Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：分子和细胞生物学（MCB）培训计划的目标是为将成为生物医学科学未来领导者的个人提供分子和细胞生物学方面无与伦比的科学和学术培训，本申请正在寻求对该计划的更新支持。 MCB 学生是 BCMB 不可或缺但又独特的一部分，BCMB 是分子生物学 (MB)、细胞生物学和遗传学 (CBG) 以及生物化学和结构生物学 (BSB) 研究生项目的综合研究生培训项目，是康奈尔大学威尔医学研究生院七个学位授予单位中的三个。研究生院由康奈尔大学威尔医学院和斯隆-凯特琳学院联合举办。 MCB 研究生项目包括 62 名教职人员，他们作为研究生导师拥有丰富的集体经验。 MCB 培训计划中教师的研究兴趣主要集中在六个特定领域，每个领域均由该领域的几位世界领先者代表：遗传学和基因组完整性、细胞结构与功能、组织生物学与发育、细胞调节与信号传导、生物学与疾病以及分子生物化学与生物物理学。在头两年中，MCB 培训计划包括核心课程和选修课选择、3 次实验室轮换以及出席和参加研究生研究研讨会。 MCB 学生由培训项目总监指导，参加专门的培训项目活动，并优先选择研究生课程助教。 BCMB 项目主任、课程委员会和一年级研究生顾问与培训补助金项目主任共同组成了 MCB 培训项目的管理、培训和咨询机构。目前，BCMB 项目每年招收大约 23 名学生，资金由威尔-康奈尔大学和斯隆-凯特琳分校平等提供，加上本次培训补助金提供的资金。由于新教师的招聘以及我们现有学生和应届毕业生的成功，该计划的规模和受欢迎程度不断扩大，并吸引了越来越多有资格成为 MCB 实习生的优秀候选人。因此，我们请求继续提供这项资助，资助金额可支持总共 8 名一年级和二年级研究生。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) Training Program, for which this application is seeking renewal of support, is to provide an unsurpassed body of scientific and academic training in molecular and cell biology to individuals who will become future leaders in the biomedical sciences. MCB students form an integral, yet distinct part of BCMB, the combined graduate training endeavor of the Molecular Biology (MB), Cell Biology and Genetics (CBG), and Biochemistry and Structural Biology (BSB) Graduate Programs, three of the seven degree granting units within the Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University. The Graduate School is jointly run by the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the Sloan-Kettering Institute. The MCB Graduate Program includes 62 faculty members with a strong collective experience as graduate mentors. The research interests of the faculty in the MCB Training program are thematically represented in six specific areas, each of which is represented by several of the world leaders in the field: Genetics and Genomic Integrity, Cell Structure & Function, Tissue Biology & Development, Cell Regulation & Signaling, Biology & Disease, and Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics. During the first two years, the MCB Training Program includes a core curriculum of courses and choice of electives, 3 laboratory rotations, as well as attendance and participation in Graduate Student Research Seminars. MCB students are mentored by the Training Program Director, attend specialized Training Program events, and are preferentially selected for graduate course Teaching Assistantships. The BCMB Program Directors, the Curriculum Committee, and the First Year Graduate Student Advisors, jointly with the Program Director of the Training Grant, form the governing, training, and advisory bodies in the MCB Training Program. Currently, the BCMB Program admits approximately 23 students per year on funds provided equally by the Weill-Cornell and Sloan-Kettering divisions plus funds provided by this Training Grant. The Program has continued to grow both in size and popularity, due to new faculty recruitment and the success of our current students and recent graduates, and attracts an increasing number of outstanding candidates that are eligible as MCB trainees. We are therefore requesting continuation of this grant, with a level of funding to support a total of 8 first and second year graduate students.