Molecular Microbiology Training Grant

描述(由申请人提供)：德克萨斯大学达拉斯西南医学中心继续支持研究生和研究生分子微生物学培训计划(MMTP)的申请。MMTP的一个特别吸引人的特点是它不同于传统的以项目或部门为基础的培训，而是一个跨学科的项目，在保持微生物学方向的同时，扩大培训任务的范围，包括分子和细胞生物学的许多其他方面。这24名培训员的不同背景，由一群有丰富记录的老牌研究人员和不断扩大的新教员组成，代表了受分子和细胞微生物学共同主题约束的跨学科研究项目。培训人员来自9个不同的医学院系/中心。总体目标是培训学生和博士后研究员在微生物发病的分子基础、细胞微生物学、宿主防御机制、疫苗开发和其他相关领域的研究生涯。MMTP要求继续为每年5个博士后和2个博士后职位提供资金。一般而言，攻读博士学位的活动包括(1)必修课程和多学科选修课，(2)科学道德行为的特殊培训，(3)出席和参加研讨会、研究论坛、社交和期刊俱乐部，(4)在“助学金申请”式资格考试中取得成绩，以及(5)以博士论文为高潮的深入研究。博士后研究员将参加“证书计划”，并将有机会巩固基本技能，培养科学思维和研究规划的独立性，获得专门的写作培训，并学习基本科学研究和技术的新领域(例如，翻译研究)。研究员还将参与教学、举办期刊俱乐部和研究研讨会，并为推动科学进步的普遍“发酵”做出贡献。我们期望完成这一项目的学员能够熟练地运用当代方法解决微生物科学中的重要问题，并改进预防和/或治疗干预策略。德州大学西南分校提供了一个出色的研究环境，可以在其中继续分子微生物学方面的进步培训计划。 相关性(见说明)：该分子微生物学培训计划(MMTP)的使命是在医学微生物学和传染病的许多领域为研究生和博士后研究员提供最高水平的培训，这些领域与美国和世界其他国家的所有居民的健康和福祉密切相关。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): U.T. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas requests continued supported for a graduate and post-graduate Molecular Microbiology Training Program (MMTP). A particularly attractive feature of this MMTP is its departure from conventional program- or departmental-based training to an interdisciplinary program that maintains a microbiology orientation while, at the same time, broadens the scope of the training mission to include many other aspects of molecular and cell biology. The diverse backgrounds of the 24 trainers, comprised of a core group of established investigators with accomplished records and an expanding new faculty, represent interdisciplinary research programs bound by the common theme of molecular and cellular microbiology. The training faculty emanate from nine different medical school departments/centers. The overall objective is to train students and post-doctoral fellows for research careers in the molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis, cellular microbiology, host defense mechanisms, vaccine development, and other related areas. The MMTP requests continued funding for 5 pre-doctoral and 2 post-doctoral positions each year. In general, activities towards the Ph.D. degree include (1) required course work supplemented with multidisciplinary electives, (2) special training in the ethical conduct of science, (3) attendance at and participation in seminars, research forums, socials, and journal clubs, (4) achievement on a "grant application" style qualifying examination, and (5) intensive research culminating in the doctoral dissertation. Post-doctoral fellows will enroll in a "Certificate Program" and will be provided the opportunity to consolidate basic skills, develop independence in scientific thinking and research planning, obtain specialized training in writing, and learn new areas of basic scientific inquiry and technology (e.g., translational research). Fellows also will be involved in teaching, presenting journal clubs and research seminars, and contributing to the general "ferment" that drives scientific progress. We expect that trainees who complete this program will become skilled in applying contemporary approaches to solve important problems in the microbiological sciences, and in improving preventive and/or therapeutic intervention strategies. U.T. Southwestern offers an outstanding research environment in which to continue this progressive training program in molecular microbiology. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The mission of this Molecular Microbiology Training Program (MMTP) is to provide the highest caliber of training to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in many areas of medical microbiology and infectious diseases that are germane to the health and well being of all residents of the United States and other countries throughout the world.