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沿着。这些生物分子参与基本上所有的生理或病理过程。最近，美国国家科学院的国家研究理事会审查了糖科学的重要性和机遇，并由此产生了题为“转变糖科学：未来的路线图”的报告，强调了教育的重要性，以进一步这一领域的研究。我们建议在这个应用程序中的一个新的研究生培养计划在糖科学在化学和生物学接口开始，以解决研究生教育在这个日益重要的研究领域的不足。由于其在糖科学方面的大量专业知识和有凝聚力的研究和教育计划，我们相信格鲁吉亚大学的教师是唯一有资格开发这样一个研究生培训计划的。虽然UGA在糖科学方面有着悠久的历史，但在这一领域没有正式的研究生培训计划。在过去的四年里，私人的糖蛋白基金会支持两到四个即将到来的研究生在糖科学两年;然而，它不再存在。该计划作为T32糖科学培训计划（GTP）应用程序的“试点”计划，支持CHEM和BCMB研究生。拟议的T32计划将使我们能够开发一个化学/生物学接口程序，并提供在糖科学博士前培训的蓝图。糖科学培训计划（GTP）的17个培训教师在生物化学和分子生物学和化学部门有初级和次级任命，这些部门是富兰克林艺术和科学学院的一部分。该计划的使命是通过整合化学和生物学方法，在糖科学领域严格和广泛地培养博士前学生。此外，还将强调招收代表性不足的少数民族学生，开展生物伦理培训，培养学生出色的写作和交流技能。

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.