Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program

该提案要求为西北大学的博士前生物技术培训计划提供更新资金 大学这个跨学科和跨部门的计划提供生物技术培训机会 对于来自五个参与单位的博士生的选择组：生物与化学系 工程（ChBE），生物医学工程（BME），材料科学与工程（MSE），化学 （化学），和跨部门的生物科学（IBIS）研究生课程。研究机会， 从生命科学的实验室中选择，由核心补充， 跨学科课程三到六个月的工业实习使受训者接触到工业 现代生物技术环境。所有学员和许多导师参加IBIS，为期2天，休息- 校园年度务虚会，这使得学生和教师之间的广泛互动，从许多 纪律，并增加学员群体的凝聚力。生物技术研究进展 会议每月举行一次，是学员和教师提出和讨论他们的研究的论坛 结果，并与其他学员互动。学员组织和主持生物技术研讨会系列， 把工业界和学术界的科学家带到校园与受训者进行讨论。学生们还参加 校园里其他几个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课程的研讨会。中指令 负责任的研究行为主要通过课程“生物研究中的伦理学”进行。" 培训人员由该计划和参与单位使用小册子、www网页和 会议介绍。大力招收代表性不足群体的学生， 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。 受训人员已从化学，BME，ChBE和IBIS中选出，我们建议为 由于他们在生物技术研究方面的努力以及教师和研究生的实力， 池参与计划的导师人数将从31人增加到42人。从6增加 为支持这一扩大的教师基础和现有学生库，要求设立8个供资职位。

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.