Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis

描述(由申请者提供)：微环境和转移研究中心将作为一个由康奈尔大学管理的多机构跨学科研究中心，利用已建立的机制和经验丰富的财务、行政和技术支持人员。我们的PS-OC组织将纳入康奈尔大学开发的成功的过程管理程序。现有的行政结构和资源、共享的研究设施和潜在的技术能力将被用于这个新的以癌症研究为目标的PS-OC企业，康奈尔大学将成为我们的微环境和转移中心的牵头机构。该大学拥有强大的多机构研究组织的传统，PS-OC教职员工将在此基础上建立一个PS-OC组织，以快速有效地支持和加强中心的研究项目。我们的中心将包括康奈尔大学物理学、纳米生物技术、纳米技术和生物医学工程领域的领导者。来自纽约市V\/eill Cornell医学院的癌症生物学研究的领导者将在我们的中心发挥关键作用，纽约州立大学布法罗分校的同事也是如此。中心咨询委员会将评估在研究、教育和实施以及伙伴关系发展方面的总体进展。这项评估将根据每个委员会成员的专业领域来确定，因为这些成员将共同代表中心的核心领域。中心未来发展的关键建议将由该小组决定，他们的会议报告将与中心主任和执行委员会分享。我们认识到物理科学-肿瘤中心指导委员会(PSC)将在PS-OC网络的成功中发挥重要作用。本中心将由Harold Craighead(PI/主任)和Barbara Hempstead(高级联合调查员/联席主任)代表参加该委员会。我们在这个委员会中的PS-OC代表将详细了解我们中心研究项目的进展情况，使他们能够通过跨网络项目提出并促进与其他PS-OCS同事的合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis will be operated as a Multi-Institutional Interdisciplinary Research Center managed by Cornell University using established mechanisms and an experienced financial, administration and technical support staff. Our PS-OC organization will incorporate successful process management procedures developed at Cornell. Existing administrative structures and resources, shared research facilities and underlying technological capabilities will be utilized for this new PS-OC enterprise targeted toward cancer research, Cornell University will be the lead institution of our Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis. The university has a strong tradition of multi-institutional research organizations and PS-OC faculty and staff will build on this to establish a PS-OC organization that will quickly and effectively support and enhance the research projects of the Center. Our Center will include leaders in the fields of physics, nanobiotechnology, nanotechnology and biomedical engineering at Cornell. Leaders in cancer biology research from V\/eill Cornell Medical College in New York City will play a critical role in our Center, as will colleagues at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The Center Advisory Committee will assess overall progress in research, education, and implementation, and partnership development. This assessment will be set in the context of each committee member's area of expertise, as these members collectively will represent the core areas of the center. Key recommendations for future development of the Center will be decided upon by this group, and reports from their meetings will be shared with the Center Director and the Executive Committee We recognize the important role the Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers Steering Committee (PSC) will play in the success of the PS-OC network. Our Center will be represented on this committee by Harold Craighead (Pi/Director) and Barbara Hempstead (senior co-investigator/Co-Director). Our PS-OC representatives on this committee will bring detailed knowledge of progress in our Center's research projects that will enable them to propose and promote collaborations with colleagues at other PS-OCs through trans-Network projects.