BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING AT COLLEGE OF THE ATLANTIC

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目及 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 INBRE网络为大西洋学院（COA）生物医学和行为科学学生培训的持续发展提供了持续的基础。 该计划的早期毕业生已成功进入生物医学科学研究生院，目前的学生和应届毕业生正在当地实验室担任研究助理，并获得分子生物学方面的宝贵经验和专业知识。 在2006年夏天，我们有学生在杰克逊实验室和山沙漠岛生物实验室（MDIBL）工作。 作为这项工作的一部分，我们继续努力开设新的课程，让学生参与与国家生物多样性和环境研究所有关的领域。 今年我们开设了两门与INBRE有关的新课程，一门是2007年3月在MDIBL春假期间由J. Coffman博士教授的发育生物学方法强化课程，另一门是由COA数学系大卫费尔德曼博士教授的编程课程介绍。 几门课程，包括新的编程课程，已经通过一套新的移动的便携式计算机得到了增强，我们正在使用这些计算机来支持每学期的两节课。 我们继续与MDIBL和杰克逊实验室的联系人合作，开发培养比较基因组学和其他相关领域学生的最佳方法。 学生们现在遵循的工作模式全职作为研究助理在夏季，继续在学年的一些工作，并在INBRE相关领域的高级学位之前，毕业后工作1-2年。 我们与其他INBRE机构的研究人员的联系不断增加，多个COA教师开始寻求与这些机构的研究人员合作。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The INBRE network provides an ongoing basis for the continuing development of training of students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences at College of the Atlantic (COA). The early graduates of this program have successfully entered graduate school in the biomedical sciences, and current students and recent graduates are working in local laboratories as research assistants and gaining valuable experience and expertise in molecular biology. Over the summer of 2006 we had students working at The Jackson Laboratory and Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (MDIBL). As part of this work, we have continued to try to offer new courses to engage students in the INBRE-related fields. We have initiated two new courses this year related to INBRE, an intensive course in Methods in Developmental Biology that is being taught over spring break in March 2007 at MDIBL by Dr. J. Coffman, and an introduction to programming course taught by COA math faculty Dr. David Feldman. Several courses, including the new programming course, have been enhanced with a new set of mobile portable computers that we are using to support two classes per term. We continue to work with our contacts at MDIBL and The Jackson Laboratory to develop the best ways to train students in comparative genomics and other related fields. Students are now following a pattern of working full-time as research assistants in the summer, continuing some work during the academic year, and working for 1-2 years post-graduation before going for advanced degrees in INBRE related fields. Our contact with researchers at other INBRE institutions has continued to increase, and multiple COA faculty are beginning to pursue collaborations with researchers at those institutions.