UA Center for Systems Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议在亚利桑那大学建立一个系统生物学中心，以促进最先进的高通量技术的应用，并进一步采用多学科、系统的方法进行生物医学研究。该机构在使用模式生物和遗传分析方面的现有优势形成了一个坚实的基础，可以在此基础上扩大对生物学和医学基本问题的调查，以纳入系统方法。该提案的重点是招聘关键的初级教师，他们将提供系统生物学，计算生物学和生物信息学方面的专业知识，以促进多学科合作研究。该中心将设在科学学院的分子和细胞生物学系（MCB），并将与医学院的亚利桑那癌症中心，农业学院的iPlant联盟和Bio 5研究所对接。MCB具有合作研究和成功招聘教师的传统，他们在校园内建立了牢固的联系。此外，我们在招聘和留住女教师方面有着良好的记录，我们致力于建立多元化的教师队伍。鉴于亚利桑那州的西班牙裔和美洲原住民人口众多，我们处于战略地位，以建立我们的少数民族教师。我们提出以下具体目标：1。招聘职位：我们建议招聘两名新的教员，他们在系统生物学、计算生物学、生物信息学和/或生物医学研究的组学方法（例如，基因组学、蛋白质组学、微阵列分析）。我们建议特别重视征聘妇女和任职人数不足的少数民族。2.指导：新员工将被分配一个指导委员会，该委员会将提供有关实验室设置，员工招聘，赠款写作，任期预期以及任何其他所需帮助的建议和支持。3.试点项目：为了迅速将新教师融入UA多学科科学界，我们提出了一个试点项目计划，其中涉及新研究者的合作项目将从校园内广泛的科学界征求意见。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose to establish a Center for Systems Biology to promote the application of state of the art high- throughput technologies and further a multidisciplinary, systems approach to biomedical research at the University of Arizona. The existing strengths of the institution in the use of model organisms and genetic analysis forms a strong base on which to expand the investigation of fundamental questions in biology and medicine to incorporate a systems approach. This proposal focuses on the recruitment of key junior faculty who will provide expertise in systems biology, computational biology and bioinformatics to foster collaborative multidisciplinary research. This Center will be based in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) in the College of Science and will interface with the Arizona Cancer Center in the College of Medicine, the iPlant Consortium in the College of Agriculture, and the Bio5 Institute. MCB has a tradition of collaborative research and successful recruitment of faculty who establish strong ties across campus. Furthermore, we have a strong record in the recruitment and retention of women faculty and we are committed to building a diverse faculty. Given the large Hispanic and Native American populations in Arizona, we are in a strategic position to build our minority faculty. We propose the following Specific Aims: 1. Recruitment: We propose the recruitment of two new faculty members who training and experience in the broad areas of systems biology, computational biology, bioinformatics, and/or 'omics approaches to biomedical research (e.g., genomics, proteomics, microarray analysis). We propose to place special emphasis on the recruitment of women and underrepresented minorities. 2. Mentoring: The new recruit will be assigned a mentoring committee that will provide advice and support concerning lab set-up, staff hiring, grant writing, tenure expectations, and any other assistance needed. 3. Pilot Projects: To quickly integrate the new faculty into the UA multidisciplinary scientific community, we propose a pilot project program in which collaborative projects involving the new investigator will be solicited from the broad scientific community on campus.