NIGMS MARC Predoctoral Fellowship

口腔生物学是一个充满活力和有趣的生物医学研究领域。口腔可以作为一个关键的调节系统的健康。我选择这个领域的主要原因是因为它是一个多学科的领域，融合了细胞和分子生物学，化学和物理学。我认为多学科方面已经让我接触到不同的观点和方法来解决研究中的问题。北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的口腔生物学项目进一步分为三个分支，即细胞外基质，宿主发病机制和神经科学。每个学生都接触到该计划的所有三个分支机构的研究，并允许他们选择他们想在哪个分支机构做论文项目。我感兴趣的具体领域是宿主的发病机制。我目前还没有选择一个实验室来做论文项目，但是我所有的实验室轮换都是在口腔生物学项目宿主病原体分支下指定的实验室。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Oral Biology is a dynamic and interesting field for biomedical research. The oral cavity can serve as a key modulator for systemic health. The main reason why I chose this field is because it is a multidisciplinary field that incorporates cellular and molecular biology, chemistry, and physics. I believe that the multidisciplinary aspect has so far exposed me to different viewpoints and approaches to solve problems in research. The Oral Biology program at UNC at Chapel Hill is further divided into three branches which are Extracellular Matrices, Host Pathogenesis, and Neuroscience. Each student is exposed to research in all three branches of the program and is allowed to choose in which branch would they like to do a thesis project. The specific area of interest to me is host pathogenesis. I have not chosen a lab at the moment to do a thesis project, however all of the my laboratory rotations have been in labs specified under the host pathogens branch of the Oral Biology program.