Training in Biotechnology: Emphasis in Protein Chemistry

生物技术培训：重点是蛋白质化学

• 批准号: 7450888
• 负责人: RAYMOND REEVES
• 金额: $ 15.28万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-09-27 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7450888
• 关键词: Biotechnology; Protein Chemistry; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for the next 5-year renewal of the Biotechnology Training Grant first awarded to Washington State University (WSU) in 1989, the first year of the NIH-funded Predoctoral Program. Since our last renewal in 1998, the Training Program has continued to gain in quality, recognition and impact. During this period the Program played a key role in the decision by our institution to move Biotechnology forward as the premier research focus of WSU and in the establishment of the State-funded Center for Integrated Biotechnology on our campus. Historically our crossdisciplinary Program has had a major emphasis on protein biochemistry, an area of prominence at WSU and of central importance to biotechnology, and we are now also expanding the educational opportunities for our Trainees to include the fast moving area of proteomics. The Program currently 29 Training faculty located in 4 Colleges (Agriculture, Engineering, Sciences and Veterinary Medicine) who provide depth and breath of training in these areas and also serve as preceptors for Trainee research. Trainees participate in a core of required training involving courses, laboratory rotations, seminars, journal clubs, industrial intemships and biotechnology workshops and symposia. Trainees have significant flexibility and options in choosing between 8 different Ph.D. programs including Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Genetics & Cell Biology, Microbiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Plant Physiology and Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology. A minimum of 5 new Trainees will enter the Program each year. Salary support will be provided for the first two years by Training Grant funds supplemented by Institutional funds and for subsequent years by funds available to preceptors or through committed funds from our Graduate School. At any one time approximately 30 or more students will be involved in training. Over the years WSU has provided significant direct financial support to the Program and has renewed this commitment for the next renewal period. In fact, WSU is actively encouraging substantial expansion of the number of Trainees in the Program by significantly increasing its level of financial commitment for the next funding period. The Training Faculty have strong records of competitive research funding and of training productive and prominent scientists and engineers. In the last few years the Program has enrolled a diverse group of high quality students including a significant number of racial minorities and members of other underrepresented groups and we are actively engaged in efforts to improve in this area. Graduated trainees have taken competitive positions as postdoctoral researchers and, subsequently, long-term positions in biotechnology or academia. The Program provides state-of-the-art training in both basic and applied sciences relevant to biotechnology and thus produces scientists and engineers with sound interdisciplinary backgrounds, qualified to meet the major needs of biotechnology.

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请是为了下一个5年的生物技术培训补助金的续期，该补助金于1989年首次授予华盛顿州立大学（WSU），这是美国国立卫生研究院资助的博士预科项目的第一年。自1998年上次更新以来，培训计划的质量、认可度和影响力不断提高。在此期间，该项目在我校决定将生物技术作为华盛顿州立大学的首要研究重点以及在我校建立国家资助的综合生物技术中心方面发挥了关键作用。从历史上看，我们的跨学科项目主要侧重于蛋白质生物化学，这是华盛顿州立大学的一个突出领域，对生物技术至关重要，我们现在也在扩大我们的学员的教育机会，包括快速发展的蛋白质组学领域。该项目目前有29名培训教师，分布在4个学院（农业、工程、科学和兽医），他们在这些领域提供深度和呼吸的培训，并作为实习生研究的导师。受训者参加必要的核心培训，包括课程、实验室轮转、研讨会、期刊俱乐部、工业实习和生物技术讲习班和专题讨论会。学员有很大的灵活性和选择8个不同的博士课程，包括生物化学与生物物理学，化学，化学工程，遗传学与细胞生物学，微生物学，药理学与毒理学，植物生理学和兽医微生物学与病理学。每年至少有5名新学员进入该项目。前两年的薪金支持将由培训补助金提供，并由院校基金补充，其后几年则由导师可用的资金或由研究生院承诺的资金提供。在任何时候，大约有30名或更多的学生将参与培训。多年来，华盛顿州立大学为该计划提供了重要的直接财政支持，并在下一个续签期重申了这一承诺。事实上，华盛顿州立大学正在积极鼓励通过大幅增加下一个资助期的财政承诺水平来大幅扩大该计划的学员人数。培训学院在竞争性研究经费和培训富有成效和杰出的科学家和工程师方面有着良好的记录。在过去的几年里，该项目招收了一批高素质的学生，其中包括大量的少数民族和其他代表性不足的群体，我们正在积极努力改善这一领域。毕业的学员在博士后研究人员中获得了竞争激烈的职位，随后在生物技术或学术界获得了长期职位。该计划提供与生物技术相关的基础科学和应用科学的最先进培训，从而培养具有良好跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，有资格满足生物技术的主要需求。