MBRS SCORE at California State University, Northridge

该计划的目标是提高加州州立大学(CSUN)的研究能力和 加强基础设施，增加少数群体对基础生物医学研究的参与。大多数人 加州州立大学北岭分校的学生是少数族裔(39.8%是 少数民族代表不足；大学入学人数为31,312人，2004年秋季)。这将直接影响到 加强少数人对科学的参与。提高教师和学生的研究能力：这 建议的MBRS评分计划包括18个满分建议和3个试点评分建议。这个 建议的项目来自不同的领域，包括理论和材料物理，细胞，生理， 遗传学和发育生物学、化学和生物化学、疾病过程以及社会和神经心理学。 改善研究基础设施：尖端研究需要仪器设备 既昂贵又复杂。本建议书所列项目的成功完成需要 专门的乐器。我们正在请求支持购买携带DNA的设备 最新的测序设施，并开始向细胞、遗传和研究中心转型 分子分析。满足以下项目建议书中提出的具体成果将履行 MBRS评分计划的使命是“……显著提高研究能力 少数群体和为少数群体服务的机构。增加代表性不足的少数族裔的数量 参与生物医学和行为研究。美国国立卫生研究院为CSUN评分提供的资金 计划将提高在PIS实验室进行的生物医学研究的质量和数量 在受影响的部门。我们预计，12个拟议的得分PI将达到他们的 研究事业经过这一轮的得分，他们将能够成功地竞争R01型的 研究支持。这些学生，其中许多人在基础生物医学科学中的代表性不足， 各部门将有机会参与一流的研究，这些研究将在 对支持的实验室进行评分。

The goals of this program are to improve California State University's (CSUN) research capacity and infrastructure and to increase minority participation in basic biomedical research. The majority of the students who attend California State University, Northridge are ethnic minorities (39.8% are underrepresented minorities; University enrollment 31,312, Fall 2004). There will be a direct effect on enhancing minority participation in science. Improving research capacity of faculty and students: This proposed MBRS SCORE program includes 18 full SCORE proposals and 3 Pilot SCORE proposals. The proposed projects are from diverse fields including theoretical and materials physics, cellular, physiological, genetic, and developmental biology, chemistry and biochemistry, disease processes and social and neuropsychology. Improving the research infrastructure: Cutting edge research requires instrumentation that is expensive and complex. The successful completion of projects included in this proposal requires specialized instruments. We are requesting support to purchase equipment that will bring the DNA sequencing facility up to date and to begin its transformation into a Center for Cellular, Genetic, and Molecular Analysis. Meeting the specific outcomes presented in the following project proposal will fulfill the mission of the MBRS SCORE program which is to "...significantly improve the research capabilities of minority and minority-serving institutions... to increase the number of underrepresented minorities participating in biomedical and behavioral research." The funding provided by the NIH for the CSUN SCORE program will improve the quality and quantity of biomedical research conducted in the laboratories of the Pis and in the affected departments. We expect that 12 of the proposed SCORE Pis will arrive at a point in their research careers after this round of SCORE that they will be able to successfully compete for R01-type of research support. The students, many of whom are underrepresented in basic biomedical sciences, in these departments will have the opportunity to become engaged in top-notch research that will be conducted in SCORE supported laboratories.