Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago

描述（由申请人提供）：2007年，芝加哥大学推出了生物物理科学（BPHYS）研究生课程，旨在提供物理和生物科学之间的接口跨学科培训，并促进大学的跨学科研究文化。 目标1.建立国家认可的研究生课程，培养跨学科探索的领导者和先驱。 目标二。促进物理科学和生物科学之间的合作研究，作为发现和创新的途径。 目标3：通过跨学科的研究生培训计划，汇集了科学界的科学领袖，增强了芝加哥大学的文化。 目标4。开发和验证一种方法，以博士前培训是个人，学生为中心， 跨学科和协作贯穿始终。在追求这些广泛的目标，几个创新的战略已被纳入沿着许多标准的内容，一个有凝聚力的培训计划。最终，将推动卓越计划的引擎将是一个有才华的学员和致力于导师一起工作，以追求最高质量的科学骨干。创新：复杂的课程。第一年的课程是围绕一个激烈的，为期一年的实践实验室课程，教学生如何进行协作科学和生产，测量和分析使用现代生物物理方法的生物分子。全职课程主任负责 这门实用的课程，并将其与教学课程工作相结合，其中包括来自不同部门的既定课程以及该计划提供的新的跨学科课程。双导师制。从第二年开始，每个学生都是来自不同科学领域的两个活跃研究小组的全面参与者。对一些人来说，这种安排可能只是提供了一个跨领域的机会，成为深度跨学科的科学家。其他人将开创新的研究领域。 相关性：芝加哥大学进行物理、化学和生物学的研究，但在不同的部门。这项拨款支持一个新的跨部门研究生项目，主要目标是培养学生将化学和物理方法应用于生物和健康相关问题的研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In 2007, The University of Chicago launched the graduate program in Biophysical Sciences (BPHYS) designed to provide interdisciplinary training at the interface between the physical and biological sciences and promote the University's interdisciplinary research culture. Aim 1. Establish a nationally-recognized graduate program that will train leaders and pioneers in interdisciplinary exploration. Aim 2. Promote collaborative research at the interface between the physical and biological sciences as a route to discovery and innovation. Aim 3. Enhance the culture of The University of Chicago via an interdisciplinary graduate training program that brings together scientific leaders in the scientific community. Aim 4. Develop and validate an approach to predoctoral training that is individual, student focused, and interdisciplinary and collaborative throughout. In pursuit of these broad aims, several innovative strategies have been incorporated along with many standard elements of a cohesive training program. Ultimately, the engine that will drive program excellence will be a cadre of talented trainees and committed mentors working together to pursue the highest quality science. Innovations: Sophisticated Curriculum. The first year curriculum is built around an intense, year-long practical lab course that teaches the students how to conduct collaborative science and produce, measure & analyze biomolecules using modern biophysical methods. A full-time Curriculum Director is responsible for this practical course and for integrating it with didactic course work, which includes established courses from diverse departments as well as new interdisciplinary courses offered by the Program. Dual Mentorship. Beginning in the second year, each student is a full participant in two active research groups from different scientific fields. For some, this arrangement may simply yield an opportunity to cross fields and become deeply interdisciplinary scientists. Others will initiate new fields of research. RELEVANCE: The University of Chicago conducts research in physics, chemistry and biology but in separate departments. This grant supports a new interdepartmental graduate program The primary goal is to train students to apply methods from chemistry and physics to the study of biological and health-related problems