Predoctoral Program in Cellular, Molecular and Quantitative Biology (CMQBTP)

细胞、分子和定量生物学博士前课程 (CMQBTP)

• 批准号: 10628127
• 负责人: Susan J Baserga
• 金额: $ 53.05万
• 依托单位: YALE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2028-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10628127
• 关键词: Biology; Molecular; pre-doctoral; programs

SUMMARY The predoctoral Cellular, Molecular and Quantitative Biology Training Program (CMQBTP) will be a comprehensive, rigorous and forward-thinking program designed to graduate the leaders of the 21st century biomedical workforce. It will bring together a group of talented students from diverse backgrounds interested in developing the technical, operational, and professional skills essential for their future careers both in and outside of academia. These students will apply to the CMQBTP through two graduate admission tracks that feed four degree granting departments: Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. Thus, the students will be immersed in an interdisciplinary training environment that prioritizes collaborative team science based on rigorous and quantitative experimental design and analysis. Our 60 training faculty are diverse and represent all ranks of the academic ladder. They have all been National Research Mentoring Network-trained and thus prioritize mentoring students within a safe, equitable and supportive environment. The mission of the CMQBTP is to develop rigorously trained early- career scientists prepared to operate ethically as future scientific leaders. It will advance 6 Training Objectives so that trainees master a well-defined set of transferable technical, operational and professional skills. This will be facilitated by a set of CMQBTP-specific courses and activities designed to not only teach the specific skills but also to build a cohesive cross-cohort community of scholars. Activities for CMQBTP trainees throughout their graduate career are designed to enrich their education while providing experiences to effectively inform their future career choices. We will lead a “Skills Development for Diverse Scientific Careers” (to develop transferable skills beyond academia), Informational Interview workshops (to help identify viable career options), a course on “Statistical Inference and Models in Molecular and Cellular Biology” (to enhance reproducibility and rigor), an annual student-run Symposium Retreat (to develop leadership skills) and regular research in progress talks (to learn about their exciting discoveries). These activities are paired with peer mentoring and community building initiatives designed to forge a sustainable CMQBTP community that will persist beyond graduate school. To ensure the continued growth and improvement of our program, we have instituted a modern set of evaluation tools designed by PhD-level educators well-trained in program assessment and are independent of the CMQBTP leadership. These assessments will provide quantitative metrics to evaluate whether students are meeting competency benchmarks and whether our faculty are succeeding as trainers. These assessment and outcome datasets will be made fully available to CMQBTP trainers and prospective students to better inform their mentorship practices and future career goals, respectively. Particular attention will be paid to ensure that faculty will be rigorously trained in and evaluated on inclusive mentoring practices to ensure our mission of creating a CMQBTP that provides equal opportunities for all trainees to flourish.

总结 博士前细胞，分子和定量生物学培训计划（CMQBTP）将是一个 一个全面，严谨和前瞻性的计划，旨在毕业于21世纪世纪的领导人 生物医学劳动力。它将汇集一群来自不同背景的有才华的学生， 发展技术，业务和专业技能，为他们未来的职业生涯， 在学术界之外。这些学生将通过两个研究生入学轨道申请CMQBTP， 饲料四个学位授予部门：细胞生物学，遗传学，分子，细胞和发育生物学， 分子生物物理学和生物化学。因此，学生将沉浸在跨学科的培训中 环境，优先考虑基于严格和定量实验设计的协作团队科学 和分析我们的60名培训教师是多样化的，代表了学术阶梯的所有等级。他们都 国家研究指导网络培训，从而优先指导学生在一个安全， 公平和支持性的环境。CMQBTP的使命是培养经过严格培训的早期- 职业科学家准备作为未来的科学领导者在道德上运作。它将推进6个培训目标 以便学员掌握一套明确的可转移的技术、操作和专业技能。这将 通过一系列CMQBTP特定的课程和活动来促进，这些课程和活动不仅旨在教授特定的技能， 也是为了建立一个有凝聚力的跨学科学者群体。CMQBTP学员全程活动 他们的研究生生涯旨在丰富他们的教育，同时提供经验，有效地告知 他们未来的职业选择。我们将领导一个“多样化科学职业的技能发展”（以发展 学术界以外的可转移技能），信息面试研讨会（以帮助确定可行的职业选择）， 关于“分子和细胞生物学中的统计推断和模型”的课程（以提高再现性 和严谨），每年一次的学生运行研讨会务虚会（发展领导技能）和定期研究， 进度报告（了解他们令人兴奋的发现）。这些活动与同伴指导相结合， 社区建设计划旨在打造一个可持续的CMQBTP社区， 研究生院为了确保我们的计划的持续增长和改进，我们制定了一个 一套现代化的评估工具，由博士水平的教育工作者设计，在项目评估方面训练有素， 独立于CMQBTP领导层。这些评估将提供量化指标， 学生是否达到能力基准，以及我们的教师是否成功地成为培训师。 这些评估和结果数据集将完全提供给CMQBTP培训师和潜在的 学生更好地了解他们的指导实践和未来的职业目标。特别注意 将支付，以确保教师将严格培训和评估包容性的指导实践， 确保我们的使命，创造一个CMQBTP，为所有学员提供平等的机会，蓬勃发展。