Chemistry of Life Processes Predoctoral Training Program

项目总结/摘要 拟议的“生命过程化学（CLP）博士前培训计划”的使命是教育 下一代跨学科科学家将能够扩展和整合 生命科学和化学领域复杂科学问题的观点和方法 生物医学研究在治疗疾病的过程中， 需要广泛的技能储备沿着，并有能力利用拥有各种不同 专业知识，以促进新的治疗和诊断的发现。为了解决公众的压力 为了满足21世纪世纪的健康需求，下一代研究人员必须能够在 一种跨越化学和生物学的共同语言。 CLP博士前培训计划的更新将通过提供西北大学 研究生有机会将化学和生命科学的研究生课程整合到一定程度 超出了西北大学目前正在进行的任何培训项目。它的深度和广度 课程要求，新颖的沉浸式跨学科实验室体验，以及独特的 CLP计划加上强大共享培训环境，使该计划与其他计划区别开来 西北大学生物医学研究培训项目。该计划是建立在高度协作， 49名导师的跨学科生物医学研究计划，在药物领域具有广泛的专业知识 开发、合成生物学和治疗干预的潜在分子靶点。 该应用程序要求在五年内支持总共40个培训名额，以创建一个充满活力的 具有足够数量的共同身份的同龄人，以支持学生驱动的计划活动。学员 从第二年秋季开始接受赠款，并在整个 第二和第三年的研究生教育。在01-05年，每年将支助8名学生。十 其他学生将获得一年大学奖学金。 西北大学生命过程化学研究所是拟议培训计划的行政所在地， 为中电学员提供一个强大的跨学科研究和培训生态系统， 跨越化学和生命科学的高度协作的教师团队，独特的共享资源， 为药物发现和开发提供无缝管道，一个具有以下专业知识的支持性基础设施： 开发和管理教育和培训项目，丰富的翻译经验， 为社会的利益而发现，以及推动跨学科合作的物理环境， 互动

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The mission of the proposed “Chemistry of Life Processes (CLP) Predoctoral Training Program” is to educate the next generation of transdisciplinary scientists that will be capable of extending and integrating the perspectives and approaches of the life sciences and chemistry to complex scientific problems in the field of biomedical research. The complex problems encountered across length and time scales in treating disease require a broad repertoire of skills along with the capacity to harness teams possessing a range of diverse expertise to advance the discovery of new therapeutics and diagnostics. In order to address the pressing public health needs of the 21st century, the next generation of researchers must be able to think and communicate in a common language that spans chemistry and biology. Renewal of the CLP Predoctoral Training Program will address this need by providing Northwestern University graduate students with the opportunity to integrate graduate studies in chemistry and the life sciences to a degree beyond that of any training program currently active at Northwestern University. The depth and breadth of its coursework requirements, novel immersive cross-disciplinary lab experience, and unique mentoring structure of the CLP program, coupled with a strong shared training environment, set this program apart from other Northwestern training programs in biomedical research. The program is built upon the highly collaborative, transdisciplinary biomedical research programs of 49 mentors with extensive expertise in the areas of drug development, synthetic biology, and potential molecular targets for therapeutic intervention. This application requests support for a total of 40 training slots over five years to create a vibrant cohort of peers with a common identity in sufficient numbers to support student-driven program activities. Trainees are appointed to the grant starting in the fall of their second year and are supported throughout the course of the second and third years of graduate education. Eight students will be supported annually in years 01-05. Ten additional students will be supported by one-year university fellowships. Northwestern's Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, the administrative home of the proposed training program, provides CLP trainees with a robust ecosystem for transdisciplinary research and training that is comprised of a highly collaborative team of faculty that span chemistry and the life sciences, unique shared resources that provide a seamless pipeline for drug discovery and development, an enabling infrastructure with expertise in development and management of education and training programs, extensive experience in translation of discoveries for the good of society, and a physical environment that drives transdisciplinary collaboration and interaction.