Molecular Biophysics Training Grant

分子生物物理学培训补助金

• 批准号: 7890836
• 负责人: Ishwar Radhakrishnan
• 金额: $ 8.7万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 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/7890836
• 关键词: Biophysics; Grant; Molecular; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a request for support of the Northwestern University pre-doctoral training program in Molecular Biophysics. Past support from the training grant has played a major role in stimulating interdisciplinary interactions between faculty, students and post-doctoral fellows within five participating departments in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the McCormick School of Engineering and the Feinberg School of Medicine. The hiring of many faculty in biology, chemistry and engineering departments with research interests in molecular biophysics has generated a highly-interactive research environment focused on the application of quantitative physical methods and approaches to problems of macromolecular structure and function. The Biophysics Training Program benefits from access to state-of-the-art equipment facilities, including instrumentation within the Keck Biophysics Facility, two beamlines for macromolecular crystallography at the Advanced Photon Source and other key research resources. The training program has a core biophysics curriculum to be followed by students entering through each of the participating graduate programs, providing a common didactic experience to students with diverse educational backgrounds. Advanced graduate-level courses in key research areas of the program, such as structural biology are central to the training experience. Students also participate in monthly Biophysics Club and Journal Club meetings, and attend a Biophysics Seminar Series as part of the program. Support for biophysics students is requested for the 2nd-4th years of graduate education, enhancing the Training Program role in mentoring students through key stages of their graduate studies. The training of graduate students in Biophysics provides them a quantitative foundation for studying biological processes relevant to a wide range of public health issues. Biophysical methods are centrally important in modern drug discovery and design, and graduate students trained in these methods are well positioned to further our understanding and intervention in a wide range of human diseases.

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案是对西北大学分子生物物理学博士前培训项目的支持。过去来自培训补助金的支持在促进温伯格文理学院、麦考密克工程学院和范伯格医学院五个参与系的教职员工、学生和博士后研究员之间的跨学科互动方面发挥了重要作用。生物、化学和工程系许多对分子生物物理学有研究兴趣的教员的聘用创造了一个高度互动的研究环境，专注于应用定量物理方法和途径来解决大分子结构和功能问题。生物物理学培训计划受益于使用最先进的设备设施，包括凯克生物物理设施内的仪器，先进光子源的两条用于大分子结晶学的光束线，以及其他关键研究资源。 该培训计划有一个核心生物物理学课程，学生可以通过每个参与的研究生项目进入，为不同教育背景的学生提供共同的教学体验。该计划关键研究领域的高级研究生水平课程，如结构生物学，是培训经验的核心。学生还参加生物物理俱乐部和期刊俱乐部的月度会议，并参加生物物理研讨会系列作为计划的一部分。在研究生教育的第二到第四年，要求为生物物理学学生提供支持，加强培训计划在指导学生完成研究生学习的关键阶段方面的作用。对生物物理学研究生的培训为他们研究与广泛的公共卫生问题有关的生物过程提供了定量的基础。生物物理方法在现代药物发现和设计中至关重要，接受过这些方法培训的研究生将很好地促进我们对广泛的人类疾病的理解和干预。