Training Program in Molecular Biophysics

描述（由申请人提供）：这是华盛顿大学分子生物物理学培训补助金的第二次更新申请。 分子生物物理学研究生课程是12个博士学位之一。生物学和生物医学科学系内的课程。 它专注于生物系统的定量方面，以及对学生重要数学和物理背景的要求，使其在华盛顿大学独一无二。 现任项目主任Kathleen Hall博士自1997年以来一直负责该项目，预计将继续担任该职位至少几年。 她也是P.关于培训补助金 她协助管理该计划的指导委员会的教师和计划协调员在司办公室。 该计划已经实施了十一年，并已毕业20名博士生。度 我们的统计数据显示，在过去五年中，申请入学的学生人数相对稳定，录取人数也是如此。 目前，该方案有15名学生，包括两名代表性不足的少数民族学生。 有40名教师隶属于该计划，其中四人是初级教师。 他们来自医学院的七个系，以及生物，化学，物理，生物医学工程和丹佛斯植物科学中心。 分子生物物理学研究生课程维护一个网站，列出教师，当前和过去的学生，和事件。 每年务虚会，开始于1994年，与生物化学和生物有机化学研究生课程联合，在网站上记录。 有每月生物物理晚上展示我们的教师或介绍生物物理学的新发展;这些始于1992年。 计划活动部分由该司和生物化学与分子生物物理学系提供支持。 有五个培训职位由该培训补助金供资。 根据我们的录取和招聘统计数据，这个数字适合我们的分子生物物理学课程，因此，通过这次更新，我们要求每年五名学生的五年支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is the second renewal application of the Molecular Biophysics Training Grant at Washington University. The Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program is one of twelve Ph.D. Programs within the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences. Its focus on quantitative aspects of biological systems, and its requirement for significant math and physics backgrounds of its students make it unique at Washington University. The current Program Director, Dr. Kathleen Hall, has been responsible for the Program since 1997, and is expected to continue in this position for at least several more years. She is also P.I. on the Training Grant. She is assisted in administration of the Program by a steering committee of faculty and a Program coordinator in the Division office. The Program has been in place for eleven years, and has graduated twenty students with Ph.D. degrees. Our statistics show that the number of students who apply has remained relatively constant over the past five years, as has the number that matriculate. Currently, there are fifteen students in the Program, including two underrepresented minority students. There are 40 faculty members affiliated with the Program, four of whom are junior faculty. They come from seven Departments in the Medical School, and also from Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, and the Danforth Plant Science Center. The Molecular Biophysics Graduate Program maintains a web site that lists faculty, current and past students, and events. The annual retreat, begun in 1994, joint with the Biochemistry and Bioorganic Chemistry graduate Programs, is documented on the web site. There are monthly Biophysical Evenings that showcase our faculty or introduce new developments in Biophysics; these began in 1992. Program activities are supported in part by the Division and by the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics. There are five training positions funded by this Training Grant. Based on our admission and recruitment statistics, that number is appropriate for our Molecular Biophysics Program, and so with this renewal, we request five years of support at the level of five students per year.