Glycoscience Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：复合碳水化合物或聚糖是与核酸，蛋白质和脂质一起的四类生命大分子之一。这些生物分子基本上参与了所有的生理或病理过程。最近，美国国家科学院的国家研究委员会回顾了糖科学的重要性和机遇，并发表了题为“转化糖科学：未来路线图”的报告，强调了教育对进一步研究这一领域的重要性。我们在此申请中提出了一个新的糖科学化学和生物学接口研究生培训计划，以开始解决这个日益重要的研究领域中研究生教育的明显不足。由于其相当大的专业知识和凝聚力的研究和糖科学教育计划，我们相信佐治亚大学的教师是唯一有资格开发这样的研究生培训计划。虽然佐治亚大学在糖科学方面有着悠久的历史，但在这一领域还没有正式的研究生培训计划。在过去的四年里，私人考辛斯基金会资助了两到四名糖科学专业的研究生，为期两年；然而，它已不复存在。该项目作为T32糖科学培训计划（GTP）申请的“试点”项目，支持化学和BCMB研究生。拟议的T32计划将使我们能够开发化学/生物学接口计划，并提供糖科学博士前培训的蓝图。糖科学培训计划（GTP）的17名培训教师在富兰克林文理学院的生物化学、分子生物学和化学系有一级和二级职位。该计划的使命是通过整合化学和生物方法，严格和广泛地培养博士生。此外，重点将放在招收少数族裔学生、生物伦理培训以及培养学生优秀的写作和沟通能力上。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Complex carbohydrates or glycans are one of the four classes of macromolecules of life along with nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids. These biomolecules are involved in essentially all physiological or pathological processes. Recently, the National Research Council of The National Academies reviewed the importance and opportunities of Glycoscience, and the resulting report entitled "Transforming Glycoscience: A Road Map for the Future" highlights the importance of education to further this field of research. We propose in this application a new graduate training program in Glycoscience at the Chemistry and Biology interface to begin to address the noted deficiency in graduate education in this increasingly important field of research. Because of its considerable demonstrated expertise and cohesive research and educational programs in Glycoscience, we believe the faculty of the University of Georgia is uniquely qualified to develop such a graduate training program. Although UGA has a long-standing track-record in Glycoscience, no formal graduate training program in this area has been in place. Over the past four years, the private Cousins Foundation supported two to four incoming graduate students in Glycoscience for two years; it is however, no longer in place. This program has functioned as a "pilot" program for the T32 Glycoscience Training Program (GTP) application, supporting CHEM and BCMB graduate students. The proposed T32 program will allow us to develop a Chemistry/Biology interface program and provide a blueprint of predoctoral training in Glycoscience. The 17 training faculty of the Glycoscience Training Program (GTP) has primary and secondary appointments in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry departments, which are part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The mission of the program is to train predoctoral students rigorously and broadly in Glycoscience by integrating both chemical and biological approaches. In addition, emphasis will be placed on recruiting students from under-represented minorities, bioethics training, and developing students' excellent writing and communication skills.