Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Development Biology

分子、细胞和发育生物学培训项目

• 批准号: 8103211
• 负责人: Susan Strome
• 金额: $ 20.21万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-01 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8103211
• 关键词: Biology; Cells; Development; Molecular; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UCSC graduate training program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology provides intensive training in the skills necessary for outstanding research in modern biology. First year trainees undertake coursework emphasizing critical evaluation of scientific models and experimental results, and they also participate in three ten-week laboratory rotations. Second-year students take an oral qualifying exam, and advanced students participate in a variety of seminars, advanced special topics courses, and research group meetings designed to provide continuing learning opportunities. The goal of the training program is to produce graduates who have a strong foundation in the specific area of their thesis research, as well as broad training and knowledge in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. The program is administered by Advising and Admissions Committees according to policy guidelines stated in our Graduate Handbook and Faculty Guidelines. The training program is composed of 19 members of the Department of IVICD Biology, and 9 affiliated faculty from the Departments of Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology. The majority of the faculty members are housed in the Sinsheimer Laboratories, with other faculty located in the Physical Sciences Building, which is adjacent to Sinsheimer Labs. The MCD training program provides an interactive and collaborative research environment for graduate training. Research in the training program utilizes a wide variety of approaches and model organisms, and is organized as interdisciplinary clusters of faculty with shared interests, thereby creating critical masses of researchers that foster mutual support and scientific interaction. During the first 10 years of NIH training support we have recruited and trained outstanding students who would be amongst the best students in any training program. We are requesting a total of 8 predoctoral trainee positions in this renewal, which will continue to be awarded to our best students. Relevance: Students in the MCD Biology training program have extensive opportunities to study topics related to human health. Many training faculty work on systems that are directly relevant to human health, including stem cell biology, malaria, cholera, cancer biology, host-pathogen interactions, neurodegenerative diseases, and the responses of neurons to stroke and other damage. Other faculty carry out basic research that provides the foundation for understanding topics relevant to human health, including research focused on cell division, signaling, meiosis, chromatin remodeling, cell differentiation, and neurobiology.

描述（由申请人提供）：UCSC分子，细胞和发育生物学研究生培训计划提供了现代生物学杰出研究所需技能的强化培训。第一年的学员进行课程强调科学模型和实验结果的批判性评价，他们还参加了三个十周的实验室轮换。二年级学生参加口头资格考试，高级学生参加各种研讨会，高级专题课程和研究小组会议，旨在提供继续学习的机会。培训计划的目标是培养在论文研究的特定领域具有坚实基础的毕业生，以及在分子，细胞和发育生物学方面的广泛培训和知识。该计划由咨询和招生委员会根据我们的研究生手册和教师指南中规定的政策指导方针进行管理。该培训计划由IVICD生物学系的19名成员和来自生物分子工程，化学和生物化学，微生物学和环境毒理学系的9名附属教师组成。大多数教职员工都住在Sinsheimer实验室，其他教职员工则位于与Sinsheimer实验室相邻的物理科学大楼。MCD培训计划为研究生培训提供了一个互动和协作的研究环境。在培训计划的研究利用了各种各样的方法和模式生物，并组织为具有共同利益的教师的跨学科集群，从而创造了促进相互支持和科学互动的研究人员的临界质量。在NIH培训支持的前10年，我们招募和培训了优秀的学生，他们将成为任何培训项目中最优秀的学生。我们要求在这次更新，这将继续授予我们最好的学生共8个博士前实习生职位。相关性：MCD生物学培训计划的学生有广泛的机会学习与人类健康相关的主题。许多培训教师从事与人类健康直接相关的系统，包括干细胞生物学，疟疾，霍乱，癌症生物学，宿主-病原体相互作用，神经退行性疾病以及神经元对中风和其他损伤的反应。其他教师开展基础研究，为理解与人类健康相关的主题提供基础，包括专注于细胞分裂，信号传导，减数分裂，染色质重塑，细胞分化和神经生物学的研究。