Cell and Molocular Biology Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校建议继续细胞和分子生物学（CMB）的培训计划。该项目将培养优秀的学生在广泛的跨学科计划集中在四个主要和相关的研究领域：1)核酸生物学，2)细胞结构动力学，3)信号转导和4)细胞生长和分化调控。导师来自医学院或文理学院的八个系。学生将在参与项目的院系之一或三个跨院系项目（神经生物学、毒理学或遗传学）之一获得博士学位。学生将参加细胞生物学和分子生物学的必修课程，并参加一个研讨会课程，重点是评估RO1应用程序，解决与该计划主题一致的问题。学生还将参加CMB讨论组、CMB系列研讨会和年度研究静修。除了注重研究和解决问题外，我们还将提供职业指导，培养优秀的沟通、指导和教学技能。我们将为学生提供旅费和小额研究津贴，以鼓励和促进合作研究。总体目标是帮助学生从广阔的角度看待细胞和分子生物学中的问题，并鼓励他们运用创造性的多学科方法来解决这些问题。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校CMB项目的毕业生将为从事生物医学研究和教学工作做好准备，并为解决后基因组时代的复杂生物学问题做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill proposes to continue the training program in Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB). This program will train outstanding students in a broad interdisciplinary program focused on four major and related areas of research: 1) Nucleic acid biology, 2) dynamics of cell structure, 3) Signal Transduction, and 4) Regulation of Cell Growth and Differentiation. Preceptors come from eight departments in the School of Medicine or College of Arts and Sciences. The students will receive their Ph.D. degree in one of the participating departments or in one of three interdepartmental programs (Neurobiology, Toxicology, or Genetics). Students will take required courses in cell biology and molecular biology and a seminar course focusing on the evaluation of RO1 applications addressing questions consistent with the themes of the program. Students will also participate in CMB Discussion Group, a CMB Seminar Series and an annual research retreat. In addition to our focus on research and problem solving, we will provide career guidance and foster the development of excellent communication, mentoring and teaching skills. We will provide students with travel funds and a small research allowance to encourage and promote collaborative research. The overall goal is to help students view problems in cell and molecular biology from a broad perspective and to encourage them to apply a creative, multidisciplinary approach to solving these problems. Graduates of the CMB program at UNC-Chapel Hill will be prepared for careers in biomedical research and teaching and will be ready to tackle complex biological problems in the post-genome era.