Predoctoral Training Program in Molecular Biology

 描述(由申请人提供)：科罗拉多大学安舒茨医学院分子生物学课程的目标是培养优秀的研究科学家和院士，他们将成为所选领域和学科的未来领导者。为了实现这一目标，我们精心挑选了来自不同背景的高质量学生，他们具有良好的学术记录，并表现出对研究的能力、承诺和热情。该培训计划是灵活的，高度以学生为导向，以满足个人需求，但同时有严格的课程设置，设定高标准。分子生物学是一个5-6年的课程，第一年致力于挑战性的课程工作和实验室轮换，第二年致力于研究假说的发展，其余几年在培训教师导师和论文委员会的指导下完成论文研究项目。为了进一步发展研究技能，课程的所有阶段的学生都会参加额外的项目具体活动，包括每周一次的研讨会系列， 圆桌讨论、年度研讨会和我们的务虚会。我们的课程非常强调发展批判性和创造性的独立思考、量化和统计能力、科学沟通技能以及专业/负责任的行为。该计划的一个重要优势是其来自15个不同部门的杰出和高度互动的教师，他们深深地致力于研究生教育和该计划。作为我们校园内唯一由NIH支持的专注于基本分子和细胞机制研究的培训项目，项目教员实验室为我们的学生提供了多个学科(结构、免疫学、细胞生物学和生物化学)、疾病模型(癌症、自身免疫、传染病和发育障碍)和生物模型(病毒、细菌、酵母、四膜虫、苍蝇、蠕虫、老鼠和人类)的研究机会。我们项目的培训成功在学生出版物以及我们的学生获得的高质量博士后、教师和行业职位上都是显而易见的。鉴于我们的学生队伍的深度、质量和多样性，以及我们证明有能力培养高质量的学生，我们要求将这项培训补助金支持的学生职位从每年6个增加到8个。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Molecular Biology Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is to train outstanding research scientists and academicians who will become future leaders in their chosen fields and disciplines. To accomplish this goal we carefully select high quality students from diverse backgrounds with strong academic records and a demonstrated aptitude, commitment and passion for research. The training program is flexible and highly student orientated to meet individual needs, but at the same time has a rigorous curriculum, sets high standards. Molecular Biology is designed as a 5-6 year program with the first year devoted to challenging course work and laboratory rotations, the second year to the development of a research hypothesis, and the remaining years to completion of the thesis research project under the guidance of a training faculty mentor and thesis committee. To further develop research skills, students at all stages of the curriculum participate in additional program specific activities including a weekly seminar series, roundtable discussions, the annual symposium and our retreat. Our curriculum strongly emphasizes the development of critical and creative independent thinking, quantitative and statistical abilities, scientific communication skills, and professional/responsible conduct. A significant strength of the program is its outstanding and highly interactive faculty from 15 different departments who are deeply committed to graduate education and to the Program. As the only NIH-supported training program on our campus focused on research into fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms, program faculty labs offer research opportunities for our students in multiple disciplines (structure, immunology, cell biology and biochemistry), disease models (cancer, autoimmunity, infectious diseases, and developmental disorders), and organismal models (viruses, bacteria, yeast, tetrahymena, flies, worms, mice and humans). The training success of our program is evident in student publications and in the high quality postdoctoral, faculty and industry positions obtained by our students. Given the depth, quality and diversity of our student pool and our demonstrated ability to train high quality students, we are requesting an increase in student positions to be supported by this training grant from 6 to 8/yr.