Predoctoral Training Molecular Biophysics

描述（由申请人提供）：本更新提案寻求继续支持博尔德市科罗拉多大学的NIH/CU分子生物物理学培训计划。这个为期4年的计划的目标是准备特殊的，高度积极的生物物理学学生生产的研究生涯。30名培训教师是一个杰出的，国际公认的研究小组集中在三个部门：化学与生物化学;分子，细胞与发育生物学;和化学与生物工程。这些院系，与他们的学生一起，正在使用最先进的生物物理方法来阐明大分子结构，动力学，机制和功能的基本方面，从单分子到复杂的多组分组装体。分子生物物理学是博尔德校区发展最快的研究领域，在过去的5年里，有12个新的生物物理学院。这一增长背后的一个重要推动力是NIH/CU分子生物物理学培训计划，该计划在不同实验室和部门的生物药理学家之间建立了强烈的社区意识和相互联系。此外，该计划为生物物理学的博士前学生提供了严格的培训环境。该培训计划由NIH和CU配套资金支持，确保博士前学生获得开展尖端生物物理研究所需的广泛的跨学科基础。培训包括专业课程，实验室轮换，并在第一年的教学职责。培训将在第二年继续进行，并增加课程。必修课程包括科学伦理学以及该计划开发的生物物理课程。第二年之后，学生每年与教师委员会会面，为他们的论文研究提供独立指导。在所有的培训年，定期生物物理研讨会和超级小组会议保持生物物理学生和教师之间的强有力的沟通。在NIH支持的前四年，培训计划在多个方面蓬勃发展，同时受益于：1）令人兴奋的新教师，2）不断增长的学生参与，3）提高选定学员的质量，4）新课程，以及5）少数民族和女性学生的招聘不断增加。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal proposal seeks continuing support for the NIH/CU Molecular Biophysics Training Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The goal of this 4-year old program is to prepare exceptional, highly motivated biophysics students for productive research careers. The 30 training faculty are an outstanding, internationally recognized group of investigators centered in three departments: Chemistry & Biochemistry; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; and Chemical & Biological Engineering. These faculties, together with their students, are using state-of-the-art biophysical methods to elucidate fundamental aspects of macromolecular structure, dynamics, mechanism, and function in systems ranging from single molecules to complex, multi-component assemblies. Molecular Biophysics is the most rapidly growing research field on the Boulder campus, where 12 new biophysical faculties have arrived in the past 5 years. An important driving force behind this growth is the NIH/CU Molecular Biophysics Training Program, which establishes a strong sense of community and inters- connectedness among biophysicists in different laboratories and departments. Moreover, the program maintains a rigorous training environment for predoctoral students of biophysics. The training program, which is supported both by NIH and by CU matching funds, ensures that predoctoral students receive the broad, interdisciplinary foundation needed to carry out cutting edge biophysical research. Training includes specialized coursework, laboratory rotations, and teaching duties during the first year. Training continues with additional coursework in the second year. Required courses include scientific ethics as well as biophysical courses developed by the program. Following the second year, students meet yearly with a faculty committee that provides independent mentoring for their thesis research. In all training years, regular Biophysics Seminars and Super group meetings maintain strong communication between biophysical students and faculty. During its first four years of NIH support the training program has flourished in multiple dimensions while benefiting from: 1) exciting new faculty, 2) growing student participation, 3) increasing quality of the selected trainees, 4) new courses, and 5) growing recruitment of minority and female students.