Training Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

项目摘要/摘要 这项申请是支持整合分子技术的唯一培训拨款的第五次竞争性续签 和贝勒医学院生物医学研究生项目(IMBS)。国际工商管理学院方案 资金来自于致力于卓越的研究，对学生和教师都有严格的指导方针 参与该计划。该计划目前涉及来自多个机构的106名参与教师 整个德克萨斯医疗中心。既有老牌调查人员，又有新招募的年轻人 拥有不同研究兴趣的教职员工允许IMBS学生与世界级科学家一起培训，并从 一系列令人兴奋的研究可能性。在24年的资助期间，已有250名学生进入 该项目目前有80名学生注册。在170名离开该方案的受训人员中，122人获得了 他们中有17人获得博士学位，31人退学或转学。我们一直吸引着高水平的 使用积极的招聘策略培养优秀的学生参加该计划。在此期间增加了机构支持 资助期使我们在过去四年中将每班学生人数从9人增加到16人。 每年。我们继续强调严格的研究生教育计划，结合密集的， 在国际工商管理学院研究生培训的所有阶段提供个性化指导。IMBS的研究生产力 从学生撰写的出版物的数量和质量来看，学生们一直是例外的。 在2009至2013年间毕业于该项目的学生拥有极强的发表能力 唱片。这44名学生平均发表了3.4篇论文，其中1.4篇 均为第一作者论文，平均每篇论文影响系数为8.8。另一个值得注意的问题是 在上一个资助期取得的成就是我们在招聘和留住员工方面继续取得成功， 代表不足的少数民族(URM)学生，目前有11名URM学生(14%)参加了该计划。在……里面 此外，我们目前的URM IMBS学生包括学院中一些在以下方面的尖子生 学术成就。在前一次培训期间，有10个博士前职位是通过该基金资助的 获奖。我们要求在本次续签中增加到12个供资职位，这是根据我们现有的 招聘和培养在学术界、工业界担任科学领导职务的顶尖学生的记录 和政府。我们计划维持约80名在校学生，这是科学教育的最佳规模 项目教职员工的互动和指导。

Project Summary/Abstract This application is the fifth competing renewal of the sole training grant supporting the Integrative Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (IMBS) at Baylor College of Medicine. The IMBS Program was funded on a commitment to excellence in research, with strict guidelines for both student and faculty participation in the program. The Program currently involves 106 participating faculty from multiple institutions throughout the Texas Medical Center. This dynamic mix of established investigators and newly recruited young faculty with diverse research interests allows IMBS students to train with world-class scientists and select from a wide spectrum of exciting research possibilities. During the 24 years of funding, 250 students have entered the program, with 80 students currently enrolled. Of the 170 trainees who have left the Program, 122 received their Ph.D., 17 received Master's degrees, and 31 withdrew or transferred. We have consistently attracted high caliber students to the Program using active recruitment strategies. Increased institutional support during this funding period has allowed us to increase the entering class size over the past four years from 9 to 16 students per year. We continue to emphasize a rigorous graduate education program, combined with intensive, personalized mentoring throughout all stages of IMBS graduate training. The research productivity of IMBS students has been exceptional, as measured by both the number and quality of student-authored publications. Students who graduated from the Program, between 2009 and 2013, have extremely strong publication records. These 44 students published, on average, 3.4 papers resulting from their thesis research, 1.4 of which were first author papers, with an average impact factor of 8.8 per publication. An additional notable achievement during the last funding period has been our continued success in both recruiting, and retaining, underrepresented minority (URM) students, with 11 URM students (14%) currently enrolled in the program. In addition, our current URM IMBS students include some of the top students in the College with regard to academic achievements. During the previous training period, 10 predoctoral positions were funded through this award. We are requesting an increase to 12 funded positions in the current renewal, based on our established track record of recruiting and training top students who take science leadership positions in academia, industry and government. We plan to maintain an enrolled student body of ~80 students, an optimal size for scientific interactions and mentoring by Program faculty.