Experimental Immunology Training Grant

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份继续支持芝加哥洛约拉大学斯特里奇医学院“实验免疫学”多学科培训计划的建议书。来自微生物学和免疫学系、细胞生物学、神经生物学和解剖学系、医学系、外科-烧伤休克创伤系、病理学系和肿瘤学研究所的12名资金充足的教职员工在淋巴细胞发育和激活、细胞转化、病毒进入、粘膜免疫、疫苗开发和免疫紊乱方面拥有积极的研究计划。Katherine Knight博士是微生物学和免疫学系教授兼主任，她是一位备受尊敬的分子免疫学家，具有丰富的学术培训经验，她将担任培训项目主任。一个培训计划委员会和两名外部顾问将协助奈特博士。培训计划委员会将监督该计划，遴选博士前和博士后学员，并审查学员的进展情况。外部顾问将提供一般方案监督。博士前实习生将主要从完成第一年或第二年学习后通过微生物学和免疫学系或分子生物学跨学科计划录取的博士生中挑选。学员将在第一学期选修核心课程，包括分子生物化学、细胞生物学、系统生物学和生物医学研究方法等课程。随后，他们将参加一系列教学课程，包括免疫学课程和至少一门免疫学专题课程。预计学生将在生物化学、细胞生物学、分子遗传学和免疫学方面拥有丰富的知识。非常重视口语和书面沟通能力的培养。博士后实习生将在参与项目的教职员工的实验室接受培训。所有受训人员和项目教职员工都将参加每周一次的免疫学杂志俱乐部和微生物学和免疫学系以及肿瘤学研究所的免疫学研讨会。该提案包括一项招募少数族裔和经济代表性不足个人的战略。该项目的所有教职员工都致力于在研究和教学方面做到卓越。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal for continued support for a multidisciplinary training program in "Experimental Immunology" at Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine. Twelve well-funded faculty members with active research programs in molecular mechanisms of lymphocyte development and activation, cell transformation, virus entry, mucosal immunity, vaccine development and immunologic disorders have been assembled from the Department of Microbiology & Immunology; Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy; Medicine; Surgery-Burn Shock Trauma; Pathology; and the Oncology Institute. Dr. Katherine Knight, Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology, is a highly regarded molecular immunologist with extensive academic training experience, and she will be the Training Program Director. A Training Program Committee and two outside consultants will assist Dr. Knight. The Training Program Committee will oversee the program, select pre-doctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and review the progress of the trainees. The outside consultants will provide general programmatic oversight. The pre-doctoral trainees will be primarily selected from the pool of Ph.D. graduate students matriculated through the Department of Microbiology & Immunology or the interdisciplinary Program in Molecular Biology after they have completed their first or second year of study. Trainees will take a Core Curriculum during the 1st semester, comprised of courses in Molecular Biochemistry, Cellular Biology, Systems Biology, and Methods in Biomedical Research. Subsequently, they will take a series of didactic courses including an immunology course and a minimum of one Topics in Immunology course. Students are expected to become knowledgeable in biochemistry, cell biology, molecular genetics, as well as immunology. Strong emphasis is placed on developing both oral and written communication skills. Post-doctoral trainees will receive their training in laboratories of the participating program faculty. All trainees and program faculty are expected to attend the weekly Immunology Journal Club and Immunology Seminars in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and in the Oncology Institute. A strategy to recruit minority and economically underrepresented individuals is included in the proposal. All members of the program faculty are committed to excellence in both research and teaching.