Michigan Molecular Biophysics Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：密歇根大学提议继续分子生物物理学的博士前培训，每年支持12名博士生，他们将成为生物物理学研究生计划中约30名学生中选定的一部分。分子生物物理学培训计划(MBTP)的主要目标是在分子生物物理学领域培养不同的研究生群体，并为使用物理方法解决生物学问题的研究和教学生涯做好准备。该课程要求很高，而且是跨学科的，因为它旨在培养将在生物、化学、物理和物理生物化学领域进行研究的科学家。密歇根大学的分子生物物理学是一个独特的专业，对培训的教学和研究阶段有特殊的要求。该计划立足于现有的生物物理学研究生计划，并开发了广泛的跨学科课程，提供四个主要学科的博士学位：生物物理、生物化学、化学和物理。培训教师队伍由物理和机械生物化学家、化学家、物理学家和相关学科的教师组成，他们的研究重点是生物大分子的结构、功能和相互作用。这些教师来自生物化学、生物学、生物医学工程、化学、电气工程、微生物学、药学、物理学和药理学等系。所有这些教员都基本致力于以问题为导向的研究，这种研究依赖于定量物理技术的应用。预计该项目的学生将在他们的研究中使用尖端的仪器(包括现有的最先进的核磁共振光谱、X射线吸收和衍射、超快光谱、单分子光谱和现代计算)，并接受数据收集、最先进的分析和解释以及有效展示和发布结果的培训。在过去的五十年里，医学科学取得的巨大进步得益于生物物理学衍生工具的发展(核磁共振成像和CAT扫描就是两个例子)。培训下一代分子生物物理学家将确保继续为公共卫生作出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Michigan proposes to continue predoctoral training in Molecular Biophysics, supporting in each year 12 Ph.D. students who will be part of the selected cohort of approximately 30 students in the Biophysics Graduate Program. The major objective of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) is to train a diverse population of graduate students in the field of molecular biophysics and to prepare them for research and teaching careers in which physical methods are used to solve biological problems. The curriculum is both demanding and interdisciplinary since it is designed to train scientists who will conduct research at the interface of biology, chemistry, physics and physical biochemistry. Molecular Biophysics at the University of Michigan is a distinctive program with particular requirements for the didactic and research phases of training. The Program is anchored in the existing Biophysics Graduate Program, and has developed a broad interdisciplinary curriculum that offers Ph.D. degrees in four major disciplines: Biophysics, Biological Chemistry, Chemistry and Physics. The body of training faculty is comprised of physical and mechanistic biochemists, chemists, physicists and faculty from related disciplines whose research focuses on the structures, functions and interactions of bio-macromolecules. The faculty is drawn from the departments of Biological Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Microbiology, Pharmacy, Physics, and Pharmacology. All these faculty members share a basic commitment to problem-oriented research that relies on the application of quantitative physical techniques. It is expected that Program students exploit sophisticated instrumentation in their research (including existing state-of-the-art facilities for NMR spectroscopy, X-ray absorption and diffraction, ultrafast spectroscopy, single molecule spectroscopy and modern computation) and be trained in data collection, state-of-the-art analysis and interpretation as well as in effective presentation and publication of the results. The great advances made in medical sciences over the last fifty years have strongly benefited from the development of biophysics-derived tools (MRI and CAT scan are two examples). Training the future generation of molecular biophysicists will ensure continued contributions to public health.