Training in Developmental Biology, Stem cells and Regeneration

描述（由申请人提供）：南加州大学（USC）发育生物学，干细胞和再生培训计划（DSCR）为研究生提供基本发育过程机制研究的统一培训，并结合生物学和干细胞技术应用的培训。该计划的一个显著主题是将临床和转化科学纳入DSCR课程的学生课程，其前提是强大的基础科学研究生培训可以而且应该与临床和转化科学的适当结构化接触相结合，以更好地培养下一代科学家，使他们能够实现发育生物学发现的临床和治疗潜力。这个项目的教师包括来自南加州大学几个学院和校区的正教授、副教授和助理教授。这些教师都有经过证明的研究生培训记录，长期的合作研究历史，大约一半拥有临床学位，是活跃的临床转化科学家。DSCR项目主要从南加州大学非常成功的跨部门研究生招生和第一年学习项目（PIBBS；生物和生物医学科学项目）中吸引学生；这群优秀的学生来自不同的背景，其中包括有资格获得培训补助金的少数族裔学生的突出代表。博士预科生在研究生学习的第一年得到PIBBS项目的支持，在此期间他们学习核心课程并进行研究实验室轮换。每年有三名新生在第二年开始时进入培训项目，并得到两年的支持。专业课程和额外的项目功能为学生提供了严格和多样化的培训经验，以实现发育生物学，干细胞生物学和再生医学等融合领域的全部潜力。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The University of Southern California (USC) Training Program in Developmental Biology, Stem Cells, and Regeneration (DSCR) provides graduate students with unified training in mechanistic studies of fundamental developmental processes combined with training in the biology and application of stem cell technology. A distinguishing theme of this program is the incorporation of clinical and translational science into the curriculum of students in the DSCR track, based on the premise that strong basic science graduate training can and should be coupled with an appropriately structured exposure to clinical and translational science in a way that will better train the next generation of scientists to be able to realize the clinical and therapeutic potential of developmental biology discoveries. The faculty of this program includes a balanced mix of full, associate, and assistant professors from several USC schools and campuses. These faculty members have proven records of graduate student training, a long history of collaborative research, and approximately half hold clinical degrees and are active clinical translational scientists. The DSCR Program draws students primarily from a highly successful USC interdepartmental graduate student recruitment and first year of studies program (PIBBS; Programs in Biological and Biomedical Sciences); this outstanding cohort of students comes from diverse backgrounds, and includes a prominent representation of training-grant-eligible underrepresented minority students. Predoctoral students are supported by the PIBBS program in their first year of graduate studies, during which they take core classes and do research laboratory rotations. Three new students per year enter the training program at the beginning of their second year, and are supported for two years. Specialized courses and additional program functions provide a rigorous and diverse training experience for students to realize the full potential of the convergent fields of developmental biology, stem cell biology, and regenerative medicine. PROJECT NARRATIVE: Many of the most intractable diseases of our day result from a failure of the body to regenerate damaged tissue. Studies of basic developmental biological mechanisms, combined with an understanding of stem cell biology and differentiation, may lead to novel approaches to treat these diseases.