Training in Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis

描述（由申请人提供）：对病毒感染有更深入的了解是一个持续而迫切的需求，因此，在美国和世界需要一个强大的病毒学研究社区。爱荷华大学病毒学培训计划的目的是培养年轻科学家成为该研究界富有成效的成员。爱荷华大学的病毒学培训基金有两方面的帮助。首先，它促进了博士生在病毒学研究方面的严格训练。其次，它促进了爱荷华大学对病毒学感兴趣的学生和教师之间的互动。通过为研究生提供津贴和旅费，培训补助金将有助于招收对病毒学感兴趣的学生。通过建立课程要求，包括病毒学社区的研究和文献研讨会以及病毒学培训课程的合作教学，培训补助金将促进爱荷华大学及其他地区更大的病毒学社区的互动。有十名病毒学培训基金的教员他们代表了广泛的研究兴趣从研究病毒复制的分子和细胞生物学的基本过程，到研究宿主动物对病毒感染的反应，再到研究病毒最有效的基因传递机制。我们为五名博士预科研究生在二年级和四年级之间的两年提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a continuing and urgent need for greater understanding of virus infections and, consequently, a need for a robust virology research community in the U.S and the world. The purpose of the Virology Training Program at the University of Iowa is to train young scientists to be productive members of that research community. The Virology Training Grant at the University of Iowa helps in two ways. First, it fosters the rigorous training of PhD students in the study of virology. Second, it promotes interaction among students and faculty interested in virology across the University of Iowa. By providing stipend support and travel funds for graduate students, the Training Grant will facilitate the recruitment of students who are interested in virology. By establishing curriculum requirements that include research and literature seminars for the virology community and the collaborative teaching of virology training courses the Training Grant will promote interaction in the larger virology community at the University of Iowa and beyond. There are ten Virology Training Grant faculty members who represent a wide variety of research interests from study of very basic processes in the molecular and cellular biology of virus replication, to study of host animal responses to virus infection, to study of the most efficient mechanisms for gene delivery by viruses. We seek support for five predoctoral graduate students for two years between their second and fourth years of study. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Virus infections have critical public health relevance because: (i) They are a major cause of human disease, (ii) Their intimate relationship with host cells makes them useful tools for studying normal cellular functions, (iii) They are vehicles for gene delivery in remedial gene therapy and vaccine development. There is a need to train scientists who can meet the public health threat and exploit opportunities presented by viruses.