Training in Molecular Virology and Viral Pathogenesis

描述(由申请者提供)：对病毒感染有持续和迫切的了解，因此，在美国和世界上需要一个强大的病毒学研究社区。爱荷华大学病毒学培训计划的目的是培养年轻科学家成为该研究社区的富有成效的成员。爱荷华大学的病毒学培训补助金在两个方面提供了帮助。首先，它促进了博士生在病毒学研究方面的严格培训。其次，它促进了整个爱荷华大学对病毒学感兴趣的学生和教职员工之间的互动。通过为研究生提供津贴支持和旅行资金，培训补助金将促进招收对病毒学感兴趣的学生。通过建立课程要求，包括为病毒学社区举办研究和文学研讨会，以及合作教授病毒学培训课程，培训补助金将促进爱荷华大学及其他地区更大的病毒学社区的互动。有10名病毒学培训助学金教员，他们代表了广泛的研究兴趣，从研究病毒复制的分子和细胞生物学中的非常基本的过程，到研究宿主动物对病毒感染的反应，再到研究病毒传递基因的最有效机制。我们寻求资助五名博士前研究生，在他们的第二年和第四年的学习之间的两年。 相关性(请参阅说明)：病毒感染具有危急

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is a continuing and urgent need for greater understanding of virus infections and, consequently, a need for a robust virology research community in the U.S and the world. The purpose of the Virology Training Program at the University of Iowa is to train young scientists to be productive members of that research community. The Virology Training Grant at the University of Iowa helps in two ways. First, it fosters the rigorous training of PhD students in the study of virology. Second, it promotes interaction among students and faculty interested in virology across the University of Iowa. By providing stipend support and travel funds for graduate students, the Training Grant will facilitate the recruitment of students who are interested in virology. By establishing curriculum requirements that include research and literature seminars for the virology community and the collaborative teaching of virology training courses the Training Grant will promote interaction in the larger virology community at the University of Iowa and beyond. There are ten Virology Training Grant faculty members who represent a wide variety of research interests from study of very basic processes in the molecular and cellular biology of virus replication, to study of host animal responses to virus infection, to study of the most efficient mechanisms for gene delivery by viruses. We seek support for five predoctoral graduate students for two years between their second and fourth years of study. RELEVANCE (See instructions): Virus infections have critical