Training in Biotechnology: Emphasis in Protein Chemistry

华盛顿州立大学蛋白质生物技术计划是由NIGMS支持的培训计划 这为研究生将基础科学发现转化为生物技术做好了准备 创新。我们的项目包括45名学生和45名教师，他们代表了五个不同的研究生项目 在四所不同的大学里。这种长期协作为个人提供跨学科培训 并加强了附属部门之间的课程联系和实际联系。 生物技术计划活动包括跨部门轮换、辅助性工业实习、 研究实践和生物技术创业，每月学生论坛，学生组织的年度 研究座谈会和研究指导。将现有容量与以下其他方面进行协同 在评价方面，我们建议增加以(A)以学生为中心、(B)形成性和(C)为重点的评价能力 定量测量。目标是使用平衡的评估组合，以实现更完整的 指导具体项目改进和实现学生学习成果的信息。我们的计划 描述了四种具体学习结果的新衡量标准：多样性、公平性和包容性；教师 指导；计划更新对培养技能的有效性；以及形成性的学生签到以催化 计划中的接触点体验。由项目协调员、项目主任、 一名生物技术教员将与项目参与者一起确定优先顺序，创建并验证新的 评估工具。以文献为基础的工具，如网络推动者概念和CIMER评估平台， 将被开发以创造新的产能。将通过协作创建和优化新的评估工具 来自华盛顿州立大学SESRC评估团队的指导，确保创建耐用的 计划专业知识。将通过与现有评价的比较来评价工具的有效性， 新措施的纵向变化，以及(针对CIMER平台的导师培训评估) 与来自其他实现的聚合数据进行比较。华盛顿州立大学的两个实体， 教务长办公室和生物医学科学综合方案将利用新的工具来评估 他们的计划，为这笔资金创造了制度上的影响。我们还将在我们的 计划网站，出席NIGMS会议，并(根据授权)发布。特别是，有必要 更多关于Net Promoter工具在学术环境中使用的数据，通常是一个商业概念。紧随其后的是 在赠款供资期间，机构支助以持续供资和持续互动的形式存在 通过SESRC，维护和扩展已创建的专业知识和方法。

The Washington State University Protein Biotechnology Program is an NIGMS-supported training program that prepares graduate students to translate fundamental scientific discoveries into biotechnological innovations. Our program includes 45 students and 45 faculty who represent five diverse graduate programs in four different colleges. This long-running collaboration provides interdisciplinary training to individual students and has resulted in strengthened curricular and physical connections between affiliated departments. Biotech program activities include inter-departmental rotations, supported industrial internships, courses on research practice and biotechnological entrepreneurship, monthly student Forums, student-organized annual research symposia, and research mentoring. To synergize existing capacity with additional dimensions of evaluation, we propose to add evaluation capacity focused on (a) student-centered, (b) formative, and (c) quantitative measurements. The goal is to use a balanced mix of evaluations to attain more complete information for steering specific program improvements and fulfilling student learning outcomes. Our plan describes new measurements for four specific learning outcomes: diversity, equity, and inclusion; faculty mentoring; effectiveness of program updates for building skills; and formative student check-ins to catalyze touchpoint experiences in the program. A team comprised of the Program Coordinator, the Program Director, and a Biotech faculty member will work with program participants to prioritize, create, and validate new evaluation tools. Literature-based tools, such as the Net Promoter concept and CIMER’s Assessment Platform, will be tapped to create new capacity. New evaluation tools will be created and optimized with collaborative instruction from Washington State University’s SESRC evaluation team, ensuring the creation of durable program expertise. Tools will be evaluated for effectiveness by comparisons with existing evaluations, longitudinal changes in new measures, and (for mentor training evaluation with the CIMER platform) comparisons with aggregate data from other implementations. Two Washington State University entities, the Provost’s Office and the Integrated Program for Biomedical Sciences, will make use of new tools to evaluate their programs, creating institutional impact for this funding. We will also publish tools and findings on our program website, present at NIGMS meetings, and (as warranted) publish. In particular, there is a need for more data on the use of the Net Promoter tool, typically a business concept, in academic settings. Following the grant funding period, institutional support exists, in the form of ongoing funding and sustained interactions with SESRC, to maintain and expand created expertise and methodologies.