Institutional Training Grant in the Genomic Sciences

描述(由申请人提供)：威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的基因组科学机构培训计划有16个博士后和8个博士后职位。大多数博士前学生将在六个系中的一个接受培训：化学、遗传学、化学工程、生物化学、计算机科学或统计学，其余的在其他相关校园系接受培训。授予学位的系将反映学生的主要取向，基因组学培训计划将扩大课程、研究领域和接触范围，超出单一系的范围。该计划的主要特点包括： 1)重点课程，使来自不同系的学生能够在基因组科学方面取得卓越成绩；2)通过每周研讨会和课程作业计划共同指导，建立教学基础设施；3)指导研究项目共同指导。培训人员代表了14个部门，其中许多部门进行了长期合作，解决基因组和相关的生物医学问题。该大学在基因组学上投入了大量资源，包括招聘5名教员(即将完成)和一座致力于基因组科学的新建筑(占可用空间的50%)，以促进合作并在校园中展示切实的存在。该计划旨在提供基础设施，使学生能够通过课程工作和研究项目，在定义基因组科学的有意义的交叉领域接受培训。该计划旨在培养下一代基因组学家，使他们能够在解决基因组研究中复杂问题的综合方法所需的多个学科之间建立联系。该大学是理想的新的基因组科学培训计划，因为它有强大的计划，跨工程，医学和基础科学学院和合作努力的历史。尽管更多的理论学科，如数学、统计学和计算机科学，显然是必不可少的，但我们必须确保智能阻抗匹配与更多的实验学科一起积极地进行。基因组科学中的尖端研究只有在这一界面融合并因此变得模糊时才会发生。该项目主任David Schwartz教授是基因组学计划的招聘人员，他有十几年培训基因组科学博士后和博士后的经验。管理将通过基因组中心/生物技术中心进行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): An institutional training program in the genomic sciences is proposed for the University of Wisconsin-Madison with 16 predoctoral and 8 postdoctoral positions. Most of the predoctoral students will be trained in one of the six departments: Chemistry, Genetics, Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Computer Science, or Statistics, with the remainder in other relevant campus departments. The department granting the degree will reflect the primary orientation of the student, and the genomics training program will extend the curriculum, research areas and exposure beyond the scope of a single department. The key features of this program will include: 1) A focused curriculum to enable students from diverse departments to attain excellence in genomic science, 2) an instructional infrastructure through weekly seminars and programmatic co-mentoring of coursework, and 3) directed co-mentoring of research projects. The trainers represent 14 departments, and many held long-term collaborations addressing genomic and related biomedical problems. The University has invested significant resources to genomics including 5 faculty hires (which are nearly completed) and a new building dedicated to genomic science (50% of available space) to foster collaborations and to project a tangible presence on campus. The program is designed to provide the infrastructure to enable students to be trained through course work and research projects in meaningful intersections that define the genomic sciences. This program aims to train the next generation of genomicists, enabling them to gain strengths bridging multiple disciplines needed for an integrated approach to solving complex problems in genomics research. The University is ideally poised for a new training program in genomic sciences since it has strong programs across schools of engineering, medicine, and the basic sciences and histories of collaborative efforts. Although the more theoretical disciplines, such as mathematics, statistics, and computer science, are clearly essential, we must ensure that intellectual impedance matching is actively pursued with the more experimental disciplines. Cutting-edge research in genomic science has only occurred when this interface has merged and thus blurred. The Program Director, Prof. David Schwartz, was recruited in the Genomics Initiative and has a dozen years of experience training pre- and postdoctoral trainees in genomic sciences. Administration will be through the Genome Center/Biotechnology Center.