UC Santa Cruz Training Program In Genomic Sciences

 描述（由申请人提供）：UCSC基因组科学研究生培训计划是一个创新的研究生培训计划，在多样化的生物医学科学和工程环境中结合了尖端的计算生物学培训。该计划的目标是提供定量基因组规模数据收集和分析的研究生水平的跨学科培训。研究生培训计划旨在培养批判性思维技能，提供计算机科学，统计学和生物科学方面的严格实践培训，并培养学员的科学沟通技能。项目毕业生将扩展UCSC基因组科学家在开发工具和技术以解决生物医学研究问题方面的传统。第一年的学员加入UCSC的跨学科基因组学和生物医学科学社区，并与培训教师一起进行三次动手实验室轮换。鼓励学员利用研究计划的广度，并做计算和实验旋转。在这第一年，学生也开始的课程，其中包括研究生水平的指导编程，实用基因组学，统计学和生物医学科学的其他领域。二年级学生接受科学写作培训，准备正式的论文提案，并在公开资格考试中进行辩护。在第三年及以后，学员开发他们的论文项目，由他们选择的实验室PI指导。在他们的论文工作中，计划学员有机会为世界上一些最前沿和雄心勃勃的生物医学基因组学研究项目做出贡献。学员毕业后将有能力领导自己的独立研究项目，并成为下一代基因组科学领导者。UCSC基因组科学研究生培训计划是跨学科的，包括来自7个部门的14个项目学院。计划教职员工团结在紧密的UCSC基因组学社区，我们希望通过这个培训补助金扩大。我们正在寻求对10名学员的支持，这将使UCSC能够更接近于提供高质量申请人对我们计划的需求量的研究生培训机会。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The UCSC Genomic Sciences Graduate Training Program is an innovative graduate training program that combines cutting-edge computational biology training in a diverse biomedical science and engineering environment. The goals of the program are to provide graduate-level inter-disciplinary training in quantitative genome-scale data collection and analysis. The graduate training program is designed to develop critical thinking skills, provide rigorous hands-on training in computer science, statistics and biological sciences, and to develop scientific communication skills of trainees. Program graduates will extend the tradition of UCSC genome scientists in developing tools and technology to solve biomedical research problems. First-year trainees join the inter-disciplinary genomics and biomedical sciences community at UCSC and do three hands-on laboratory rotations with training faculty. Trainees are encouraged to take advantage of the breadth of research programs and do both a computational and an experimental rotation. During this first year, students also begin the coursework, which includes graduate-level instruction in programming, practical genomics, statistics and other areas in biomedical sciences. Second-year students receive training in scientific writing, prepare a formal thesis proposal, and defend this during a public qualifying examination. In the third year and beyond, trainees develop their thesis projects, mentored by their chosen lab PI. In their thesis work, program trainees have the opportunity to contribute to some of the most cutting-edge and ambitious biomedical genomics research projects in the world. Trainees graduate well positioned to lead their own, independent research programs and become the next generation of genome science leaders. The UCSC Genomic Sciences Graduate Training Program is inter-disciplinary and includes 14 program faculties from 7 departments. Program faculty members are united in the tight-knit UCSC genomics community which we hope to expand via this training grant. We are seeking support for ten trainees which will enable UCSC to move closer to providing the number of graduate training opportunities that are in demand from the volume of high-quality applicants to our program.