Training Program in Chemistry - Interface with Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：伊利诺伊大学化学科学学院（SCS）建议在化学-生物学接口实施培训计划，每年招收10名博士前学生（52年级和53年级学生）。该计划将通过在课堂和实验室中分享经验，培养出一支拥有共同语言的化学家，化学和生物分子工程师以及生物学家的骨干队伍。该计划的毕业生将准备承担在工业和生物医学的领导职务，并将能够在多学科团队中发挥作用，准备在生物学和医学方面取得重大进展。来自SCS两个部门的二十五名教师和分子与细胞生物学学院的四名教师-化学，化学与生物分子工程，微生物学，生物化学，细胞与结构生物学以及分子与综合生理学-他们在化学-生物学界面工作将担任教师导师。被主办部门博士课程录取的有才华的学生将成为该计划的候选人。他们将在完成该部门的计划和CBI的课程序列的要求后获得他们部门的博士学位。该计划的完成将需要四到五年的时间。未来的学生将从全国大学中招募。 代表性不足的少数民族学生将通过几个UIUC校园为基础的程序（MERGE，HURF，SROP），通过参加SACNAS和ACBRMS会议，通过与MARC程序主任互动，并通过有针对性的伙伴关系与机构有大量的少数民族招生招募。一个生物化学本科浓度也将提供一个管道到全国范围内的CBI培训计划。罗杰亚当斯实验室，化学和生命科学实验室，诺伊斯实验室，以及即将完成的基因组生物学研究所的房子教师实验室，研讨室，学生和制造设施。贝克曼研究所和生物技术中心拥有额外的设施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at the University of Illinois proposes to implement a training program at the Chemistry - Biology interface that will enroll 10 predoctoral students per year (52nd yr and 53rd yr students). The program will, through shared experiences in the classroom and in the laboratory, produce a cadre of chemists, chemical and biomolecular engineers, and biologists who share a common language. Program graduates will be prepared to assume leadership positions in industry and academe and will be capable of functioning in multidisciplinary teams poised to make major advances in biology and medicine. Twenty-five faculty from two departments in the SCS and four in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology - Chemistry, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Cell & Structural Biology, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology- who work at the chemistry-biology interface will serve as faculty mentors. Talented students admitted to the host departments' doctoral programs will form the pool of candidates for the program. They will receive the PhD from their department after completing both the requirements for that department's program and the course sequence for the CBI. Program completion will take between four and five years. Prospective students will be recruited from among universities nationwide. Underrepresented minority students will be recruited through several UIUC campus-based programs (MERGE, HURF, SROP), through attendance at SACNAS and ACBRMS meetings, through interaction with MARC program directors, and through targeted partnerships with institutions having large minority enrollments. A biological-chemistry undergraduate concentration will also provide a pipeline into CBI training programs nationwide. Roger Adams Lab, the Chemistry and Life Sciences Laboratory, Noyes Lab, and the soon-to-be-completed Institute for Genomic Biology house faculty laboratories, seminar rooms, student and fabrication facilities. The Beckman Institute and the Biotechnology Center house additional facilities.