Molecular Microbiology Training Grant

描述（由申请人提供）：德州大学达拉斯西南医学中心申请继续支持研究生和研究生分子微生物学培训计划（MMTP）。这个MMTP的一个特别吸引人的特点是它从传统的基于项目或部门的培训转变为跨学科的培训，保持了微生物学的方向，同时扩大了培训任务的范围，包括分子和细胞生物学的许多其他方面。24名培训师拥有不同的背景，包括一组有成就记录的知名研究人员和不断扩大的新教员，他们代表着以分子和细胞微生物学为共同主题的跨学科研究项目。培训教员来自9个不同的医学院系/中心。总体目标是培养学生和博士后从事微生物发病机制的分子基础、细胞微生物学、宿主防御机制、疫苗开发和其他相关领域的研究。MMTP每年要求继续资助5个博士预科和2个博士后职位。一般来说，攻读博士学位的活动包括(1)必修课程，辅以多学科选修课；(2)科学道德行为方面的特殊培训；(3)出席和参与研讨会、研究论坛、社交活动和期刊俱乐部；(4)通过“拨款申请”式的资格考试；(5)最终完成博士论文的深入研究。博士后将参加一个“证书项目”，将有机会巩固基本技能，发展独立的科学思维和研究计划，获得专门的写作培训，并学习新的基础科学探究和技术领域（如转化研究）。研究员还将参与教学，在期刊俱乐部和研究研讨会上发表演讲，并为推动科学进步的总体“发酵”做出贡献。我们期望完成本课程的学员能够熟练运用现代方法解决微生物科学中的重要问题，并改进预防和/或治疗干预策略。德州大学西南分校提供了一个优秀的研究环境，在这个环境中继续分子微生物学的进步训练计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): U.T. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas requests continued supported for a graduate and post-graduate Molecular Microbiology Training Program (MMTP). A particularly attractive feature of this MMTP is its departure from conventional program- or departmental-based training to an interdisciplinary program that maintains a microbiology orientation while, at the same time, broadens the scope of the training mission to include many other aspects of molecular and cell biology. The diverse backgrounds of the 24 trainers, comprised of a core group of established investigators with accomplished records and an expanding new faculty, represent interdisciplinary research programs bound by the common theme of molecular and cellular microbiology. The training faculty emanate from nine different medical school departments/centers. The overall objective is to train students and post-doctoral fellows for research careers in the molecular basis of microbial pathogenesis, cellular microbiology, host defense mechanisms, vaccine development, and other related areas. The MMTP requests continued funding for 5 pre-doctoral and 2 post-doctoral positions each year. In general, activities towards the Ph.D. degree include (1) required course work supplemented with multidisciplinary electives, (2) special training in the ethical conduct of science, (3) attendance at and participation in seminars, research forums, socials, and journal clubs, (4) achievement on a "grant application" style qualifying examination, and (5) intensive research culminating in the doctoral dissertation. Post-doctoral fellows will enroll in a "Certificate Program" and will be provided the opportunity to consolidate basic skills, develop independence in scientific thinking and research planning, obtain specialized training in writing, and learn new areas of basic scientific inquiry and technology (e.g., translational research). Fellows also will be involved in teaching, presenting journal clubs and research seminars, and contributing to the general "ferment" that drives scientific progress. We expect that trainees who complete this program will become skilled in applying contemporary approaches to solve important problems in the microbiological sciences, and in improving preventive and/or therapeutic intervention strategies. U.T. Southwestern offers an outstanding research environment in which to continue this progressive training program in molecular microbiology. RELEVANCE (See instructions): The mission of this Molecular Microbiology Training Program (MMTP) is to provide the highest caliber of training to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in many areas of medical microbiology and infectious diseases that are germane to the health and well being of all residents of the United States and other countries throughout the world.