Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis

项目摘要/摘要 本提案要求对微生物致病T32培训计划的15-20年提供支持，a 该项目非常成功，汇集了犹他大学11个系的研究人员。这 该计划最初是每月两次的微生物致病研讨会系列(MPSS)的副产品，该系列 将微生物学和免疫学的基础科学家和临床科学家聚集在一起，定期、高度 引人入胜的研究报告。自14年前成立以来，该培训计划已赞助了3个 每年培训博士后和博士后3人。博士前实习生进入研究生院主要通过 分子生物学伞形计划，在该计划中，他们将获得一年的支持，同时获得严格的核心 课程和选择一个论文实验室。博士前实习生在进入实验室后被挑选出来 与T32导师相关，而博士后实习生可以从内部或外部招聘 大学将在T32导师实验室工作。培训计划提供了许多曝光的机会 学员和更广泛的社区进行尖端研究。计划赞助的活动包括MPSS， 微生物发病机制研究、夏季杂志俱乐部、临床与微生物学相结合 会议，以及细菌病原学、分子病毒学和免疫学高级课程。至关重要的是 培训环境是实习生与MPSS演讲者互动的机会，这些演讲者拥有各种 研究和健康视角，以及接待杰出演讲者的机会。每个实习生 还在培训补助金年度务虚会上展示他们的研究成果，为他们提供一个 接触校园内更大的微生物致病社区，并从 外部科学家。受训者还在夏季杂志俱乐部展示重要的新发现。启动时间： 2013年，临床-微生物学与传染病医学院士联合会议 突出传染病的临床表现，从机理上理解微生物 毒力因素。纵观培训金的历史，学员们已经创造了 Impact出版物和大多数都在生物医学研究和教学领域寻求职业生涯。各种不同的 培训计划的组成部分显然是这个校园中微生物致病的纽带。 犹他大学的这个微生物致病群落近年来有了很大的增长， 进一步改善受资助的T32学员的环境。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This proposal requests support for Years 15-20 of the T32 Training Program in Microbial Pathogenesis, a highly successful program that incorporates researchers from 11 departments at the University of Utah. This program was initially an outgrowth of the twice-monthly Microbial Pathogenesis Seminar Series (MPSS), which brought together basic scientists and clinician scientists in Microbiology and Immunology for regular, highly engaging research presentations. Since its inception 14 years ago, the Training Program has sponsored 3 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees annually. Predoctoral trainees enter graduate school primarily through the Molecular Biology umbrella program, where they are supported for one year while taking rigorous core courses and selecting a thesis laboratory. Predoctoral trainees are selected after entering a laboratory associated with a T32 mentor, while postdoctoral trainees may be recruited from within or outside of the University to work in T32 mentor labs. The Training Program provides many opportunities for exposure of the trainees and the broader community to cutting edge research. Program-sponsored activities include the MPSS, the Microbial Pathogenesis Retreat, the Summer Journal Club, the Clinical-Microbiology Combined Conference, and advanced courses in Bacterial Pathogenesis, Molecular Virology, and Immunology. Critical to the training environment are trainee opportunities for interaction with MPSS speakers who have a variety of research and health perspectives, and the opportunity to host distinguished speakers. Each of the trainees also present their research at the Training Grant Annual Retreat, providing them with an opportunity for exposure to the greater microbial pathogenesis community on campus and to receive feedback from the external scientists. Trainees also present important new discoveries in the Summer Journal Club. Initiated in 2013, the Clinical-Microbiology Combined Conference with the Infectious Disease Fellows in Medicine highlights the clinical manifestation of infectious diseases with mechanistic understanding of microbial virulence factors. Throughout the Training Grant’s history, the trainees have established a record of high impact publications and most are pursuing careers in areas of biomedical research and teaching. The various components of the Training Program clearly serve as the nexus of Microbial Pathogenesis on this campus. This Microbial Pathogenesis community at the University of Utah has grown substantially in recent years, further enhancing the environment of the supported T32 trainees.