Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

分子、细胞和发育生物学培训项目

• 批准号: 10388225
• 负责人: Needhi Bhalla
• 金额: $ 44.3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10388225
• 关键词: Cellular biology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology; Training Programs

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The graduate Training Program in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (MCDB) is a student- centered interdisciplinary training program that includes 29 principal investigators from 5 departments, with 76 PhD students currently in training. The MCDB program is 1 of 4 training tracks within a larger umbrella program called the Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (PBSE), which encom- passes investigators who study diverse topics in biomedical science. Students admitted into the MCDB Training Program can do research rotations with any of the PBSE faculty, thereby gaining opportunities to explore diverse research topics and methodologies. MCDB students take courses designed to foster independent and critical thinking, as well as an understand- ing of key principles of biomedical science. The courses instruct students in rigor and reproducibility and build basic competencies needed for success in diverse careers. In addition to the core courses, students take an ethics course, a grant writing course, a pedagogy course, a career planning course, and elective courses. The Program Director, a Thesis Advisory Committee, and the Graduate Advis- ing Committee closely monitor student progress and intervene as necessary to ensure retention and successful completion of the program. The average time to degree is 5.9 years. The most motivated and promising MCDB students are selected for Training Grant support based on their academic records and their engagement and performance in core courses and research rota- tions. Training Grant students are usually selected soon after they join a thesis lab for support in Years 2-3. Support is requested for 12 students per year, but we note that all students in our program benefit from the high standards and goals of NIH-supported graduate programs and the innovations in mentoring and training that we have implemented to meet those standards and goals. The MCDB Training Program can point to a number of important achievements. An ambitious and highly successful effort to build an inclusive and diverse program has allowed us to reach 30% URM students in training, as well as a training faculty that is greater than 50% women. We closely track career outcomes for our students, which shows that 73% of our graduates over the last 13 years have gone on to successful careers in the sciences and an additional 20% are training as postdocs. With support from the NIH, we created an exciting new Career Planning course that equips students with the skills and inspiration to pursue diverse careers. A complete restructuring of our core courses has kept them current and relevant. Together, these kinds of innovations have helped drive the success of our training program, which produces outstanding graduates who bring unique skills and diversity to the national biomedical science workforce.

项目概要/摘要 分子、细胞和发育生物学研究生培训计划 (MCDB) 是一个学生- 以跨学科为中心的培训计划，包括来自 5 个部门的 29 名主要研究人员， 目前在读博士生76人。 MCDB 计划是更大范围内的 4 个培训课程之一 伞式计划称为生物医学科学与工程计划（PBSE），其中包括 通过研究生物医学科学不同主题的研究人员。 进入 MCDB 培训计划的学生可以在任何 PBSE 进行研究轮换 教师，从而获得探索不同研究主题和方法的机会。 MCDB 学生参加旨在培养独立和批判性思维以及理解的课程 生物医学科学的关键原理的理解。这些课程指导学生严谨性和可重复性 并建立在不同职业中取得成功所需的基本能力。除了核心课程外， 学生参加道德课程、资助写作课程、教育学课程、职业规划课程、 和选修课。项目主任、论文咨询委员会和研究生顾问- 委员会密切监控学生的进步并在必要时进行干预以确保保留和 顺利完成该计划。获得学位的平均时间为 5.9 年。 最有动力和最有前途的 MCDB 学生将根据以下条件选择获得培训补助金支持： 他们的学术记录以及他们在核心课程和研究轮换中的参与度和表现 系统蒸发散。培训补助金学生通常在加入论文实验室后不久就会被选中，以获取支持 2-3年级。每年需要为 12 名学生提供支持，但我们注意到我们项目中的所有学生 受益于 NIH 支持的研究生项目的高标准和目标以及 我们为实现这些标准和目标而实施的指导和培训。 MCDB 培训计划取得了许多重要成就。一个雄心勃勃且 建立包容性和多元化计划的巨大成功使我们的 URM 达到了 30% 接受培训的学生以及超过 50% 的培训教师是女性。我们密切追踪 我们学生的职业成果，这表明过去 13 年里 73% 的毕业生 他们在科学领域取得了成功的职业生涯，另外 20% 的人正在接受博士后培训。和 在 NIH 的支持下，我们创建了一个令人兴奋的新职业规划课程，为学生提供 追求多样化职业的技能和灵感。我们对核心课程进行了彻底的重组 保持它们的最新性和相关性。这些创新共同推动了成功 我们的培训计划，该计划培养了优秀的毕业生，他们为我们带来了独特的技能和多样性 国家生物医学科学劳动力。