DOCTORAL STUDIES IN MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS

分子生物物理学博士研究

• 批准号: 7886591
• 负责人: DAVID Lewis BEVERIDGE
• 金额: $ 11.68万
• 依托单位: WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-09-30 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7886591
• 关键词: Biophysics; Molecular

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Continuation of support is requested for three NIGMS graduate traineeships in the Molecular Biophysics Program at Wesleyan University. Our program is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental program in the Graduate Division of the University and encompasses also projects in biological chemistry, biochemistry and structural biology in which a quantitaive, structure-based mode of inquiry is involved. Students pursue doctoral studies via graduate courses, a weekly journal club, an annual retreat, workshops, group meetings, seminars, dissertation research and teaching apprenticeships. To provide breadth of training, we encourage collaborative projects among faculty research groups and interactions between experimentalists and theoreticians. Scientific ethics and the historical and intellectual foundations of life science research figure significantly in the curriculum. Both minority students and women are underrepresented in the field, so minority recruiting is emphasized in our program and we have a particular programmatic niche and record of achievement in training women scientists. Our current and proposed program involves nine faculty of the Departments of Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Biology. Participating faculty have grants for their research from NIH and other extramural funding sources. Wesleyan University is a small, highly selective university emphasizing the liberal arts and sciences at the undergraduate level with BA/MA and Ph D programs in the sciences. An undergraduate 'Certificate in Molecular Biophysics' has been developed as a complement to our graduate program, serving our students who subsequently applicants to NIGMS graduate training programs elsewhere. With a grant from NSF and matching funds from the university, Wesleyan has recently acquired a 266 node PC Cluster for scientific research and a Center for Scientific Computing is currently being established at the University. Building on this, our new curricular initiatives in this fifth renewal period will be focused on enhanced quantitative training in bioinformatics and in macromolecular simulation and modeling. We propose to add new courses in Biomedicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and History of Molecular Medicine.

描述（由申请人提供）：继续支持要求在分子生物物理学计划在卫斯理大学的三个NIGMS研究生实习。我们的项目是大学研究生部的一个跨学科、跨部门项目，还包括生物化学、生物化学和结构生物学方面的项目，其中涉及定量、基于结构的探究模式。学生通过研究生课程，每周杂志俱乐部，年度务虚会，研讨会，小组会议，研讨会，论文研究和教学学徒进行博士研究。为了提供培训的广度，我们鼓励教师研究小组之间的合作项目和实验学家和理论家之间的互动。科学道德和生命科学研究的历史和知识基础在课程中占有重要地位。少数民族学生和妇女在该领域的代表性不足，所以少数民族招聘强调在我们的计划，我们有一个特殊的程序利基和成就记录在培养女科学家。我们当前和拟议的项目涉及化学系、分子生物学和生物化学系以及生物学系的九名教师。参与的教师有来自NIH和其他校外资金来源的研究赠款。Wesleyan University是一所小型的，高度选择性的大学，强调本科层次的文科和理科，理科有BA/MA和Ph D课程。本科生“分子生物物理学证书”已被开发为我们的研究生课程的补充，为我们的学生谁随后申请NIGMS研究生培训课程在其他地方。在NSF的资助和大学的配套资金下，卫斯理大学最近购买了一个266节点的PC集群用于科学研究，目前正在大学建立科学计算中心。在此基础上，我们在第五个更新期的新课程计划将侧重于加强生物信息学和大分子模拟和建模的定量培训。我们建议增加生物医学化学，化学生物学和分子医学史的新课程。