Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：这项国家研究服务奖申请寻求资金，以继续成功的生物物理学跨学科培训计划。在迅速发展的生物技术行业中，对生物系统和分子生物学工具的知识，以及对物理科学的工具和概念的知识的生物物理学家的需求日益增加。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校(UNC-CH)位于世界主要生物技术研发中心之一的研究三角地带的顶端。北卡罗来纳州大学分子和细胞生物物理学培训计划(MCBP)将来自10个系(生物化学和生物物理学、生物学、细胞生物学和解剖学、化学、计算机科学、药物化学、微生物学、药理学、生理学和物理学)的38名教职员工的可考虑的培训资源引导到北卡罗来纳州和国家对受过生物物理学培训的科学家的需求。MCBP为一批研究生提供了由这个多样化和优秀的教员提供的全方位的培训机会。拟议培训计划的目标是1)吸引有才华的研究生将物理和定量科学的方法和概念应用于生物学的关键问题；2)为培训这一多样化的研究生群体提供灵活的工具；3)促进互动，并改善研究三角地区的培训和研究环境。为了实现这些目标，开发了一套独特但灵活的课程，并将其与现有课程相结合，以使受训人员能够满足各个部门对博士学位的要求，承认对生物物理学的重视。计划赞助的活动和研究设施鼓励整个北卡罗来纳大学和研究三角地区存在一个充满活力和连贯的生物物理学社区。这一课程和培训活动方案已与传统的部门结构相结合，以加强但不扩大北卡罗来纳大学--CH分校的研究生培训。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This National Research Service Award application seeks funds to continue a successful interdisciplinary training program in biophysics. Biophysicists with knowledge both of bio-systems and the tools of molecular biology but also of the tools and concepts of the physical sciences are increasingly in demand in the rapidly evolving biotechnology industry. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) is located at one apex of the Research Triangle, one of the world's principal centers of biotechnology research and development. The UNC Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Training Program (MCBP) channels the consider-able training resources of 38 faculty persons from 10 departments (Biochemistry & Biophysics, Biology, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Chemistry, Computer Science, Medicinal Chemistry, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Physics) at UNC-CH towards meeting North Carolina's and the nation's need for scientists trained in biophysics. The MCBP offers to a single cohort of graduate students the full spectrum of training opportunities provided by this diverse and excellent faculty. The aims of the proposed training program are 1] to attract talented graduate students to apply the methods and concepts of the physical and quantitative sciences to key problems in biology; 2] to provide a flexible vehicle for training this diverse group of graduate students; and 3] to foster interactions and enhance the training and research environment in the Research Triangle area. To accomplish these aims, an unique but flexible set of courses has been developed and blended with existing courses so as to allow trainees to satisfy individual departmental requirements for a Ph.D. that acknowledges Emphasis in Biophysics. Program-sponsored activities and research facilities encourage the existence of a vibrant and coherent biophysics community throughout the UNC-CH campus and the Research Triangle. This program of courses and training activities has been integrated with traditional departmental structures in a way that enhances but does not expand graduate training at UNC-CH.