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)：卫斯理大学分子生物物理学项目的三个NIGMS研究生实习生申请继续提供支持。我们的课程是大学研究生部的一个跨学科、跨部门的课程，还包括生物化学、生物化学和结构生物学的项目，在这些项目中涉及量化的、基于结构的探究模式。学生们通过研究生课程、每周一次的期刊俱乐部、年度务虚会、研讨会、小组会议、研讨会、论文研究和教学见习来攻读博士学位。为了提供广泛的培训，我们鼓励教员研究小组之间的合作项目以及实验者和理论家之间的互动。科学伦理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。少数族裔学生和女性在该领域的代表性都很低，所以我们的项目强调招募少数族裔，我们在培训女性科学家方面有特殊的计划利基和成就记录。我们目前和提议的计划涉及化学、分子生物学和生物化学以及生物学系的九名教员。参与研究的教职员工得到了NIH和其他校外资金来源的资助。卫斯理大学是一所规模较小、选择性很强的大学，在本科阶段强调文科和理科，并设有理科学士/硕士和博士学位课程。作为我们研究生课程的补充，我们已经开发了一个本科生“分子生物物理学证书”，为我们的学生提供服务，这些学生随后申请到其他地方的NIGMS研究生培训项目。在国家科学基金会的资助和大学的配套资金下，卫斯理最近购买了一个用于科学研究的266节点PC集群，目前正在大学建立一个科学计算中心。在此基础上，我们在第五个更新期的新课程倡议将侧重于加强生物信息学以及高分子模拟和建模方面的定量培训。我们建议增加生物医学化学、化学生物学和分子医学史等新课程。