Chemistry Biology Interface Predoctoral Training Grant

化学生物学接口博士前培训补助金

• 批准号: 8017856
• 负责人: Lynmarie K. Thompson
• 金额: $ 17.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-07-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8017856
• 关键词: Biology; Chemistry; Grant; Training; pre-doctoral

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests the third renewal of our Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Grant. In 1995 we launched a new interdisciplinary training program at the University of Massachusetts that built on existing strengths and harnessed our faculty commitment to collaboration between the physical and life sciences. We successfully implemented a curriculum that complemented the requirements of the participating graduate programs, adding enough training elements to efficiently train students with either chemical or biological backgrounds in the complementary discipline. The subsequent period (2000-2005) was one of tremendous growth of the program: the number of affiliated students grew from 14 to over 60, as students well beyond those with CBI funding recognized the value of the CBI training and community. During the current funding period our CBI Training Program has become a major force on campus, influencing faculty hiring and construction of new buildings and renovations. The CBI Training Faculty has grown from 19 to 27, and continues to provide cross-training to over 60 students from the four participating graduate programs of Chemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Polymer Science & Engineering. We anticipate continued growth of our CBI Program as additional departments (notably Physics and Computer Science) move into CBI- related areas. The CBI Program currently provides NIH support for 6 pre-doctoral students, and a University match supports 2 additional Traineeships. To continue to foster the growing strength of the CBI program as it expands into new disciplines and trains increasing numbers of students, we request an increase to 8 NIH-funded Traineeships. Notable features of our CBI Program include the participation of the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science & Engineering, which enriches CBI training with quantitative, biomaterials, and bioengineering perspectives and projects. Our popular "Drug Design" course, developed as an integral part of the CBI curriculum, features weekly seminars by speakers from the pharmaceutical industry and a field trip to tour a company. Our CBI retreat has grown into a vibrant annual event that forges connections with researchers at UMass Medical School. Finally, CBI students, in partnership with students of the new UMass Institute for Cellular Engineering, are organizing a new annual Career Day to further enhance their CBI training. Thus the CBI curriculum and community are rich in opportunities for training in the methods and intellectual framework of both chemistry and biology, which prepares our CBI graduates to pose and solve significant biomedical questions in their future work. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Understanding the causes of a disease and developing new treatments requires scientists to apply the concepts and methods of both chemistry and biology. Graduate students pursuing the Ph.D. in either chemical or biological sciences at UMass have the opportunity to be trained in the complementary discipline through the curriculum and interactions of the Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program. This training prepares them for productive careers in the biomedical sciences in industrial, academic, or governmental laboratories.

描述(申请人提供)：本申请申请第三次更新我们的化学-生物接口(CBI)培训助学金。1995年，我们在马萨诸塞大学启动了一项新的跨学科培训计划，该计划建立在现有优势的基础上，并利用我们对物理科学和生命科学之间合作的教职员工承诺。我们成功地实施了一项课程，补充了参与的研究生课程的要求，增加了足够的培训元素，以有效地培训具有化学或生物背景的学生在互补学科中。随后的一段时期(2000-2005年)是该计划的巨大增长之一：附属学生的数量从14人增加到60多人，因为远远超过那些获得CBI资助的学生认识到CBI培训和社区的价值。在当前的资助期间，我们的CBI培训计划已经成为校园中的一支主要力量，影响着教师的招聘以及新楼和翻新的建设。CBI培训学院已从19个增加到27个，并继续为来自化学、分子和细胞生物学、化学工程和聚合物科学与工程四个参与研究生项目的60多名学生提供交叉培训。我们预计，随着更多的系(特别是物理学和计算机科学)进入与CBI相关的领域，我们的CBI项目将继续增长。CBI计划目前为6名NIH博士前学生提供支持，而一所大学的Match项目支持另外2个实习生。为了继续促进CBI项目在扩展到新学科和培训越来越多的学生时不断增长的实力，我们要求增加8个由NIH资助的实习生名额。我们CBI项目的显著特点包括化学工程和聚合物科学与工程系的参与，这丰富了CBI培训的量化、生物材料和生物工程观点和项目。我们广受欢迎的“药物设计”课程是CBI课程中不可或缺的一部分，每周由制药行业的演讲者举办研讨会，并进行实地考察。我们的CBI务虚会已经发展成为一项充满活力的年度活动，与加州大学马萨诸塞州医学院的研究人员建立了联系。最后，CBI的学生与新成立的加州大学马萨诸塞州细胞工程研究所的学生合作，组织了一个新的年度职业生涯日，以进一步加强他们的CBI培训。因此，CBI课程和社区有丰富的机会接受化学和生物的方法和智力框架方面的培训，这为我们的CBI毕业生在未来的工作中提出和解决重要的生物医学问题做好准备。 与公共卫生相关：了解一种疾病的原因并开发新的治疗方法需要科学家同时应用化学和生物学的概念和方法。在马萨诸塞州大学攻读化学或生物科学博士学位的研究生有机会通过化学-生物界面(CBI)培训计划的课程和互动，接受补充学科的培训。这种培训为他们在工业、学术或政府实验室的生物医学科学领域从事富有成效的职业生涯做好准备。