IGERT: Nanobiosensors, Nanomaterials, and Microfluidics

开发超灵敏生物和化学传感器是21世纪重大的科学、工程和教育挑战之一。在纳米生物传感器(NBS)的大标题下，这一综合性研究生教育和培训(IGERT)计划将通过创新地整合材料来识别目标病原体，使用利用纳米材料、微型化、样品收集和制备策略以及信号检测突破的传感器平台。它将侧重于开发先进的系统，以快速、超灵敏地检测引起疾病的病原体以及那些对食品安全和保障以及环境至关重要的病原体。这一计划将被牢固地嵌入到全州范围内的新的USTAR(犹他州科学、技术和研究)计划中，该计划专注于推进国家统计局、纳米材料和生物诊断设备的研究和开发。这些领域的下一代研究带头人将需要在几个传统科学和工程学科中接受高水平的培训。这一IGERT旨在减少这些领域之间的长期界限，并在超高灵敏度检测、分子识别、表面表征、界面反应性、微米和纳米制造以及微流体领域建立或扩大合作企业。这些经验将通过实习以及道德、创造力、沟通、团队合作和创业方面的指导得到加强，所有这些都在快速发展的科学和商业环境中发挥着越来越重要的作用。将积极招募和积极指导一批不同的受训人员。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目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，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

The development of ultra-sensitive biological and chemical sensors is one of the grand scientific, engineering, and educational challenges of the 21st century. Under the broad heading of NanoBioSensors (NBS), this Integrative Graduate Education and Traineeship (IGERT) program will address these challenges through an innovative integration of materials for the recognition of target pathogens using sensor platforms that exploit breakthroughs in nanomaterials, miniaturization, sample collection and preparation strategies, and signal detection. It will focus on the development of advanced systems for the rapid, ultra-sensitive detection of pathogens responsible for disease as well as those central to food safety and security and the environment. This program will be strongly embedded in the new, statewide USTAR (Utah Science, Technology, and Research) initiative focused on advancing research and development in NBS, nanomaterials, and biodiagnostic devices. The next generation of research leaders in these areas will require high levels of training in several traditional science and engineering disciplines. This IGERT is designed to lessen longstanding boundaries separating these fields, and establish or expand collaborative ventures in ultra-high sensitivity detection, molecular recognition, surface characterization, interfacial reactivity, micro- and nano-fabrication, and microfluidics. These experiences will be augmented by internships as well as instruction in ethics, creativity, communication, teamwork, and entrepreneurship, all of which play an increasingly vital role in the rapidly evolving scientific and business environments. A diverse group of trainees will be aggressively recruited and actively mentored. 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.