Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology

摘要 加州大学戴维斯分校分子和细胞生物学博士前培训项目的主要目标 是提供项目实习生，他们代表了分子和细胞生物学领域最合格的博士生， 凭借广博的知识和研究培训，以及职业技能，这将为他们自己的职业生涯做好准备 在国家生物医学劳动力中取得成功的职业生涯。培训由65名培训员提供，共16门学术课程 系，兴趣广泛，包括遗传学、生物化学、结构生物学、细胞、分子和 发育生物学、生理学和神经科学。训练师是从顶级分子和细胞中挑选出来的 生物学家在校园里，每个人都有一个积极的研究计划和成功的指导记录。实习生 是从五个不同研究生群体中最合格的研究生中挑选出来的。培训是 通过将各个实验室的研究生小组课程和博士论文研究与 由本计划制定的一套连贯的培训活动。这些活动的目的不仅是加强 在最高水平进行现代分子和细胞生物学研究所需的技能，但也是高度 适用于任何高级职业的可转移技能集。实习生和其他与项目相关的博士生 参加旨在磨练研究策略和技术的活动，特别是与增强 分子和细胞生物学的定量方法、研究的严密性和重复性、批判性思维 能力，口头和书面沟通能力，负责任的研究和提供职业的能力 发展和联网活动。学员还可以深入接触到全国不同的职业 ，并评估他们的技能、兴趣和相对于这些职业的价值 个人发展计划(IDPs)。我们认为，培训员的这一特定学科培训的结合 研究实验室，以及前沿分子和细胞生物学的跨学科科学培训 通过这一培训计划提供的职业发展，将使我们的学员更好地为变化做好准备 下一代基础生物医学科学家面临的技术和智力环境。这次培训 该计划要求支持16个博士前学生名额，以支持8名实习生，每个名额为期2年 博士培训的第二年和第三年，鉴于该培训计划取得的成功，这一数字略有增加 演示了。在制度上，加州大学戴维斯分校做出了建立教师和基础设施的重大承诺 在分子和细胞生物学方面，以实现这些培训目标，并以这种形式支持这种培训 培训计划通过为未来提供大量的机构支持。这种高质量的跨学科培训 在分子和细胞生物学方面，拓宽的研究视角和专业技能将使受训人员 事业成功，并对国家卫生和科学议程产生重大影响。

ABSTRACT The primary goal of this successful predoctoral Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology at UC Davis is to provide Program Trainees, who represent the most qualified PhD students in molecular and cellular biology, with the breadth of knowledge and research training, and career skills, that will prepare them for their own successful careers in the national biomedical workforce. Training is provided by 65 Trainers in 16 academic departments, with wide-ranging interests including genetics, biochemistry, structural biology, cell, molecular and developmental biology, physiology and neuroscience. Trainers are selected from the top molecular and cellular biologists on campus, each with an active research program and a successful track record of mentoring. Trainees are selected from the most qualified graduate students across five different Graduate Groups. Training is accomplished by integrating Graduate Group coursework and PhD thesis research in individual laboratories with a set of coherent training activities developed by this Program. These activities are aimed at enhancing not only the skills needed to perform modern molecular and cellular biology research at the highest level, but also a highly transferable skill set applicable to any high-level career. Trainees and other Program-associated PhD students participate in activities aimed at honing research strategies and techniques, especially as related to enhancing quantitative approaches to molecular and cellular biology, research rigor and reproducibility, critical thinking abilities, oral and written communication skills, and the responsible conduct of research, and in providing career development and networking activities. Trainees also receive in depth exposure to diverse careers in the national biomedical workforce, and assess their skills, interests and values relative to these careers through their Individual Development Plans (IDPs). We believe that this combination of discipline-specific training in Trainers’ research laboratories, and the interdisciplinary scientific training in cutting-edge molecular and cellular biology and career development offered by this Training Program, will make our trainees better prepared for the changing technical and intellectual climate faced by the next generation of basic biomedical scientists. This Training Program requests support for 16 predoctoral student slots to support 8 Trainees for 2 years each, during the second and third year of their PhD training, a modest increase given the success that this Training Program has demonstrated. Institutionally, UC Davis has made a major commitment to establish the faculty and infrastructure in molecular and cellular biology to achieve these training goals, and to support such training in the form of this Training Program through substantial institutional support for the future. This high quality interdisciplinary training in molecular and cellular biology, broadened research perspective and professional skill set will enable Trainees to have successful careers and a significant impact on the national health and science agendas.