Training for Future Biotechnology Development

描述(由申请者提供)：明尼苏达大学的这个生物技术培训项目已经存在了15年。该计划汇集了与生物技术相关的不同学科的有天赋的受训者和教员培训者，并创造了一种创新的、跨学科的研究和教育努力。在这次续签申请中，我们建议继续成功地培训未来的生物技术科学领军人物。下一个培训赠款期间的重点将是将系统分析方法应用于生物过程。这是一个对未来生物技术创新和发现至关重要的领域，也是一个非常适合我们培训教师的专业知识的领域。在未来五年，我们将加强跨学科教育和培训，带头开设新的跨学科课程“生物过程的系统分析”和“生物数学”，并让学员沉浸在生物学夏令营和跨学科工作坊、研讨会和务虚会中。已经建立了各种机制，帮助学员通过实习和其他行业互动获得实用的“现实世界”生物技术观点。我们继续在我们的培训方案中强调文化和种族多样性，采取措施促进来自代表性不足种族群体的受训人员。具体来说，建立了暑期访问教授计划，邀请教职员工和学生参加暑期培训计划。对负责任的研究行为进行强制性培训。此外，我们将继续强调通过我们的国际交流项目让我们的学员具有全球视野。拟议的培训计划将培养出全面发展的博士工程师和科学家，以引领我国未来几代生物技术的进步。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Biotechnology training program at the University of Minnesota has been in existence for fifteen years. This program has brought together gifted trainees and faculty trainers from diverse disciplines that interface with biotechnology, and has created an innovative, interdisciplinary research and educational endeavor. In this renewal application, we propose to continue our success in training future scientific leaders in biotechnology. An emphasis in the next training grant period will be on the application of systems analysis approaches to biological processes. It is an area of critical importance to future innovations and discoveries in biotechnology, and represents an area that is uniquely suited for the combined expertise of our training faculty. During the next five years, we will intensify our interdisciplinary education and training by spearheading efforts to create new interdisciplinary courses "Systems Analysis of Biological Processes" and "Biological Mathematics", and to immerse our trainees in a Biology summer camp and in cross disciplinary workshops, symposia and retreats. Mechanisms are already in place to facilitate trainee's gaining practical "real world" biotechnology perspectives through internships and other industrial interactions. We continue to emphasize cultural and racial diversity in our training program by implementing measures to facilitate inclusion of trainees from underrepresented racial groups. Specifically a summer visiting professor program is established to invite faculty members and the students to join the training program in the summer. Mandatory training for responsible research conduct is in place. Furthermore, we will continue to emphasize giving our trainees a global perspective through our international exchange program. The proposed training program will produce well rounded Ph.D. engineers and scientists to lead our country's biotechnology advances in future generations.