Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求为西北大学的博士前生物技术培训计划提供更新资金。这个跨学科和跨部门的计划为来自五个参与单位的博士生提供生物技术培训机会：生物与化学工程（ChBE），生物医学工程（BME），材料科学与工程（MSE），化学（Chem）和跨部门生物科学（IBiS）研究生课程。从生命科学实验室中选择的研究机会，由核心跨学科课程补充。3至6个月的工业实习使受训者接触现代生物技术的工业环境。所有学员和许多导师参加IBIS，为期2天，校外年度务虚会，这使得来自许多学科的学生和教师之间的广泛互动，并增加了学员群体的凝聚力。生物技术研究进展会议每月举行，是学员和教师展示和讨论他们的研究成果并与其他学员互动的论坛。学员组织和主持生物技术研讨会系列，将工业和学术科学家带到校园与学员进行讨论。学生还利用校园内其他几个生命科学相关的研讨会项目，特别是年度凯洛格生物技术会议和生物技术硕士课程研讨会。在负责任的研究行为的教学主要是通过过程中进行，“生物研究伦理。“培训人员由该方案和参与单位使用小册子、万维网网页和会议演示文稿招募。为招收代表性不足群体的学生作出了大量努力，过去4年来，30%的受训人员来自代表性不足群体，这一努力相当成功。实习生是从化学、BME、ChBE和IBIS中选出的，由于他们在生物技术研究方面的努力以及教师和研究生队伍的实力，我们建议增加MSE进行更新。参与计划的导师人数将从31人增加到42人。要求将供资职位从6个增加到8个，以支持这一扩大的教师基础和现有的学生库。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests renewal funding for the Predoctoral Biotechnology Training Program at Northwestern University. This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental Program offers biotechnology training opportunities for a select group of PhD students from five participating units: the Departments of Biological & Chemical Engineering (ChBE), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Material Sciences & Engineering (MSE), Chemistry (Chem), and the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences (IBiS) graduate program. Research opportunities, chosen from among a selection of laboratories in the life sciences, are complemented by a core interdisciplinary curriculum. Three- to 6-month industrial internships expose trainees to the industrial environment of modern biotechnology. All trainees and many preceptors participate in the IBiS, 2-day, off-campus annual retreat, which allows extensive interactions among students and faculty from many disciplines and increases the cohesiveness of the trainee group. The Biotechnology Research in Progress Meetings occur monthly and is the forum where trainees and faculty present and discuss their research results and interact with other trainees. Trainees organize and host a Biotechnology Seminar Series that bring industrial and academic scientists to campus for discussions with trainees. Students also take advantage of several other life sciences-related seminar programs on campus, notably the annual Kellogg Biotechnology Conference and seminars for the Master's in Biotechnology Program. Instruction in the responsible conduct of research is carried out primarily through the course, "Ethics in Biological Research." Trainees are recruited by the Program and the participating units using brochures, www pages, and conference presentations. Intensive efforts are made to recruit student from underrepresented groups, and have been quite successful with 30% of trainees from the past 4 years from underrepresented groups. Trainees have been selected from Chemistry, BME, ChBE, and IBiS, and we propose to add MSE for the renewal due to their efforts in biotechnology research and strength of the faculty and the graduate student pool. The number of preceptors participating in the Program will increase from 31 to 42. An increase from 6 to 8 funded positions is requested to support this expanded preceptor base and available student pool.