Minnesota Training Program in Virology

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一份修订后的申请，用于支持明尼苏达大学病毒学博士前培训项目。在病毒学领域的培训补助金的具体需要已经出现了一个充满活力和充满活力的明尼苏达大学教师，谁是分子病毒学研究所（IMV）的所有成员的努力。 这个培训补助金申请的主要目标是吸引和教育有兴趣追求独立研究生涯的博士前学生。参与该培训计划的12名导师代表了高级和初级教师的高度热情的混合物，他们强烈致力于培养病毒学博士前学生。所有参与的导师都接受过至少1个博士学位的培训并毕业。学生和所有人都有当前联邦拨款支持他们的研究计划。几位导师在他们的研究领域是有成就的领导者，而其他人则是后起之秀。该培训计划的首要研究主题是病毒与宿主细胞的相互作用，其中包括1）病毒复制和限制的机制和2）分子发病机制。寻求病毒学培训的博士前学生参加微生物学，免疫学和癌症生物学（MICaB）研究生课程或分子，细胞和结构生物学（MCSB）研究生课程。学生将参加细胞和分子生物学的研究生课程，并获得严格和密集的病毒学课程。博士预科生将从MICaB和MCSB学生的游泳池中选择这个培训计划，通常在他们的第二或第三年的培训，通过竞争性选拔过程。学生将获得长达3年的支持。由培训计划支持的学生将参加IMV研究进展会议，IMV小组会议，病毒学杂志俱乐部，IMV系列讲座和年度IMV研讨会。学员预计将在4-5年内完成论文研究，在知名病毒学期刊上发表论文，并在领先的研究机构进行博士后培训。 相关性：该培训计划与公共卫生有关，因为它支持年轻科学家的职业发展，他们将帮助开发新的抗病毒药物和病毒性疾病疫苗。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised application for support of a predoctoral training program in Virology at the University of Minnesota. The specific need for a training grant in the area of Virology has arisen from the efforts of an energetic and dynamic group of University of Minnesota faculty, who are all members of the Institute for Molecular Virology (IMV). The primary goal of this training grant application is to attract and educate predoctoral students with an interest in pursuing an independent research career. The 12 preceptors involved in this training program represent a highly enthusiastic mixture of senior and more junior faculty members that are strongly committed to the training of predoctoral students in Virology. All of the participating preceptors have trained and graduated at least 1 Ph.D. student and all have current federal grant support for their research programs. Several of the preceptors are accomplished leaders in their research areas, while others are rising stars. The overarching research theme of the training program is virus-host cell interactions, which encompasses 1) mechanisms of viral replication and restriction and 2) molecular pathogenesis. Predoctoral students who seek training in Virology enroll in the Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology (MlCaB) Graduate Program or the Molecular, Cellular and Structural Biology (MCSB) Graduate Program. Students will take graduate level courses in cell and molecular biology and obtain rigorous and intensive coursework in Virology. Predoctoral students will be chosen for this training program from a pool of MICaB and MCSB students, typically in their second or third year of training, by a competitive selection process. Students will be supported for up to 3 years. Students supported by the training program will participate in IMV research-in-progress meetings, IMV subgroup meetings, a virology journal club, an IMV lecture series, and the annual IMV Symposium. Trainees are expected to complete their dissertation research in 4-5 years, publish their work in high-profile virology journals, and pursue postdoctoral training at leading research institutions. RELEVANCE: This training program is relevant to public health as it supports career development of young scientists who will help develop new antiviral drugs and vaccines for viral diseases.