Training Program in Developmental Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：发育生物学培训计划（DBTP）的目的是准备博士候选人作为活跃的科学家参与发展生物学和发育遗传学的学科。为了实现这一目标，培训项目提供了发育、遗传学、细胞生物学和分子生物学等核心原理的教育。特别重要的是培养批判性和创造性的头脑。除了教学培训外，该项目还提供并鼓励学生参加一些研讨会、期刊俱乐部和座谈会，以促进讨论、观点和对文献的批判性评论。广泛的实验室训练为每个学生提供了他或她所选专业的特殊专业知识。最后，与临床部门的互动环境和合作促进了发现过程的运动，以改善人类状况的治疗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the Developmental Biology Training Program (DBTP) is to prepare Ph.D. candidates for participation as active scientists in disciplines having an emphasis on developmental biology and developmental genetics. To accomplish this goal, the training program provides education in core principles of development, genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology. Of special importance is the preparation of critical and creative minds. In addition to didactic training, the program provides and encourages participation in a number of seminars, journal clubs, and colloquia that foster discussion, perspective, and critical review of the literature. Extensive laboratory training provides each student with a special expertise in his or her chosen specialty. Finally, an interactive environment and collaborations with clinical departments fosters the movement of the discovery process to treatments that will improve the human condition.