Molecular and Cellular Biology at Dartmouth

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的培训计划的目标是招募和培养优秀的研究生，并为他们在科学领域的生产性职业生涯做好准备。“达特茅斯分子和细胞生物学”培训项目（MCBD）的培训师包括达特茅斯最大的生命科学研究生项目——分子和细胞生物学（MCB）研究生项目的69名教师中的53名。MCB研究生项目是一个跨部门、跨学科的项目，有137名学生。研究领域包括生物技术、细胞生物学、计算生物学、发育生物学、免疫学、分子发病机制、神经生物学、基因表达调控、信号转导和细胞代谢、结构生物学等。MCB研究生项目的学生和教师来自达特茅斯学院、达特茅斯医学院和塞耶工程学院的九个系。MCB研究生课程的许多院系都有长期的培训记录。MCBD培训计划教师的选择是基于他们的研究项目的实力，他们对培养博士预科学生的承诺，以及他们参与MCB研究生计划各种活动的意愿。受训者必须满足MCB研究生项目对博士学位的要求，其中包括三个研究轮转，三个学期的核心课程，三个选修课程，一个学期的教学，参加期刊俱乐部和研讨会，负责任的研究行为培训，资格考试，年度研究进展报告和论文答辩。MCB研究生项目每年定期录取大约25-30名学生。在目前的资助期内，实施了招募代表性不足的少数民族学生的新努力，其中包括国防部资助的暑期本科生研究计划（SURF）。这些努力的结果是，马里兰大学MCB研究生课程的学生人数从1人增加到4人，并将在2007年秋季入学时进一步增加一倍。培养下一代科学家对于维持和改善我国的经济和公民的健康至关重要。该计划的资金将用于支持青年科学家的培训，并帮助下一代科学家和教师为富有成效的职业生涯做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goals of the proposed training program are to recruit and train outstanding graduate students and to prepare them for productive careers in science. The trainers in the "Molecular and Cellular Biology at Dartmouth" Training Program (MCBD) include 53 of the 69 faculty in Dartmouth's largest life science graduate program, the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Graduate Program. The MCB Graduate Program is an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary program with 137 students. Research areas include biotechnology, cell biology, computational biology, developmental biology, immunology, molecular pathogenesis, neurobiology, regulation of gene expression, signal transduction and cellular metabolism, and structural biology. MCB Graduate Program students and faculty come from nine departments at Dartmouth College, Dartmouth Medical School, and the Thayer School of Engineering. Many faculties in the MCB Graduate Program have long and established training records. The MCBD Training Program faculty was selected based on the strength of their research programs, their commitment to training predoctoral students, and their willingness to participate in the various activities of the MCB Graduate Program. Trainees must satisfy the MCB Graduate Program requirements for the Ph.D., which include three research rotations, a three-term core course, three elective courses, one term of teaching, participation in journal clubs and seminars, training in the responsible conduct of research, a qualifying exam, a yearly Research in Progress presentation, and a thesis defense. The MCB Graduate Program regularly matriculates approximately 25-30 students per year. New efforts to recruit underrepresented minority (URM) students, that include a highly successful Department of Defense-funded Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURF), were implemented during the current funding period. As a result of these efforts the number of URM students in the MCB Graduate Program increased from one to four, and will further double upon matriculation of the fall 2007 class. Training the next generation of scientists is essential for maintaining and improving the economy of our country and the health of its citizens. Funds from this program will be used to support young scientists during their training, and to help prepare the next generation of scientists and teachers for productive careers.