Developmental Biology Training Program

申请者描述(由申请人提供)：本申请旨在为获得博士学位并在发育生物学的研究和教学领域提供专业职业发展的培训项目提供资金。在一个包括大约78名研究生和45名博士后实习生的方案中，需要为8个博士后职位提供支持。该计划强调在培训教师的指导下进行个性化研究培训。一些学生有合作顾问和研究项目，将两个实验室的研究专业知识整合在一起，说明了该项目的合作性质。每个博士前学生都由一个教师委员会提供建议，该委员会指导学生完成高度个性化的培训计划；该委员会每年至少召开一次会议，此外还有许多非正式会议(例如，当学生介绍期刊俱乐部或研究研讨会时)，结果是对学生的进步进行出色的监督，并创造一个支持和培养学生的环境。 16名培训教员直接参与了该计划。他们都是生物系或化学系的成员，也是分子生物学研究所(9名教员)、神经科学研究所(6名教员)或这两个研究所(1名教员)的成员。俄勒冈大学的研究机构为有共同兴趣的实验室提供了密切的联系，促进了互动研究和研究生培训。这些研究所支持共享的专业研究设施--如基因组和蛋白质组学中心、单抗中心和生物光学中心--所有这些设施都配备了专家人员，他们可以为学生提供技术培训和实验设计方面的帮助。各研究所参与这一计划，为发育生物学提供了一种跨学科的方法，从结构生物学/蛋白质组学到计算生物学，再到细胞生物学和神经科学。这种培训的广度与学生在所在实验室接受的高度专注的项目导向型培训很好地结合在一起，导致了创造性科学家的培养，他们将能够开发自己的一流研究项目，从而加强国家在发育生物学方面的资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is to renew funding for a training program leading to the Ph.D. degree and providing for professional careers in research and teaching in developmental biology. Support is requested for eight predoctoral positions, within a program that includes approximately 78 graduate students and 45 postdoctoral trainees. The program emphasizes individualized research training under the mentorship of the training faculty. A number of students have co-advisors and research programs that integrate the research expertise in two laboratories, illustrating the collaborative nature of the program. Each predoctoral student is advised by a faculty committee that guides the student through a highly individualized training program; the committee meets at least once every year, in addition to many informal meetings (e.g., when the student presents journal clubs or research seminars), resulting in excellent monitoring of the student's progress and the creation of a supportive and nurturing environment. Sixteen training faculty directly participate in the program. All hold appointments in the Departments of Biology or Chemistry as well as being members in the Institute of Molecular Biology (nine faculty), Institute of Neuroscience (six faculty), or both Institutes (one faculty). The University of Oregon's research institutes provide a close association for laboratories with common interests, facilitating interactive research, and graduate training. The Institutes support shared specialized research facilities - such as the Genomics and Proteomics Center, Monoclonal Antibody Center, and Bio-Optic Center - all staffed with expert personnel who are available to the students for technological training and assistance in experimental design. Involvement of the Institutes in this program provides an interdisciplinary approach to developmental biology that ranges from structural biology/proteomics to computational biology to cell biology and to neuroscience. This breadth of training combines well with the highly focused project-oriented training the students receive in their host laboratories, leading to the training of creative scientists who will be able to develop their own first-rate research programs, thereby strengthening the national resource in developmental biology.