Chemistry of Life Processes Predoctoral Training Program

生命过程化学博士前培训项目

• 批准号: 8475188
• 负责人: RICHARD B SILVERMAN
• 金额: $ 17.86万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-07-01 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8475188
• 关键词: Chemistry; Life; Process; Training Programs; pre-doctoral

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The mission of the proposed "Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP) Predoctoral Training Program" is to educate the next generation of transdisciplinary scientists that will be capable of extending and integrating the perspectives and approaches of the life sciences and chemistry to complex scientific problems in the field of biomedical research. The complex problems encountered across length and time scales in treating disease require a broad repertoire of skills along with the capacity to harness teams possessing a range of diverse expertise to advance the discovery of new therapeutics and diagnostics. In order to address the pressing public health needs of the 21st century, the next generation of researchers must be able to think and communicate in a common language that spans chemistry and biology. The proposed CLP predoctoral training program will address this need by providing Northwestern University graduate students with the opportunity to integrate graduate studies in chemistry and the life sciences to a degree beyond that of any training program currently active at Northwestern University. The depth and breadth of its coursework requirements, novel immersive cross-disciplinary lab experience, and unique mentoring structure of the CLP program, coupled with a strong shared training environment, set this program apart from other Northwestern training programs in biomedical research. The program is built upon the highly collaborative, transdisciplinary biomedical research programs of 44 mentors with extensive expertise in the areas of drug development, synthetic biology, and potential molecular targets for therapeutic intervention. This application requests support for a total of 45 training slots over five years to create a vibrant cohort of peers with a common identity in sufficient numbers to support student-driven program activities. Trainees will be supported by the program starting in the fall of their second year and will be supported throughout the course of the second and third years of graduate education. Five students will be accepted into the program in the first year of the proposed training grant, and ten students will be supported annually in years 02-05. Northwestern' s Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, the administrative home of the proposed training program, will provide CLP trainees with a robust ecosystem for transdisciplinary research and training that is comprised of a highly collaborative team of faculty that span chemistry and the life sciences, unique shared resources that provide a seamless pipeline for drug discovery and development, an enabling infrastructure with expertise in development and management of education and training programs, extensive experience in translation of discoveries for the good of society, and a physical environment that drives transdisciplinary collaboration and interaction.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的“生命过程化学（CLP）博士前培训计划”的使命是教育下一代跨学科科学家，能够扩展和整合的观点和 生命科学和化学的方法来解决生物医学研究领域的复杂科学问题。在治疗疾病过程中遇到的复杂问题跨越了长度和时间尺度，需要广泛的技能库沿着，并有能力利用拥有各种不同专业知识的团队来推进新疗法和诊断方法的发现。为了满足世纪紧迫的公共卫生需求，下一代研究人员必须能够用跨越化学和生物学的共同语言进行思考和交流。拟议的CLP博士前培训计划将通过为西北大学的研究生提供机会，将化学和生命科学的研究生课程整合到西北大学目前正在进行的任何培训计划之外的程度，来满足这一需求。其课程要求的深度和广度，新颖的沉浸式跨学科实验室体验，以及CLP计划独特的指导结构，再加上强大的共享培训环境，使该计划与西北大学的其他生物医学研究培训计划区别开来。该计划建立在44名导师的高度协作，跨学科生物医学研究计划的基础上，这些导师在药物开发，合成生物学和治疗干预的潜在分子靶点领域具有广泛的专业知识。该应用程序要求在五年内支持总共45个培训名额，以创建一个充满活力的同龄人群体，他们具有足够数量的共同身份，以支持学生驱动的计划活动。学员将在他们的第二年秋季开始的程序支持，并将在整个研究生教育的第二年和第三年的过程中支持。在拟议的培训补助金的第一年，将有五名学生被接受参加该计划，在02-05年，每年将有十名学生得到支持。西北大学生命过程化学研究所是拟议培训计划的行政所在地，将为CLP学员提供一个强大的跨学科研究和培训生态系统，该生态系统由一个高度协作的教师团队组成，涵盖化学和生命科学，独特的共享资源，为药物发现和开发提供无缝管道，一个使能基础设施，具有开发和管理教育和培训计划的专业知识，在为社会利益翻译发现方面的丰富经验，以及推动跨学科合作和互动的物理环境。