Biomolecular Science and Engineering Training Program

本方案是对生物分子科学与工程实训的更新方案 计划在伦斯勒理工学院和沃兹沃斯中心。培训计划的目标 旨在加强生物学四系学生之间的互动， 生物医学工程、化学和生物工程、化学和化学生物学 教学、研究和工业组件。培训的结果将为学员提供 敏锐地理解研究的跨学科性质，以及它如何依赖于基本基础 在科学和工程方面，它如何导致创新的新科学学科和技术，以及 商业产品是如何开发的。来自上述项目的教职员工(共23人) 作为来自沃兹沃斯的培训师，他们积极参与合成生物学的研究项目 (以生物催化、途径整合和构建、糖组分、生物分离和 生物材料设计、合成和性能)；生物分子系统(例如，结构、功能和 以及分子生物学和生物信息学。培训计划的主要方面包括：[1]一套~ 在关键学科中最大限度地进行教学培训的三门课程；[2]一门名为 《生物分子科学与工程展望》，由所有学员参加；[3]系列研讨会， 在RPI和Wadsworth现有的校园研讨会计划的基础上；[4]学生开办的研讨会计划， 在那里，受训人员和其他伦斯勒在生物分子科学和工程领域的研究生 将他们的研究报告给他们的同行和培训教师；[5]负责任的研究行为方面的培训； 生物分子博士论文工作联合督导和多学科论文委员会成员 理工科；[7]工业实习；[8]年度实习。协调委员会确保 受训人员符合这些要求，一个代表不足的少数族裔招聘委员会将 积极参与确定和招募代表人数不足的少数族裔加入该计划。除了……之外 在此建议的每年六个实习生名额，伦斯勒每年将支持三名学院实习生。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 该计划的使命和相关性是提供一个综合的、多学科的平台来培训 不同的博士后干部广泛地在生物学和工程学的界面上，专注于 定义这一接口的量化联系，并为受训人员在生物技术领域的职业生涯做好准备。

This proposal represents a renewal proposal for the Biomolecular Science and Engineering Training Program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Wadsworth Center. The objectives of the Training Program are aimed at increased interaction among students from the four departmental disciplines of Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Chemistry and Chemical Biology with didactic, research, and industrial components. The outcome of this training will provide the trainee with a keen understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of research, how it depends on fundamental underpinnings in both science and engineering, how it leads to innovative new scientific disciplines and technologies, and how commercial products are developed. Faculty (a total of 23) from the aforementioned programs, as well as trainers from Wadsworth, are actively involved in research programs spanning synthetic biology (represented by biocatalysis, pathway integration and construction, glycomics, bioseparations, and biomaterials design, synthesis, and properties); biomolecular systems (e.g., structure, function, and analysis); and molecular biology and bioinformatics. Key aspects of the training program include: [1] a set of~ three courses that maximize didactic training among the key disciplines; [2] a core course entitled "Perspectives in Biomolecular Science and Engineering" that is taken by all trainees; [3] seminar series that build on current campus-wide seminar programs at RPI and Wadsworth; [4] a student-run seminar program, where trainees and other Rensselaer graduate students in the area of biomolecular science and engineering present their research to their peers and training faculty; [5] training in responsible conduct of research; [6] joint supervision and multidisciplinary thesis committee membership for Ph.D. thesis work in biomolecular science and engineering; [7] an industrial internship; and [8] an annual. A Coordinating Committee ensures that the trainees satisfy these requirements and an Underrepresented Minority Recruitment Committee will be actively engaged in identifying and recruiting underrepresented minorities into the program. In addition to the six trainee slots per year proposed herein, Rensselaer will support three Institute trainees per year. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The program's mission and relevance is to provide an integrated and multidisciplinary platform to train a diverse cadre of predoctoral students broadly at the interface of biology and engineering, focusing on the quantitative linkages that define this interface and preparing the trainee for a career in biotechnology.