Training Program in Developmental Biology

博士前发展生物学培训计划(DBTP)的核心使命是 培养出高素质的独立研究科学家，他们接受过广泛的培训 发展生物学问题的跨学科方法。这一使命与 芝加哥大学生物科学系(BSD)的哲学，它寻求 避免学科之间人为的界限，鼓励广泛的互动和 协作。DBTP的跨学科和协作性通过该结构得到加强 BSD：所有临床和基础科学科室的研究人员都被关在密室里 接近和团结在一个行政和智力框架下。DBTP培训师是 由32名资金雄厚的研究人员组成的充满活力的团队，其中包括经验丰富的高级教职员工和 有才华的初级教员，他们在九个不同的基础科学和临床部门工作。 为了培养出在与人类健康和疾病相关的各个领域接受过培训的研究人员， DBTP建立在芝加哥大学在发育生物学方面的长期优势之上：特别是 在这方面的重要性是正在进行的模式生物遗传学研究， 小鼠分子遗传学、进化发育生物学和发育神经生物学。 此外，在这第一个资助期内，战略性新招聘使该计划得以扩大或 在以下领域发展研究优势：发育的细胞基础、干细胞生物学、 以及在开发系统中使用计算/建模/系统级方法。 DBTP学员是从六个跨学科的研究生培训项目中精心挑选出来的： 培训补助金支持从他们进入研究生学习的第二年开始，通常延长 为期两年，但需进行竞争续签。我们建议继续支持每人四名实习生 去年，使我们能够高度挑剔，同时保持当前和过去的关键队列 实习生。学员受益于战略性设计的课程，其中包括三个核心课程和三个 发育生物学的补充正规课程，以及来自广泛的补充课程 与培训相关的活动。这些活动包括由DBTP赞助的发育生物学 研讨会系列和期刊/数据展示俱乐部，年度静修，两年一次的“DBTP迷你静修”， 以及一年两次、由学生举办、为期一天的DBTP研讨会。总之，DBTP集成了广泛的 一系列不同的培训方法，为发育生物学领域的杰出未来领导者做准备 研究和教育。

The core mission of the pre-doctoral Developmental Biology Training Program (DBTP) is to produce highly qualified, independent research scientists who are trained to take a broad interdisciplinary approach to developmental biology problems. This mission is consistent with the philosophy of the Division of Biological Sciences (BSD) at the University of Chicago, which seeks to avoid artificial boundaries between disciplines and to encourage broad based interaction and collaboration. The interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the DBTP is enhanced by the structure of the BSD: researchers in all of the clinical and basic science departments are housed in close proximity and united under one administrative and intellectual framework. The DBTP trainers are a vibrant group of thirty-two well-funded researchers, including both experienced senior faculty and talented junior faculty, who are based in nine different basic science and clinical departments. To produce researchers trained in a variety of areas relevant to human health and disease, the DBTP builds on long-standing University of Chicago strengths in developmental biology: of particular importance in this context is the research being conducted in the genetics of model organisms, in mouse molecular genetics, in evolutionary developmental biology, and in developmental neurobiology. Further, during this first funding period, strategic new hires have enabled the program to expand or develop research strengths in the following areas: the cellular basis of development, stem cell biology, and the use of computation/modeling/systems level approaches in developing systems. DBTP trainees are carefully selected from six interdisciplinary graduate training programs: training grant support begins as they enter their second year of graduate studies and generally extends for two years, subject to competitive renewal. We propose to continue to support four trainees each year, allowing us to be highly selective while maintaining a critical cohort of current and previous trainees. Trainees benefit from a strategically designed curriculum that includes three core and three supplemental formal courses in developmental biology, and from an extensive range of supplemental training-related activities. Among these activities are the DBTP sponsored developmental biology Seminar Series and journal/data presentation club, an annual retreat, biennial "DBTP mini-retreats", and a biannual, student-run, one-day DBTP symposium. In summary, the DBTP integrates a wide range of varied training approaches to prepare exceptional future leaders in developmental biology research and education.