PREDOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY

芝加哥大学生物化学与分子生物学系和化学系提出了一项跨学科的博士前培训计划，旨在将化学科学和生物科学结合起来。该计划将强调交叉训练，并将以综合和机械为重点。博士预科生将在生物科学部的生物化学与分子生物学系或物理科学部的化学系注册，但将通过选修课程在另一个部门攻读满足硕士学位要求的课程，同时在其所在部门完成博士学位的所有要求。因此，该项目将确保化学和生物学的语言和研究方法的交叉训练。此外，在选择研究顾问之前，博士生将至少在另一个部门的参与教师的实验室进行一次研究轮换。在生物有机化学、生物无机化学和生物物理化学以及合成和机械有机化学等一般领域建立了研究项目的参与教师经常参与各种涉及化学和生物技术的合作项目。培训计划将强调有机、无机和物理化学概念在生物问题中的应用。该计划与芝加哥大学目前的其他NRSA培训计划不重叠，并且是两个部门研究生课程的新发展。申请资助一个由6名学生组成的博士前培训小组，每个学生获得4年的支持，在提案的第四年达到24名学生的稳定人数。

The Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, and the Department of Chemistry at The University of Chicago propose an interdisciplinary predoctoral training program directed at the interface of the chemical and biological sciences. The program will emphasize cross-training and will have a synthetic and mechanistic focus. Predoctoral students will be registered either in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in the Biological Sciences Division or in the Department of Chemistry in the Physical Sciences Division, but will pursue through elective coursework a program satisfying the requirements of the M.S. degree in the other division while completing all requirements for the Ph.D. degree in their home division. This program will thus ensure cross-training in the language and research methods of chemistry and biology. In addition, predoctoral students will have at least one research rotation in the laboratory of a participating faculty member in the other division prior to selecting a research advisor. The participating faculty, with established research programs in the general areas of bioorganic, bioinorganic, and biophysical chemistry, as well as synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry, are often engaged in a variety of collaborative projects involving both chemical and biological techniques. The training program will emphasize the application of concepts of organic, inorganic and physical chemistry to biological problems. The proposed program does not overlap with other NRSA training program currently at The University of Chicago and is a new development in the graduate curricula of both departments. Funds are requested for a predoctoral trainee group of six(6) students with four years of support each, building to a steady-state population of 24 students in the fourth year of the proposal.