UCSD Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center

描述(申请人提供)：纳米技术领域在开发诊断癌症的创新方法和提供改进的治疗方法方面具有极大的潜力。为了充分利用这项新技术，未来的研究人员必须接受癌症研究和物理科学/工程学方面的多学科培训。纳米技术翻译癌症研究人员交叉培训中心(CRIN)的使命是为纳米科学、纳米技术和其他新兴技术、癌症生物学和翻译研究方面的博士后学生、博士后科学家和内科医生提供交叉培训。年轻的科学家将接受纳米科学、纳米工程、中尺度工程以及癌症研究的图像识别方面的培训。CRIN将通过NCI指定的UCSD综合癌症中心，以及以纳米技术为重点的研究计划，包括UCSD的癌症纳米技术卓越中心和体内细胞和分子成像中心，在现有癌症研究计划的基础上再接再厉。教员参与者是成功的研究人员，拥有超过2700万美元的研究资金，并且是经验丰富的导师。该计划将支持5名研究生和2名博士后研究员，每人为期两年，并将为在癌症纳米技术研究方面培训代表不足的少数族裔提供新的机会。该计划将包括基于研究的交叉培训、教学培训、研讨会、研讨会、期刊俱乐部和职业发展活动。CRIN还将为临床医生、研究科学家和社区开展外联活动。 与公共卫生相关：纳米技术方法在生产癌症的新诊断、成像剂和治疗方法方面前景看好。拟议的计划将培训多学科研究人员，他们将使用先进技术开发改进的方法来诊断和治疗癌症患者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The field of nanotechnology has excellent potential for developing innovative methods to diagnose cancer and provide improved methods for therapy. To fully exploit this new technology future researchers must receive multi-disciplinary training in cancer research and physical sciences/engineering. The mission of the Center for Cross Training Translational Cancer Researchers in Nanotechnology (CRIN) program is to provide cross-training to predoctoral students, postdoctoral scientists, and physicians in nanoscience, nanotechnology, and other emerging technologies, cancer biology, and translational research. Young scientists will be trained in nanoscience, nanoengineering, mesoscale engineering, and image recognition to cancer research. CRIN will build on existing cancer research programs, through the NCI designated UCSD Comprehensive Cancer Center, and nanotechnology focused research programs, including UCSD's Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence and In vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center. The faculty participants are successful researchers with over $27 million in research funding, and are experienced mentors. The program will support 5 graduate students and 2 post-doctoral fellows for two years each, and will provide new opportunities for training underrepresented minorities in cancer nanotechnology research. The program will include research based cross-training, didactic training, workshops, seminars, journal clubs, and professional development activities. CRIN will also develop outreach activities for clinicians, research scientists, and the community. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Nanotechnology approaches hold great promise to produce novel diagnostics, imaging agents, and therapies for cancer. The proposed program will train multi-disciplinary researchers who will use advanced technologies to develop improved methods to diagnose and treat cancer patients.