USC-Buck Geroscience Training Program in the Biology of Aging

南加州大学巴克分校衰老生物学老年科学培训项目

• 批准号: 9074506
• 负责人: Kelvin J. A. Davies
• 金额: $ 31.3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2021-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9074506
• 关键词: Biology of Aging; Geroscience; Training Programs

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):Abstract This Geroscience training program in the Biology of Aging is an unique cooperative venture of the University of Southern California's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology (USC) and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging (Buck). In 2012, in a truly joint venture, we created the very first dedicated Biology of Aging Ph.D. program in the USA. Students take courses at both institutions (some in a fully interactive, on-line format) and undertake first-year lab rotations at both campuses before selecting a mentor and lab at USC or the Buck. Faculty at the USC Davis School have been training Ph.D. students in the Biology of Aging since 1964, but such students were previously admitted via faculty joint appointments in other schools/departments at USC: over 50 doctoral students have been trained in this way. Similarly, most Buck faculty had prior university appointments where they established extensive Ph.D. training records, and many have continued to train Ph.D.'s from other universities after joining the Buck. This application requests support for four (4) pre-doctoral geroscience students in the USC-Buck Biology of Aging Ph.D. program. We also request support for two (2) post-doctoral geroscience scholars in the biology of aging, specifically at the USC Davis School of Gerontology. This request complements, but does not duplicate, existing funding at either institution. The bi- institutional nature of our USC-Buck Ph.. Program in the Biology of Aging is unique, and allows us to broadly foster a pipeline of investigators engaged in basic and translational research in aging biology throughout California. This collaborative effort has been in existence in various ways for several years (before formal approval in 2012) and has proven to be an important force in advancing the aging research agenda both at USC and at the Buck. Students have access to more than 100 scientists performing aging research, more than 40 focused on the cellular and molecular biology of aging. Students regularly rotate from USC to the Northern California Buck campus and are key to creating a unified research culture and collaborations. Joint classes and seminars are held at both campuses and broadcast using Adobe-Connect, allowing for active participation of all members at each campus, including active Q&A sessions during and after such lectures. Thus, this T32 Geroscience application, while involving two institutions, is in fact a wholly integrated unified program in which the Buck Institute scientists already hold USC faculty appointments and share scientific, educational, and cultural goals. A special feature of our program, that is no provided to students in traditional biochemistry/molecular biology programs, is exposure to the full range of Gerontological specialties: including social, psychological, demographic, economic, and public policy. This occurs through interactions with students and mentors in our highly successful Gerontology Ph.D. program which has long been supported by an NIA training grant, joint seminars, colloquia, and interdisciplinary research projects. Thus, our Biology of Aging Ph.D. students are provided with a truly comprehensive background in aging sciences, and learn to value the relationships between each of these sub-disciplines.

 描述（由申请人提供）：摘要这个老龄生物学的老年科学培训项目是南加州大学伦纳德戴维斯老年学学院（南加州大学）和巴克老龄研究所（巴克）的一个独特的合作项目。2012年，在一个真正的合资企业中，我们创建了第一个专门的衰老生物学博士。在美国的节目。学生在这两个机构参加课程（有些是完全互动的在线形式），并在两个校区进行第一年的实验室轮换，然后在南加州大学或巴克选择导师和实验室。南加州大学戴维斯分校的教师一直在培养博士学位。自1964年以来，该学院一直招收衰老生物学的学生，但这些学生以前是通过南加州大学其他学院/系的教师联合任命录取的：已有50多名博士生以这种方式接受了培训。同样，大多数巴克教师事先大学任命，他们建立了广泛的博士学位。培训记录，许多人继续培养博士学位。加入巴克后，他从其他大学毕业。此应用程序要求支持四（4）在USC-巴克生物学衰老博士学位的博士前老年科学的学生。程序.我们还请求支持两（2）博士后老年科学学者在衰老生物学，特别是在老年学的南加州大学戴维斯学院。这一请求补充了这两个机构的现有供资，但不重复。我们的南加州大学巴克博士的双机构性质。衰老生物学计划是独一无二的，使我们能够广泛地培养在整个加州从事衰老生物学基础和转化研究的调查人员。这种合作努力已经以各种方式存在了几年（在2012年正式批准之前），并已被证明是推进南加州大学和巴克老龄化研究议程的重要力量。学生可以接触到100多名从事衰老研究的科学家，其中40多名专注于衰老的细胞和分子生物学。学生定期从南加州大学轮换到北方加州巴克校区，是创建统一的研究文化和合作的关键。联合课程和研讨会在两个校区举行，并使用Adobe-Connect进行广播，允许每个校区的所有成员积极参与，包括讲座期间和之后的积极问答环节。因此，这个T32 Geroscience应用程序虽然涉及两个机构，但实际上是一个完全集成的统一计划，其中巴克研究所的科学家已经拥有南加州大学的教职员工，并分享科学，教育和文化目标。我们的计划的一个特点，这是没有提供给学生在传统的生物化学/分子生物学课程，是接触到全方位的老年学专业：包括社会，心理，人口，经济和公共政策。这是通过与学生和导师在我们非常成功的老年学博士互动发生的。该计划长期以来一直得到NIA培训补助金，联合研讨会，座谈会和跨学科研究项目的支持。因此，我们的衰老生物学博士学生提供了一个真正全面的背景，在老龄化科学，并学会重视这些子学科之间的关系。