Michigan Molecular Biophysics Training Program

密歇根分子生物物理学培训计划

• 批准号: 8101205
• 负责人: ARI GAFNI
• 金额: $ 39.13万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-09-30 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8101205
• 关键词: Biophysics; Michigan; Molecular; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Michigan proposes to continue predoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics, supporting in each year 12 Ph.D. students who will be part of the selected cohort of approximately 30 students in the Biophysics Graduate Program. The major objective of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) is to train a diverse population of graduate students in the field of molecular biophysics and to prepare them for research and teaching careers in which physical methods are used to solve biological problems. The curriculum is both demanding and interdisciplinary since it is designed to train scientists who will conduct research at the interface of biology, chemistry, physics and physical biochemistry. Molecular Biophysics at the University of Michigan is a distinctive program with particular requirements for the didactic and research phases of training. The Program is anchored in the existing Biophysics Graduate Program, and has developed a broad interdisciplinary curriculum that offers Ph.D. degrees in four major disciplines: Biophysics, Biological Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics. The body of training faculty is comprised of physical and mechanistic biochemists, chemists, physicists and faculty from related disciplines whose research focuses on the structures, functions and interactions of bio-macromolecules. The faculty is drawn from the departments of Biological Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physics, and Pharmacology. All these faculty members share a basic commitment to problem-oriented research that relies on the application of quantitative physical techniques. It is expected that Program students exploit sophisticated instrumentation in their research (including existing state-of-the-art facilities for NMR spectroscopy, X-ray absorption and diffraction, ultrafast spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy and modern computation) and be trained in data collection, state-of-the-art analysis and interpretation as well as in effective presentation and publication of the results. The great advances made in medical sciences over the last fifty years have strongly benefited from the development of biophysics-derived tools (MRI and CAT scan are two examples). Training the future generation of molecular biophysicists will ensure continued contributions to public health.

描述（由申请人提供）：密歇根大学提议继续进行分子生物物理学博士前培训，每年支持 12 名博士生。学生将成为生物物理学研究生项目中约 30 名学生的选定群体的一部分。分子生物物理学培训计划（MBTP）的主要目标是培养分子生物物理学领域的多元化研究生，并为他们从事使用物理方法解决生物学问题的研究和教学职业做好准备。该课程要求很高，而且是跨学科的，因为它旨在培养能够在生物学、化学、物理学和物理生物化学的交叉领域进行研究的科学家。密歇根大学的分子生物物理学是一个独特的项目，对培训的教学和研究阶段有特殊要求。该计划以现有的生物物理学研究生计划为基础，并开发了广泛的跨学科课程，提供博士学位。四个主要学科的学位：生物物理学、生物化学、化学和物理学。 培训师资队伍由物理和机械生物化学家、化学家、物理学家以及相关学科的教师组成，其研究重点是生物大分子的结构、功能和相互作用。 教师队伍来自生物化学、生物学、生物医学工程、化学、电气工程、微生物学、药学、物理和药理学等系。所有这些教职员工都对基于定量物理技术应用的以问题为导向的研究有着共同的基本承诺。预计该项目的学生在他们的研究中利用先进的仪器（包括现有最先进的核磁共振波谱、X射线吸收和衍射、超快波谱、单分子波谱和现代计算设施），并接受数据收集、最先进的分析和解释以及有效演示和出版结果方面的培训。 过去五十年医学科学取得的巨大进步很大程度上得益于生物物理学衍生工具的发展（MRI 和 CAT 扫描就是两个例子）。培训下一代分子生物物理学家将确保为公共卫生做出持续贡献。