Wyoming IDeA Networks for Biomedical Research Excellence

 描述(由申请人提供)：怀俄明大学(UW)是一所授予土地的机构，也是怀俄明州唯一一所授予学士学位的大专学位授予机构。本申请是以前NCRR IDEA计划奖项(P20RR016474)的延续，现在通过NIGMS(GM103432-13)管理。建立全州生物医学研究和卓越网络的长期规划目标将继续下去。这项申请的具体目标是：1)继续建立以科学为重点的已建立的多学科研究网络，以建立和加强怀俄明大学及其七个合作机构的生物医学研究专业知识和基础设施；2)通过向教师、博士后研究员和研究生提供研究支持，建立和增加怀俄明大学及其合作机构的研究基础和能力；3)为本科生提供研究机会，为本科生在IDEA州内继续从事健康研究事业创造管道；4)增强该州劳动力的科学和技术知识；以及5)扩大怀俄明州整个西部IDEA地区的研究机会。本着在过去成就和现有优势的基础上再接再厉的目标，我们将继续致力于获取一大批生物医学研究教师，以开发可持续和有竞争力的研究项目，并为威斯康星州大学和该州所有七所社区学院的本科生提供参与实践生物医学研究的机会。提出了三个核心：行政、生物信息学和外联。由于外联核心的成功及其对全州网络的重要性，这一核心将被保留和扩大。核心的名称已改为外联和教育核心，以更好地反映其职能。此外，还描述了强制性发展研究项目方案的计划。已经确定了两个主题研究领域：1)心脏代谢综合征和2)慢性疾病研究的生物医学技术。第一个是基于在前一次INBRE期间形成的心血管和代谢性疾病(肥胖/2型糖尿病)方面的现有优势，可以进一步改进；第二个是一个新的专题领域。新的主题领域是四名初级教员集体愿景的结果，他们已经意识到合作、分享专业知识和建立研究团队以解决与生物医学相关的问题的价值。怀俄明州INBRE网络将通过在威斯康星州大学和社区学院的教职员工之间建立伙伴关系而得到进一步加强。这种方法将为建立与其他机构的联系提供榜样，并将通过提高全州进行的研究的质量和可见度，在推动专题研究领域向前发展方面至关重要。最后，通过为本科生在其学术生涯早期创造机会，将创造一批学生，他们将为下一代健康专业人员、生物医学科学家和生物技术行业的员工做出贡献。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Wyoming (UW) is a land-grant institution and the only baccalaureate, post-secondary degree-granting institution in the State of Wyoming. This application is a continuation of previous NCRR IDeA program awards (P20RR016474), now managed through NIGMS (GM103432-13). The long-term programmatic goal to establish a statewide network for biomedical research and excellence will be continued. The Specific Aims for this application are to: 1) continue to build on the established multi- disciplinary research network with scientific foci that will build and strengthen biomedical research expertise and infrastructure at the University of Wyoming and its seven partner institutions; 2) build and increase the research base and capacity of the University of Wyoming and its partner institutions by providing research support to faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students; 3) provide research opportunities for undergraduate students that will create a pipeline for undergraduate students to continue in health research careers within IDeA states; 4) enhance the science and technology knowledge of the state's workforce; and 5) expand Wyoming research opportunities across the Western IDeA Region. Consistent with the goal to build on past achievements and existing strengths efforts will continue to focus on acquiring a critical mass of biomedical research faculty to develop sustainable and competitive research programs as well as ways to provide opportunities for undergraduates at UW and all seven of the state's community colleges to participate in hands-on biomedical research. Three cores are proposed: Administrative, Bioinformatics, and Outreach. Because of the success of the Outreach Core and its importance to the statewide network, this core will be retained and expanded. The name of the core has been changed to Outreach and Education Core to better reflect its function. In addition, plans for a mandatory Developmental Research Project Program are describe. Two thematic research areas have been identified: 1) Cardiometabolic Syndrome and 2) Biomedical Technologies for Chronic Disease Research. The first is based on existing strengths in cardiovascular and metabolic disease (obesity/type 2 diabetes) developed during the previous INBRE that can be further improved; the second is a new thematic area. The new thematic area is the result of the collective vision of four junior faculty who have realized the value of collaboration, sharing of expertise, and building research teams to address biomedical-related problems. The Wyoming INBRE Network will be further enhanced by forming partnerships between faculty at UW and community colleges. This approach will provide role models to build links to other institutions and will be essential in moving the thematic research areas forward by increasing the quality and visibility of the research performed across the state. Finally, by creating opportunities for undergraduates early in their academic careers, a pool of students will be created that will contribute to the next generation of health professionals, biomedical scientists, and employees for the biotechnology industries.