Molecular Biological Approaches to Endocrinology

描述（由申请人提供）： 目的和计划特点：这是一个计划的延续补助金 成功地培养了分子和生物学领域的研究生， 细胞内分泌学、神经内分泌学和神经生物学 年该计划的优势是优秀的核心教师和 加州大学提供了异常丰富的研究环境， 圣地亚哥、索尔克生物科学研究所和斯克里普斯研究所 院教师们的研究都是国际公认的 成就和培养研究生谁拥有长期的记录 从事了卓有成效的职业到目前为止，我们有11名毕业生 计划谁拥有学术地位作为独立的调查人员在杰出的 学术机构，4人是生物技术公司的调查人员， 其他人目前正在博士后培训期结束。这个程序 是跨学科的，涉及来自UCSD医学院的教师， 加州大学圣地亚哥分校的内分泌学，生理学，药理学， 细胞和分子医学，化学，以及基因表达， 神经系统和索尔克研究所的肽生物学实验室。 研究生将学习现代研究方法，概念和 适用于分子、细胞生物学、基因组学、遗传学和 生物化学，并将获得文学和基础的广泛背景 这些领域的科学。正式课程，实验室实践经验，以及 与项目教员的密切互动也将使学员为 在这门学科里教书。我们希望有机会 继续这项非常成功的博士前培训资助。 受训人员：每年8名学生，具有生物学学士学位或 化学，将被录取为博士。程序.他们将从 根据平均分、GRE成绩和面试，约100名申请人 与教师和高级研究生。所有成功的申请者都是 希望在细胞生物学和生物化学方面有很强的背景。研究生 学生将被引导到分子内分泌学的职业生涯， 神经内分泌学或神经生物学研究，并鼓励发展技能 在写作、教学和口头报告方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Purpose and Program Characteristics: This is a Continuation Grant for a program that has successfully trained graduate students in the fields of molecular and cellular endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, and neurobiology for the past 15 years. The strength of the program is the outstanding core faculty and the unusually rich research environment provided by the University of California, San Diego, the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, and the Scripps Research Institute. The faculty are all internationally recognized for their research accomplishments and have long records of training graduate students who have gone on to a very productive careers. Thus far, we have 11 graduates of this program who have academic positions as independent investigators in outstanding academic institutions, and 4 who are investigators in biotech companies, with others currently at the end of their postdoctoral training period. This program is interdisciplinary, involving faculty from UCSD's School of Medicine, and the UCSD's Department and Divisions of Endocrinology, Physiology, Pharmacology, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and Chemistry, as well as Gene Expression, Neural Systems, and the Peptide Biology Laboratories at the Salk Institute. Graduate students will learn modern research approaches, concepts and techniques applicable to molecular, cell biology, genomics, genetics and biochemistry, and will acquire a broad background of the literature and basic science of these fields. Formal courses, hands-on laboratory experience, and intensive interaction with program faculty will also prepare trainees for teaching in this discipline. We hope to be permitted the opportunity to continue this highly successful predoctoral training grant. Trainees: Eight students per year, with bachelor degrees in biology or chemistry, will be admitted to the Ph.D. program. They will be selected from about 100 applicants on the basis of point average, GRE scores, and interviews with faculty and advanced graduate students. All successful applicants are expected to have strong backgrounds in cell biology and biochemistry. Graduate students will be directed toward careers in molecular endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, or neurobiology research and encouraged to develop skills in writing, teaching and oral presentation.