Basic Immune Mechanisms

描述（由申请人提供）：这是我们目前的免疫学培训项目的竞争延续，该项目自1984年以来一直得到资助。该项目是一个免疫学前、博士后联合培养项目。博士预科生将在培训结束后获得博士学位。由于教师人数增加了，我们相信我们有足够的申请人和培训机会来支持5名博士研究生。此外，我们要求增加1个插槽，由NC A&T提供资金。该培训项目主要以微生物和免疫学系为基础，实验室位于Lineberger综合癌症中心、皮肤病学系、神经病学系、牙科研究中心（口腔生物学项目）、遗传学和分子生物学、神经科学中心和医学系。前博士后和博士后的培训都将在这些实验室进行。该培训计划在免疫遗传学和免疫反应调节领域尤其强大。受训者的研究费用由培训教员的研究经费承担，受训者的研究通常以与培训教员共同作者的身份出现。招收医师、兽医及其他学科博士为博士后。在内科和风湿病学的培训项目中，将认真努力吸引医师培训生。博士后培训将是个人的，根据受训者的不同，可能包括课程工作和实验室研究的结合。培训可以在多个实验室进行。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This Is a competing continuation for our current training program in immunology that has been continuously funded since 1984. The program is a combined pre- and postdoctoral training program in immunology. Predoctoral students will receive the Ph.D. at the end of the training. Since the faculty have increased we believe that we have both the applicant pool and the training opportunity to support 5 predocs. In addition we are requesting 1 additional slot, to be funded at NC A&T. This training program is primarily based in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and laboratories are located in the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Department of Dermatology, Department of Neurology, the Dental Research Center (Oral Biology Program), Genetics and Molecular Biology, the Neurosciences Center and the Department of Medicine. The training for both pre- and postdoctoral fellows will take place in those laboratories. This training program is particularly strong in the areas of immunogenetics and regulation of the immune response. The research costs of the trainees are born by the research grants of the training faculty and research performed by the trainees normally appears as a joint author with the training faculty members. Physicians, veterinarians, and Ph.D.s in other disciplines will be recruited as postdoctoral trainees. Serious effort will be made to attract physician trainees by publicity among training programs in internal medicine, and in rheumatology. Postdoctoral training will be individual and, depending on the trainee, may consist of a combination of course work as well as laboratory research. Training may occur in more than a single laboratory. RELEVANCE: We are requesting funds to continue training of immunologists. A unique feature of this proposal is the close partnership with NC A&T for the recruitment of minority scientists into PhD programs. This program will aid in not only development of the next generation of scientists and furthers the future diversity of science.