Training in Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology

描述(由申请人提供)： 南加州大学的遗传、分子和细胞生物学培训计划将为学生在跨学科生物医学研究和相关职业中的职业生涯做好准备。在整个博士培训和研究过程中，受训者将与从事生物医学和生物学研究的所有领域的学生和教职员工进行互动。他们可以从南加州大学至少9个不同的博士项目中挑选一名研究导师，这些项目涵盖整个生物医学和生物研究领域。在他们的课程和培训计划活动中，他们将与来自许多不同项目的教职员工和学生互动，从而形成联系，这将促进跨学科互动和研究方法。培训计划的学生将至少参加一门关于计算方法的正式课程，以提高他们将复杂的计算技能应用于他们的研究的兴趣和能力，无论是作为主要技术还是辅助技术。这最后的机会将利用我们大学的特殊优势领域，使学生为复杂数据集的定量处理这一新的重点做好准备，这在生物医学和生物学研究中正变得越来越重要。除了在生物医学和生物科学的其他领域拥有广泛的优势外，南加州大学在将计算方法应用于复杂基因组研究和分子癌症流行病学领域方面，拥有世界上最好的教职员工队伍。学员还将参加各种关于教学和其他职业机会的讲习班。参加培训计划的大多数学生在他们研究生院的头三年将得到该计划的支持，并将继续参加计划活动，直到他们完成博士学位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Southern California Training Program in Genetic, Molecular and Cellular Biology will prepare students for careers in interdisciplinary biomedical research and related occupations. Throughout their doctoral training and research, trainees will interact with students and faculty engaged in research from the entire spectrum of biomedical and biological research. They may select a research mentor from at least 9 different Ph.D. programs at USC spanning the entire universe of biomedical and biological research. In their courses and Training Program activities they will interact with faculty and students from many different programs and thereby form connections which will foster interdisciplinary interactions and approaches to research. Students in the Training Program will take at least one formal course in computational methods to promote their interest in and ability to apply sophisticated computational skills to their research, either as primary or supporting technology. This last opportunity will take advantage of areas of special strength at our University to prepare students for the new emphasis on quantitative treatments of complex data sets which is becoming increasingly important in biomedical and biological research. In addition to its broad strengths in other areas of the biomedical and biological sciences, the University of Southern California has faculty groups who rank among the best in the world in the application of computational methods to the study of complex genomes and in the field of molecular cancer epidemiology. Trainees will also participate in a variety of workshops on teaching and other career opportunities. Most students participating in the Training Program will be supported by the Program during their first three years in graduate school and will continue to participate in program activities until the completion of their Ph.D. degree.