IGERT- Nanomedical Science and Technology

纳米医学是一个新的跨学科的范式，从两个平行的最新发展的及时融合中出现-人类基因组的解码，导致了对医学和生物学的分子基础的更好理解，以及纳米技术，它提供了控制分子相互作用的手段。IGERT纳米医学科学与技术是一个新的综合博士教育计划，强调跨学科的研究培训，包括纳米结构材料，纳米磁学，细胞生物学和贩运，光学显微镜和成像，传感器和诊断系统，药物和基因靶向和输送，合成和表面功能化和表征纳米结构，理论计算建模。在细胞生物传感器、磁性生物控制、药物输送、线粒体基因治疗、生物纳米机器和纳米制造等方面有望取得重大研究突破。跨学科的教学课程是通过在生物技术，制药和医疗器械公司和研究医院的研究生实习与实际的现实世界的经验相结合，由工业和医学研究科学家共同指导。一个关键特点是一个强大的多样性组成部分，纳入妇女和少数民族在学生团体和教学，辅导和项目的行政方面的重大参与。该计划旨在教育下一代科学家和技术人员，使其具备必要的技能，以应对科学和工程挑战，并在将纳米技术应用于人类健康的快速新兴领域中具有必要的商业，道德和全球视角。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的计划，旨在满足教育美国博士的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，在所选学科的深厚知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在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。

Nanomedicine is a new interdisciplinary paradigm emerging from the timely convergence of two parallel recent developments - the decoding of the human genome that has led to greater understanding of the molecular basis of medicine and biology, and nanotechnology, which offers the means to control molecular interactions. IGERT Nanomedical Science and Technology is a new integrated doctoral education program that emphasizes interdisciplinary research training in diverse areas including nanostructured materials, nanomagnetism, cell biology and trafficking, optical microscopy and imaging, sensors and diagnostic systems, drug and gene targeting and delivery, and synthesis and surface functionalization and characterization of nanostructures, and theoretical computational modeling. Significant research breakthroughs are anticipated in cellular biosensors, magnetic bio-control, drug delivery, mitochondrial gene therapy, bio-nano machines and nanomanufacturing. Interdisciplinary pedagogical coursework is integrated with practical real-world experience through graduate internships in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies and research hospitals, with co-mentoring by industrial and medical research scientists. A key feature is a strong diversity component, incorporating significant involvement of women and minorities in the student body and the teaching, mentoring, and administrative aspects of the project. The program aims to educate the next generation of scientists and technologists with the requisite skill sets to address scientific and engineering challenges, with the necessary business, ethical and global perspectives that will be needed, in the rapidly emerging area of applying nanotechnology to human health. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, 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 innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.