性和生产力的免疫学家，他们在免疫学方面接受过广泛的培训，在其研究专业方面训练有素，并在相关领域接受过教育。这一目标将通过让博士前学生按照罗切斯特大学医学中心(URMC)既定的跨部门研究生培训环境中设定的免疫学轨道的一部分，遵循一套明确的特定项目课程来实现。这种环境将由致力于卓越教学和合作研究并致力于免疫学培训的互动式免疫学教员来营造；学员及其导师的积极的免疫学研究方案；基础和高级水平的有组织的讲座课程和附属联合研讨会、一系列高级研讨会课程、正在进行的研究系列研讨会和期刊俱乐部；活跃的研讨会系列，以及催生的学员数量。这将在一个在病毒学、微生物学和疫苗生物学方面拥有强大互补性课程的部门内进行，这将有助于扩大所接受培训的广度。在B细胞生物学、T细胞生物学、炎症、肿瘤免疫、自身免疫、免疫进化和神经免疫系统相互作用的范围内的各种免疫学问题的研究培训机会将由经验丰富、才华横溢的初级培训教师提供给博士后和博士后研究员，他们拥有丰富的校外资金记录和既定的合作历史。他们将得到一批资源教员的协助，他们将在智力和技术上为与免疫相关的项目做出贡献。我们将继续加强我们已经取得成功的战略，以招募和培养少数群体和女性学生，并向所有受训人员提供必要的技能，使他们能够成为独立的科学家，了解研究的道德行为。这些训练有素的科学家将提供下一代研究人员和教师，以促进基础科学和转化研究的进步，这是改善美国医疗保健所需的。5年内每年为8名博士后和1名博士后学员提供培训支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aims of the proposed Immunology Training Program is to provide academia, industry, and governmental research laboratories with highly creative and productive immunologists who are broadly trained in immunology, well trained in their research specialty and schooled in interrelated fields. This goal will be achieved by having the predoctoral students follow a defined set of program-specific courses as part of the Immunology Track set in the established interdepartmental graduate training milieu of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). The environment will be fostered by an interactive Immunology faculty dedicated to excellence in teaching and collaborative research and committed to immunology training; active immunological research programs of trainees and their mentors; structured lecture courses at the basic and advanced levels and an adjunct co-seminar, a series of advanced level seminar courses, a research-in-progress seminar series and a journal club; an active seminar series, and by a catalytic number of trainees. This will occur within a department with strong complementary programs in virology, microbiology and vaccine biology that will contribute to the breadth of training received. Research training opportunities in a wide variety of immunological problems within the purview of: B cell biology; T cell biology; inflammation; tumor immunity; autoimmunity; evolution of immunity; and neural-immune system interactions will be offered to pre- and post-doctoral fellows by an experienced, talented primary training faculty with strong records of extramural funding and an established history of collaboration. They will be assisted by a cadre of resource faculty that will contribute intellectually and technically to immunologically relevant projects. We will continue to strengthen our already successful strategies to recruit and nurture minority and women students and to provide all of the trainees with the essential skills to become independent scientists with an appreciation for the ethical conduct of research. These trained scientists will provide the next generation of researchers and teachers to further the advances in basic science and translational studies needed to improve healthcare in this country. Training support is requested for 8 predoctoral and 1 postdoctoral trainee in each of 5 years.