Training Program in Developmental Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请寻求支持的发育生物学（DB）培训计划的目标是为来自不同背景的博士前个人提供科学和学术培训，以追求研究事业并成为未来生物医学科学的领导者。DB培训项目将是由威尔康奈尔医学院和纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症研究所联合管理的威尔康奈尔医学科学研究生院项目的一个组成部分。该计划将是跨学科的，并将纳入其9个研究计划中的6个发展生物学研究计划，包括细胞与发育生物学，生物化学与结构生物学，分子生物学，药理学，神经科学，生理学，生物物理学和系统生物学。DB培训计划将包括来自两所大学的44名教师，他们在学术研究和培养博士生和博士后方面具有丰富的集体经验。DB培训计划的研究兴趣由以下五个领域代表：发育遗传学，组织和器官模式，干细胞，发育信号传导和人类发育与疾病。符合条件的学生将由项目主任和四名执行委员会成员根据他们的卓越承诺选出。DB培训计划将包括一个核心课程和选修课程，三个实验室轮转，一个高级发育生物学课程，以及参加研究生研究研讨会。符合条件的DB培训计划学员将在培训的第三和第四年获得津贴和学费支持。在培训期间，学生将由项目主任指导，他们将参加专门的DB培训项目活动，包括邀请演讲者的研讨会，正在进行的研究研讨会和发育生物学研讨会。在过去十年中，从事发育生物学培训计划研究的教师和学生人数稳步增加，目前有38名符合培训补助金的学生，其中5名（13%）是少数民族学生。为了培养追求卓越的学生，总共有八名研究生在第三和第四年接受培训。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The objective of the Developmental Biology (DB) Training Program, for which this application is seeking support, is to provide scientific and academic training to predoctoral individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue investigative careers and become future leaders in the biomedical sciences. The DB Training Program will be an integral but distinct part of the umbrella Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Program, which is jointly administered by the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute. The program will be interdisciplinary and will incorporate research programs in Developmental Biology from six out of its nine Programs of Study, including Cell and Developmental Biology, Biochemistry & Structural Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Neurosciences, and Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology. The DB Training Program will include 44 faculty members from both institutions with strong collective experience in academic research and training of pre- and post-doctoral students. The research interests in the DB Training Program are represented by the following five areas: Developmental Genetics, Patterning of Tissues and Organs, Stems Cells, Signaling in Development, and Human Development and Disease. Eligible students will be selected by the program director and four Executive Committee members, based on their promise of excellence. The DB Training Program will include a core curriculum of courses and electives, three laboratory rotations, an advanced developmental biology course, as well as participation in Graduate Student Research Seminars. Eligible DB Training Program trainees will be selected for stipend and tuition support during Years 3 and 4 of training. During the training the students will be mentored by the program director, and they will attend specialized DB Training Program events, including seminars by invited speakers, Research-in-Progress seminars, and a Developmental Biology Symposium. The number of faculty and students engaged in studies in the Developmental Biology Training Program has steadily increased over the past decade, and presently includes 38 training grant-eligible students, five of whom (13%) are minority students. To provide training of students with a commitment to excellence, support is sought for a total of eight graduate students in their third and fourth year of training.