Training Program in Chemistry-Interface with Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：伊利诺伊州化学科学学院（SCS）寻求额外的5年资金，以建立在其化学-生物学界面（CBI）培训计划的初步成功基础上。该计划的目标保持不变-在这些学科的界面上进一步进行尖端培训。这将通过培养一批化学家、化学和生物分子工程师和生物学家来实现，他们将拥有共同的语言和技能，并将在离开伊利诺伊州时做好充分准备，在包括工业、政府和学术界在内的各种环境中担任职务。每年10名受训者（5名二年级研究生+ 5名三年级研究生）将由NIH直接资助。这些学员将在课堂和长凳上分享经验。他们将加入由他们的研究导师或其他基金支持的更大的CBI培训生群体（任何给定时间约30-40人）。学员们将在CBI的核心课程和选修课上花时间在一起，并在每月的会议上发表学员的研究报告。他们将与CBI研讨会的知名嘉宾进行互动，并在CBI年度研讨会上发表主题演讲。职业准备将包括实习和一年一度的职业日，邀请在各种环境中工作的博士演讲者。目前的培训师资队伍有30多名教师，他们分别来自SCS的两个系——化学、化学和生物分子工程，以及分子和细胞生物学学院的四个系——生物化学、微生物学、细胞与发育生物学、分子与综合生理学。被SCS和MCB博士项目录取的优秀学生将成为每年一半的培训生职位的候选人。剩余的职位将由CBI教师提名的2 - 3年制实习生进行特别竞争。受训者在大约5年内完成部门和CBI的要求后，由内政部授予博士学位。未被充分代表的少数族裔学生将通过校园项目和由CBI资助的暑期研究机会被招募。罗杰·亚当斯实验室、化学与生命科学实验室、诺伊斯实验室和基因组生物学研究所拥有教师实验室、研讨室和共享设施（核磁共振、质谱等）。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at Illinois seeks an additional 5 years of funding to build upon the initial success of its Chemistry- Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program. The program's objective remains the same - to further cutting-edge training at the interface of these disciplines. This will be accomplished by training a cadre of chemists, chemical and biomolecular engineers, and biologists who will share a common language and skill set and who will leave Illinois well-prepared to assume positions in a variety of settings including industry, government, and the academy. Ten trainees per year (5 2nd + 5 3rd year graduate students) would be directly supported by the funds sought from NIH. These trainees will share experiences in the classroom and at the bench. They will join a larger group of CBI trainees (approximately 30-40 at any given time) supported by their research mentors or other funds. Trainees will spend time together in CBI core courses and electives and at monthly meetings featuring trainee research presentations. They will interact with prominent guest speakers presenting CBI seminars and the keynote address at the CBI's annual symposium. Career preparation will include internships and an annual Career Day featuring Ph.D. speakers employed in various settings. More than 30 faculty drawn from the SCS' two departments - Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - and from four departments in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell & Developmental Biology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology - comprise the current training faculty. Talented students admitted to the SCS and MCB doctoral programs will form the candidate pool for half of the available trainee positions each year. The remaining positions will be filled by a special competition among 2"" and 3"* year trainees nominated by CBI faculty. Doctorates are conferred by the home departments after trainees complete departmental and CBI requirements in about 5 years. Underrepresented minority students will be recruited through campus programs and through summer research opportunities funded by the CBI. Roger Adams Lab, Chemistry & Life Sciences Lab, Noyes Lab, and Institute for Genomic Biology house faculty labs, seminar rooms, and shared facilities (NMR, Mass spec, etc) PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Trainees work on projects with great public health potential - among them are research on naturally occurring antibiotics to treat infectious diseases, designing of individualized treatments for cancer, modifications of influenza and other viruses at the molecular level to render them harmless, detection/amelioration of harmful germ warfare agents like anthrax, and detection/remediation of environmental toxins/contaminants.