Mentoring a Cancer Genetics Program

本次COBRE更新申请的目标是继续发展癌症遗传学领域有前途的初级研究人员的研究事业，并在该领域建立核心项目实力。职业发展将利用强大的核心研究导师，他们将提供职业发展建议以及科学发展和实验室管理方面的实用建议。COBRE的五个项目集中在几个重叠的主题上，这些主题有助于我们理解遗传不稳定性、细胞炎症和细胞对这些因素的反应。除了一项提案外，所有提案都特别关注研究癌症的小鼠模型，所有项目都具有高度的翻译相关性。COBRE的内部咨询委员会由导师和核心董事组成，他们都坚定地致力于该项目，并有杰出的研究和指导记录。此外，一个杰出的外部顾问委员会将参与指导和评估初级研究人员和COBRE项目本身的进展，这些顾问具有杰出的研究生涯和青年科学家的职业发展记录。职业发展将包括一系列的项目会议，接触教学拨款写作会议，以及研讨会，为初级教师和路易斯安那州癌症研究联盟（LCRC）的其他成员建立一个高度协作的环境。COBRE还为我们的科学家提供了出色的核心设施开发，以便为他们提供新的实验。LCRC为杜兰大学、路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心和泽维尔大学的癌症研究提供了一个杰出的跨学科和跨机构的环境。LCRC由长期的州烟草税资助，其明确目标是竞争NCI指定为新奥尔良的癌症中心。在接下来的几年里，LCRC提供了出色的招聘，一个专门用于LCRC的新大楼和一系列运行良好的核心设施。这个COBRE代表了LCRC的核心，为我们在卡特里娜飓风后的重建做出了巨大贡献，并提供了一个框架，帮助指导整个LCRC的指导和发展。

The objective of this COBRE renewal application is to continue to develop the research careers of promising junior investigators In Cancer Genetics and to build core Programmatic strength in this area. Career development will utilize a strong core of research mentors who will provide career development advice as well as sound practical advice on scientific development and lab management. The five projects in this COBRE focus one several overlapping themes that contribute to our understanding of genetic instability, cellular inflammation, and the cell's responses to these factors. All but one of the proposals specifically focus on mouse models for studying cancer, and all projects have a high translational relevance. An internal advisory committee composed of mentors and core directors for this COBRE are all strongly committed to the program, and have outstanding research and mentoring records. In addition, a prominent board of external advisors with outstanding research careers and track records of career development for junior scientists will participate in both the guidance and evaluation of the progress of the junior investigators and the COBRE program itself. Career development will involve a series of program meetings, exposure to didactic grant-writing sessions, and seminars to develop a highly collaborative environment for both the junior faculty, as well as other members of the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC). The COBRE also provides outstanding core facility development for our scientists to make new experiments available to them. The LCRC provides an outstanding interdisiplinary and interinstitutional environment for cancer research involving Tulane Univerisy, LSU Heath Sciences Center and Xavier University. The LCRC is funded by a long-term state tobacco tax with the express goal of competing for NCI designation as a cancer center in New Orleans. The LCRC provides outstanding recruitment in the next few years, a new building dedicated to the LCRC and a series of well-operated core facilities. This COBRE represents the centerpiece of the LCRC and contributed strongly to our rebuilding post-Katrina as well as providing the framework that helps guide mentoring and development throughout the LCRC.