Michigan Molecular Biophysics Training Program

密歇根分子生物物理学培训计划

• 批准号: 7902701
• 负责人: ARI GAFNI
• 金额: $ 8.56万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7902701
• 关键词: Biophysics; Michigan; Molecular; Training Programs

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：密歇根大学建议继续在分子生物物理学博士前培训，每年支持12个博士学位。学生谁将在生物物理学研究生课程约30名学生选定的队列的一部分。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多样化的研究生，并为他们的研究和教学职业做好准备，其中物理方法用于解决生物学问题。该课程既要求高，又是跨学科的，因为它旨在培养科学家谁将在生物学，化学，物理学和物理生物化学的接口进行研究。密歇根大学的分子生物物理学是一个独特的课程，对培训的教学和研究阶段有特殊要求。该计划是锚定在现有的生物物理学研究生课程，并制定了广泛的跨学科课程，提供博士学位。在四个主要学科学位：生物物理学，生物化学，化学和物理学。 培训教师的主体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。 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，物理学和药理学等部门。所有这些教师都有一个基本的承诺，以问题为导向的研究，依赖于定量物理技术的应用。预计该计划的学生利用先进的仪器在他们的研究（包括现有的国家的最先进的设施核磁共振光谱，X射线吸收和衍射，超快光谱，单分子光谱和现代计算），并在数据收集，国家的最先进的分析和解释，以及在有效的演示和结果的出版培训。 在过去的50年里，医学科学取得了巨大的进步，这极大地得益于生物制药工具的发展（MRI和CAT扫描就是两个例子）。培养下一代分子生物药理学家将确保继续为公共卫生做出贡献。