Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program

这项提案要求为西北大学的生物技术博士前培训计划提供续签资金 大学。这一跨学科和跨部门的计划提供生物技术培训机会 针对来自五个参与单位的博士生：生物和化学系 工程(CHBE)、生物医学工程(BME)、材料科学与工程(MSE)、化学 (化学)和跨部门生物科学(IBIS)研究生课程。研究机会， 从精选的生命科学实验室中挑选出来，由一个核心补充 跨学科课程。为期3至6个月的工业实习使实习生接触到工业 现代生物技术的环境。所有受训者和许多导师都参加了IBIS，为期2天，休息日- 校园年度静修，允许来自许多国家的学生和教职员工进行广泛的互动 约束和提高受训人员群体的凝聚力。正在进行的生物技术研究 会议每月举行一次，是学员和教职员工展示和讨论他们的研究的论坛 结果，并与其他受训人员互动。学员组织并主持生物技术研讨会系列， 邀请工业界和学术界的科学家到校园与实习生进行讨论。学生们还参加了 校园内其他几个与生命科学相关的研讨会项目的优势，特别是一年一度的凯洛格 生物技术会议和生物技术硕士项目研讨会。中的说明 负责任的研究行为主要通过“生物研究中的伦理”这门课程来进行。 受训人员由本计划和参与单位使用小册子、WWW页面和 会议报告。集中努力从代表性不足的群体中复习学生，以及 在过去4年中，30%的受训人员来自代表性不足的群体，这一点相当成功。 学员已经从化学、BME、CHBE和IBIS中挑选出来，我们建议增加MSE作为 由于生物技术研究的努力和教职员工和研究生的实力而更新 游泳池。参加该计划的教师人数将从31人增加到42人。从6个增加到6个 请设8个供资职位，以支持这一扩大的教官基础和现有的学生队伍。

This proposal requests renewal funding for the Predoctoral Biotechnology Training Program at Northwestern University. This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental Program offers biotechnology training opportunities for a select group of PhD students from five participating units: the Departments of Biological & Chemical Engineering (ChBE), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Material Sciences & Engineering (MSE), Chemistry (Chem), and the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences (IBiS) graduate program. Research opportunities, chosen from among a selection of laboratories in the life sciences, are complemented by a core interdisciplinary curriculum. Three- to 6-month industrial internships expose trainees to the industrial environment of modern biotechnology. All trainees and many preceptors participate in the IBiS, 2-day, off- campus annual retreat, which allows extensive interactions among students and faculty from many disciplines and increases the cohesiveness of the trainee group. The Biotechnology Research in Progress Meetings occur monthly and is the forum where trainees and faculty present and discuss their research results and interact with other trainees. Trainees organize and host a Biotechnology Seminar Series that bring industrial and academic scientists to campus for discussions with trainees. Students also take advantage of several other life sciences-related seminar programs on campus, notably the annual Kellogg Biotechnology Conference and seminars for the Master's in Biotechnology Program. Instruction in the responsible conduct of research is carried out primarily through the course, "Ethics in Biological Research." Trainees are recruited by the Program and the participating units using brochures, www pages, and conference presentations. Intensive efforts are made to recurit student from underrepresented groups, and have been quite successful with 30% of trainees from the past 4 years from underrepresented groups. Trainees have been selected from Chemistry, BME, ChBE, and IBiS, and we propose to add MSE for the renewal due to their efforts in biotechnology reseaerch and strength of the faculty and the graduate student pool. The number of preceptors participating in the Program will increase from 31 to 42. An increase from 6 to 8 funded positions is requested to support this expanded preceptor base and available student pool.