MBRS Support of Continuous Research Excellence at FAU

描述(由申请者提供)：作为美国发展最快的大学之一，佛罗里达大西洋大学(FAU)认识到服务于不同人群的必要性。FAU位于佛罗里达州南部，一个多元文化的环境中，吸引了许多来自当地社区的学生。随着该地区人数不足的少数民族对高等教育的需求增加，他们可能会越来越多地求助于FAU来满足这些需求。为此，FAU希望开发有竞争力的研究项目，增加专业从事生物医学研究的少数族裔人数。 FAU是佛罗里达州种族最多元化的机构。大学社区有超过25,000名学生和900名教职员工。通过其8所学院，FAU提供170多个学士、硕士和博士学位课程，并开展基础和应用研究。生物医学科学是FAU的战略主题之一，致力于质量和文化多样性。本提案中的14个分项目和6个试点分项目代表了FAU对生物医学科学的关注。研究包括化学和生物化学、生物医学科学和生物科学系，包括新疗法的合成或生物合成和表征，了解肿瘤细胞侵袭的基本机制，干燥综合征，心肌病，嗅觉系统中的神经元存活，氧化应激期间的RNA损伤，饮食中的脂质信号，微生物学/生物恐怖主义，以及作为细胞探针的共振拉曼光谱的发展。大多数研究人员都是初级教员，而SCORE计划将为他们的研究生涯提供非常重要的垫脚石。对于更资深的研究人员，该计划将允许他们从事新的研究领域，或重新启动因大量教学任务而放缓的项目。鉴于生物医学就业机会涌入棕榈滩县，人员培训将是实质性的，也是至关重要的。MBRS评分计划将促进主要少数族裔服务机构在所有生物医学研究领域的教师发展和培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As one of the fastest growing Universities in the United States, Florida Atlantic University (FAU) recognizes the need to serve a diverse population. Situated in South Florida, a multi-cultural environment, FAU draws many of its students from the local community. As the higher education needs of the underrepresented minorities in the area grow, they will likely turn more and more to FAU to service those needs. To that end, FAU would like to develop competitive research programs that increase the number of underrepresented minorities professionally engaged in biomedical research. FAU is the most ethnically diverse institution in the State of Florida. The University community has more than 25,000 students and 900 faculty. Through its 8 colleges, FAU offers more than 170 baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degree programs and conducts basic and applied research. Biomedical sciences is one of FAU's strategic themes, with a commitment to quality and cultural diversity. The FAU focus on biomedical sciences is represented by the 14 subprojects and 6 pilot subprojects in the present proposal. The research encompasses the Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biomedical Science, and Biological Sciences, and includes the synthesis or biosynthesis and characterization of novel therapeutics, understanding the basic mechanisms of tumor cell invasion, Sjogren's syndrome, cardiomyopathies, neuron survival in the olfactory system, RNA damage during oxidative stress, and lipid signaling in diet, microbiology/bioterrorism, and development of resonance Raman spectroscopy as a cellular probe. The majority of the investigators are junior faculty, and the SCORE Program would provide a tremendously important stepping stone in their research careers. For the more senior investigators, the Program would allow them to pursue new research areas or restart projects that had been slowed by substantial teaching assignments. The training of personnel would be substantial, and critical given the influx of biomedical employment opportunities to Palm Beach County. The MBRS SCORE Program would facilitate faculty development and training in all areas of biomedical research at a major minority serving institution.