Outreach Core

摘要 Moffitt-CSBC教育的核心是一年一度的创新、独特和紧张的一周 跨学科实践工作坊加速培训下一代综合癌症 研究人员。未来癌症研究的领导者必须精通定量和生命的界面 科学。工作坊使用当前的中心项目来教授生态学、生物实验、 和数学模型，以破译肿瘤的启动、促进和进展并预测对 各种治疗方式。每个团队由CSBC调查人员领导，将由学生、博士后、 病人和具有不同专业知识的教职员工。在为期5天的紧张工作坊中，每个团队将 为具体项目开发量化模型，为试点拨款提案制定一套具体目标 并做一个简短的陈述，由资深科学家和患者组成的小组进行批判性评估 倡导者。莫菲特癌症中心承诺通过一个5万美元的试点项目来资助最好的赠款申请 未来5年的奖励，以促进项目的继续。来自财团中心的参与是 鼓励促进CSBC网络调查人员之间的密切合作。中心学生和 博士后研究员将参加青年研究员交流计划和职业提升教育 研讨会。为了在生命早期激发人们对生态学和系统生物学在肿瘤学中的应用的兴趣，我们将 实施各种新的实习计划，范围从高中生研究经验到 大学本科生和研究生实习--都专注于融合少数族裔 研究人员和患者的观点。莫菲特外展中心推出新节目呈现癌症 向公众介绍系统生物学。CSBC公开晚间讲座以及参与和支持 坦帕湾地区一年一度的科学节将介绍癌症系统生物学研究 外行人条款并为患者社区和普通公众提供参与直接 与著名研究人员的对话。外展和培训讲座以及编写的课程材料和 科学项目将在我们专业设计的中心专用网站上提供并存档。

Summary Central to the Moffitt-CSBC Education core is an annual innovative, unique, and intense one-week interdisciplinary hands-on workshop to accelerate the training of the next generation of integrated cancer researchers. Future leaders in cancer research must be well-versed at the interface of quantitative and life sciences. The workshop uses current Center projects to teach integration of ecology, biological experiments, and mathematical modeling to decipher tumor initiation, promotion and progression and predict response to a variety of treatment modalities. Each team, led by CSBC investigators, will be comprised of students, postdocs, patients, and faculty members with different expertise. During the intense 5 day workshop each team will develop quantitative models for the specific projects, develop a set of specific aims for a pilot grant proposal and give a short presentation that will be critically evaluated by a panel of senior scientists and patient advocates. Moffitt Cancer Center has committed to funding the best grant applications with a $50K pilot project award for the next 5 years in order to facilitate project continuation. Participation from Consortium centers is encouraged to foster close collaborations between CSBC network investigators. Center students and postdoctoral fellows will participate in young investigator exchange programs and career enhancing education workshops. To spark interest in the application of ecology and systems biology in oncology early in life we will implement a variety of new internship programs ranging from high-school student research experiences to college undergraduate and graduate student internships – all with a dedicated focus in integrating minority researchers and patient perspectives. The Moffitt Outreach core introduces novel programs to present cancer systems biology to the general public. CSBC public evening lectures as well as participation in and support of the annual Festival of Science festival in the Tampa Bay area will introduce cancer systems biology research in layman terms and offers opportunities for the patient community and general public to engage in a direct dialogue with eminent researchers. Outreach and training lectures as well as developed course materials and science projects will be made available and archived on our professionally designed Center-dedicated website.