UCSD Cancer Nanotechnology Training Center

描述（由申请人提供）：纳米技术领域具有开发诊断癌症的创新方法和提供改进的治疗方法的巨大潜力。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/工程方面的多学科培训。该中心的交叉培训转化癌症研究人员在纳米技术（CRIN）计划的使命是提供交叉培训，博士前的学生，博士后科学家，和医生在纳米科学，纳米技术，和其他新兴技术，癌症生物学和转化研究。青年科学家将接受纳米科学、纳米工程、中尺度工程和图像识别到癌症研究方面的培训。CRIN将通过NCI指定的UCSD综合癌症中心和以纳米技术为重点的研究项目，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，建立现有的癌症研究项目。教师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。该计划将为5名研究生和2名博士后研究员提供为期两年的支持，并将为在癌症纳米技术研究中培训代表性不足的少数民族提供新的机会。该计划将包括基于研究的交叉培训，教学培训，讲习班，研讨会，期刊俱乐部和专业发展活动。CRIN还将为临床医生、研究科学家和社区开展外展活动。 公共卫生相关性：纳米技术方法在生产新型癌症诊断、显像剂和治疗方法方面具有巨大的潜力。该计划将培养多学科研究人员，他们将使用先进技术开发诊断和治疗癌症患者的改进方法。

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.