Chemical Biology Interfaces at UC San Diego

 描述(由申请者提供)：加州大学圣地亚哥分校(加州大学圣地亚哥分校)化学-生物学接口(CBI)博士前培训项目将利用我们在跨学科研究方面的历史优势，与校园内的教师一起提供强大的培训环境。加州大学圣地亚哥分校历来在化学和生物的相互作用方面表现出色，该大学的新一轮支持确保了该项目在未来的强大和充满活力的项目。该项目中的许多培训教师是该大学的新员工(在过去10年内)，该计划中建立的校际联系代表着最近建立的充满活力的合作。该提案旨在每年培训10名学生，从研究生学习的第二年开始，25%匹配研究生院长的名额，并提供为期两年的支持。该提案为四个研究生课程之一的学生设立了特别课程：化学和生物化学(自然科学系)、工程学(生物工程或纳米工程)、生物医学科学(包括MSTP学生)和斯克里普斯海洋研究所(海洋生物科学计划)。这些学生将在化学和生物化学系、斯卡格斯药学和制药科学学院、生物和纳米工程、斯克里普斯海洋研究所和癌症中心的教员实验室工作。每个分部/中心的院长/主任都提供了大量的机构支持，包括学费和津贴的补充，提供额外的 实习生职位以奖学金的形式提供，并协助支付与该计划相关的行政和组织费用。我们整合的课程提供了培训和个人/职业成长体验，这将是该计划独一无二的。这包括化学生物学、生物有机化学和科学伦理学的必修课程；每周邀请世界级科学家参加的CBI研讨会系列；专注于研究、个人和职业成长的CBI研讨会；一年一度的职业生涯日；年度研究成果研讨会；以及来自CBI教职员工的世界级教师的定期互动/反馈。加州大学圣地亚哥分校有资格参加这一培训计划的学生人数非常多--过去10年(326人中)，培训师实验室83%的研究生有资格参加这一培训计划。鉴于加州大学圣地亚哥分校在跨学科和协作研究方面的优势以及优秀的合格学员队伍，我们相信加州大学圣地亚哥分校的CBI提供了一个绝佳而独特的培训机会。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A predoctoral training program in Chemistry-Biology Interfaces (CBI) at University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) will leverage our historical strengths in interdisciplinary research and join faculty across the campus for a robust training environment. UC San Diego has historically excelled at the interface of chemistry and biology, and the renewed support from the University has ensured a strong and vibrant program in the future. Many of the training faculty in this program are new to the University (within the past 10 years), and the intercampus bonds established in this proposal represent vibrant collaborations that have recently been established. The proposal aims to train 10 students each year, with a 25% match of slots from the Graduate Dean, starting in their second year of graduate studies, and offering support for two years. The proposal establishes a special curriculum for students from one of four graduate programs: Chemistry and Biochemistry (in the Division of Natural Sciences), Engineering (Bioengineering or Nanoengineering), Biomedical Sciences (including the MSTP students), and Scripps Institution of Oceanography (Ocean Biosciences Program). These students will work in faculty laboratories in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bio- and Nanoengineering, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the Cancer Center. The respective deans/directors from each of these divisions/centers have offered significant institutional support, including the topping off of tuition/fees and stipends, providing additional trainee slots in the form of fellowships, and assisting administrative and organizational costs associated with this program. The curriculum we have put together offers a training and personal/professional growth experience that will be unique to this program. This includes required coursework in Chemical Biology, Bioorganic Chemistry, and Scientific Ethics; a weekly CBI Seminar Series that invite world-class scientists; a CBI Workshop that focuses on research, personal, and professional growth; an annual career day; an annual symposium of research accomplishments; and regular interaction/feedback from the world-class faculty in our CBI faculty. The pool of students qualified for this training program at UC San Diego is excellent - 83% of graduate students in the trainers' labs within the past 10 years (out of 326) would have been eligible for participation in this training program. Given the strengths of the campus in interdisciplinary and collaborative research and the outstanding pool of qualified trainees, we believe that CBI at UC San Diego offers an excellent and unique training opportunity.