IGERT: Program In Cellular Engineering

这个IGERT奖支持在新兴的细胞工程领域建立一个跨学科的研究培训计划。该计划侧重于代谢和组织工程，并为科学和工程专业的学生提供严格的生物工程，生物化学和细胞生物学领域的教育和研究培训。学生将有一位来自生物工程系的指导老师和一位来自生物化学和细胞生物学系的指导老师，共同指导研究项目的机械和设计方面。IGERT学员的基本课程包括科学伦理、高级实验室技能、基础生物科学（生物化学和细胞生物学）和工程系统分析。学生参与者在合作环境中工作，包括团队设计项目和从事蜂窝工程的公司的工业实习计划。该计划与实习前和实习后的研讨会计划相协调，以最大限度地发挥学生的工业经验。设立访问科学家职位和有不同年度主题的重点系列研讨会提供了对新领域的深入接触。该计划的一个关键组成部分将是继续扩大我们成功的本科招生计划，为代表性不足的少数民族提供研究生教育的这一专业领域。在跨学科研究和教育的基础上，这个培训项目创建了一个卓越的细胞工程中心，将培养能够利用生物科学的进步来生产21世纪创新和经济高效的生物技术产品的研究人员。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足培养具有多学科背景和未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能的博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立新的、创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第四年，22个机构获得了奖项，这些项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一特殊奖项的智力焦点在于工程局；生物科学;教育与人力资源。

This IGERT award supports the establishment of an interdisciplinary research training program in the emerging field of cellular engineering. The program focuses on metabolic and tissue engineering and provides science and engineering students with rigorous educational and research training in the fields of bioengineering, biochemistry, and cell biology. A co-supervision system is created in which students will have an advisor from the Department of Bioengineering and an advisor from the Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology for guidance of mechanistic and design aspects of research projects. The fundamental curriculum for IGERT trainees includes coverage of scientific ethics, advanced laboratory skills, basic biosciences (biochemistry and cell biology) and engineering systems analysis. Student participants work in cooperative environments including team design projects and an industrial internship program with companies engaged in cellular engineering. This program is coordinated with a pre- and post internship seminar program to maximize the impact of the students' industrial experiences. The establishment of a visiting scientist position and a focused seminar series having different annual themes provides in depth exposure to new areas. A key component of the program will be continued expansion of our successful undergraduate recruitment program for underrepresented minorities to this specialized area of graduate education. Building upon established strengths in interdisciplinary research and education, this training program creates a center of excellence in cellular engineering that will train researchers who can utilize advances in biological sciences to produce innovative and cost- effective biotechnological products in the 21st century.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the fourth year of the program, awards are being made to twenty-two institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The intellectual foci of this specific award reside in the Directorates for Engineering; Biological Sciences; and Education and Human Resources.