Biotechnology Research Training Grant

描述(由申请人提供)：莱斯大学的生物技术培训计划提供高质量的跨学科培训，为博士生在学术和工业生物技术领域的研究生涯做好准备。它由跨学科的生物科学和生物工程研究所(IBB)管理，教师来自生物化学和细胞生物学、生物工程、化学和化学及生物分子工程。这一培训计划在IBB的存在促进了师生之间的互动，并为教育和研究培训活动提供了关键支持。它一直是一个新的生物工程系发展的核心，该系拥有排名前十的研究生课程。该项目要求的博士前实习生人数为12人。实习生在研究生学习第一年后被挑选出来，根据他们的学术表现、对他们作为研究人员的潜力的评估以及他们对生物技术的兴趣来任命两年的职位。重点是通过外展活动、有针对性的招生和辅导计划，招收和留住来自代表性不足的族裔群体的学生。该计划的受训人员选择生物技术跨学科课程的核心，包括专门为该计划开发的课程序列--“生物技术基础”。学生们还学习负责任的研究行为课程。实习生还参加了领导力研讨会和工业实习。实习生参加特别研讨会，包括一些侧重于工业领域研究的研讨会，旨在帮助他们为实习成功做好准备。一年一度的研究务虚会为学员提供了与彼此、教职员工以及当地生物技术公司高管互动的机会。支持这一计划的物理设施非常出色，都是最近新建或翻新的，2008年该计划将搬到一座新建筑，一个生物技术合作中心，由赖斯、贝勒医学院和M.D.安德森共同占用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Biotechnology Training Program at Rice University provides high quality interdisciplinary training to prepare pre-doctoral trainees for research careers in academic and industrial biotechnology. It is administered by the interdisciplinary Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering (IBB), with faculty mentors from biochemistry & cell biology, bioengineering, chemistry, and chemical & biomolecular engineering. The presence of this training program in IBB has been catalytic for interactions among faculty and students and has provided key support for education and research training activities. It has been central to development of a new Department of Bioengineering, with a top-10 ranked graduate program. The requested number of pre-doctoral trainees for the program is 12. The trainees are selected after their first year of graduate studies for a two-year appointment based on academic performance, assessment of their potential as researchers, and their interests in biotechnology. Emphasis is given to recruiting and retaining students from under-represented ethnic groups through outreach activities, targeted recruiting, and mentoring programs. Trainees in this program take a core of interdisciplinary coursework in biotechnology, including 'Foundations of Biotechnology', a course sequence developed specifically for this program. Students also take a course in Responsible Conduct of Research. Trainees participate in a leadership workshop and an industrial internship as well. Special seminars are attended by trainees, including some seminars focused on research in the industrial setting meant to help prepare them for success on their internships. An annual research retreat provides the trainees with the opportunity to interact with each other, faculty, and with executives from local biotechnology companies. The physical facilities that support this program are outstanding, all either recently constructed or renovated, and in 2008 the program will move to a new building, a collaborative center for biotechnology, jointly occupied by Rice, Baylor College of Medicine, and M.D. Anderson.