Oklahoma Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network

描述(由申请人提供)：俄克拉荷马州的长期目标 Brin将增加进行生物医学研究的能力 俄克拉荷马州。从长远来看，这将通过增加 美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)资助的研究人员和 俄克拉荷马州大学申请国立卫生研究院的成功率。俄克拉荷马州 布林将由五个研究生和三个本科生机构组成。这个 布林将专注于在现有的目标地区发展基础设施 优势为留住现有调查人员和 招募一批新的生物医学科学家。一项重大倡议将是 创建俄克拉荷马州MN以扩大该州在以下地区的能力 功能基因组学。MN将连接迄今独立的设施 布林机构，并在塔尔萨建立一个新的设施。新塔尔萨 设施是扩大目前非常有限的 俄克拉何马州第二大城市的生物医学研究活动。俄克拉荷马州的 布林还将创建一个生物信息学网络(BN)，主要关注 支持该州的功能基因组学计划。BN将由一个 由一群生物信息学专家组成的中心，这些专家链接到 “轮辐”，每个参与的研究生院都有工作人员。 BRIN还将支持神经科学领域的一项重大新倡议，提供 支持购买功能磁共振成像。功能磁共振成像将成为 俄克拉荷马州的神经成像设施及其运营将促进俄克拉荷马州的 参加由新的NIH研究所赞助的活动，致力于 生物工程和生物医学成像。布林还将促进重要的 参与的研究生和本科生之间的新联系 机构。俄克拉荷马州布林赛将包括兰斯顿大学(LU)、 该州历史上唯一的黑人高等教育机构，以及 东北州立大学(NSU)，该校招生人数最多 美国任何一所大学的美国原住民学生。俄克拉荷马州布林队 将重点放在为代表不足的群体提供服务的本科院校上 加强国家努力，为所有人提供教育机会 俄克拉荷马州的市民。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term objective of the Oklahoma BRIN is to increase the capacity for conducting biomedical research in Oklahoma. In the long-term, this will be accomplished by increasing the number of National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded investigators and the success rate for NIH applications from Oklahoma institutions. The Oklahoma BRIN will comprise five graduate and three undergraduate institutions. The BRIN will focus on developing infrastructure in targeted areas where existing strengths provide a solid foundation for retaining existing investigators and recruiting a cadre of new biomedical scientists. A major initiative will be to create an Oklahoma MN to expand the state's capabilities in the area of functional genomics. The MN will link hitherto independent facilities at the BRIN institutions and also build a new facility in Tulsa. The new Tulsa facility is an important step in expanding the currently very modest biomedical research activity in Oklahoma's second largest city. Oklahoma's BRIN will also create a Bioinformatics Network (BN) focused primarily on supporting the State's functional genomics programs. The BN will consist of a centralized "hub" with a cluster of bioinformatics specialists linked to "spokes," with personnel located at each participating graduate institution. The BRIN will also support a major new initiative in neuroscience by providing support for the purchase of an fMRI. The fMRI will be the centerpiece of Oklahoma's Neuroimaging Facility and its operations will facilitate Oklahoma's participation in activities sponsored by the new NIH Institute dedicated to bioengineering and biomedical imaging. The BRIN will also foster important new linkages between the participating graduate and undergraduate institutions. The Oklahoma BRIN will include Langston University (LU), the State's only historically Black institution of higher education, and Northeastern State University (NSU), which enrolls the highest number of Native American students of any college in the nation. The Oklahoma BRIN focus on undergraduate institutions serving under-represented groups will enhance the national effort to provide educational opportunities to all Oklahoma citizens.