Training Grant on the Biology of Aging

衰老生物学培训补助金

• 批准号: 8842567
• 负责人: PETER J HORNSBY
• 金额: $ 68.06万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCIENCE CENTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-05-01 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8842567
• 关键词: Biology of Aging; Grant; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed program represents a 5-year continuation of an institutional training grant in the biology of aging, which was encompasses diverse investigators from 7 academic departments at UT Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA). We request funds to support 10 predoctoral and 6 postdoctoral trainees. The impending avalanche of elderly in the US combined with major recent advances in understanding fundamental mechanisms of aging has created a substantial demand for researchers trained to investigate means of delaying and relieving the ailments of an aging population. UTHSCSA is a premier research institution in the biology of aging, with the largest faculty in the country whose research is devoted primarily to the basic biology of aging. The primary goal of the proposed Training Program is to intellectually prepare both graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for careers as leaders in basic biological research in aging. The Training Program involves 26 faculty members (16 men, 10 women) and takes advantage of the synergies created by intensely collaborative personnel, the unique resources available from our Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Biology of Aging and the institutional commitment to, and expanding resources of, the Barshop Institute itself. Trainees will be chosen competitively based on academic excellence, their interest in aging research, and motivation for careers in research. The main activity of each trainee is the development of their faculty- supervised research project, which because of the extensive collaboration among our faculty tends to result surprisingly often in co-mentorships. Trainees have thrived with dual mentorships to the point that we have now institutionalized it as an obligatory feature of our training program Another key component is to require broad knowledge in the biology of aging acquired in our biology of aging course such that trainees' can place their research in an appropriate scientific context. In addition to this formal didactic training, we require trainees to attend the weekly Aging Research Journal Club and present at, as well as attend, our weekly Barshop Institute seminar series and annual trainee retreat. Training in grant writing skills resulting in an F- seris grant proposal for individual NRSAs are accomplished by all trainees within the first 18 months of entering our training program.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的计划是一个为期5年的机构培训补助金在老化的生物学，这是包括来自UT健康科学中心圣安东尼奥（UTHSCSA）7个学术部门的不同研究人员的延续。我们要求资助10名博士前和6名博士后学员。美国即将到来的老年人雪崩，加上最近在了解衰老基本机制方面的重大进展，对接受过培训的研究人员产生了大量需求，以研究延缓和缓解人口老龄化疾病的方法。UTHSCSA是衰老生物学的主要研究机构，拥有全国最大的教师，其研究主要致力于衰老的基础生物学。拟议的培训计划的主要目标是在智力上准备研究生和博士后研究员的职业生涯作为基础生物学研究在老龄化的领导者。该培训计划涉及26名教师（16名男性，10名女性），并利用了密切合作的人员所创造的协同作用，从我们的内森休克卓越中心提供的独特资源，以及对机构的承诺，并扩大Barshop研究所本身的资源。学员将根据学术成就，他们对老龄化研究的兴趣以及对研究职业的动机进行竞争性选择。每个学员的主要活动是他们的教师监督的研究项目的发展，这是因为我们的教师之间的广泛合作往往导致令人惊讶的是，经常在共同导师。学员们在双重指导下蓬勃发展，以至于我们现在已经将其制度化为我们培训计划的强制性特征另一个关键组成部分是需要在我们的衰老生物学课程中获得的衰老生物学方面的广泛知识，以便学员能够将他们的研究置于适当的科学背景下。除了这种正式的教学培训，我们要求学员参加每周的老龄化研究杂志俱乐部和目前，以及参加，我们每周的Barshop研究所系列研讨会和年度学员务虚会。所有学员在进入我们的培训计划后的前18个月内完成资助写作技能培训，为个人NRSA提供F系列资助提案。