SBU Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program

描述(由申请者提供)：本提案要求为石溪大学(SBU)的博士后化学生物学培训计划提供资金。这一跨学科和跨部门的课程为从四个参与单元中挑选出来的博士生提供化学生物学培训机会：生物化学和结构生物学、化学、分子遗传学和微生物学以及分子和细胞药理学研究生课程。参与的教师导师(29人)的研究兴趣包括传染病、癌症和毒理学、免疫学、发育生物学、能量收集、细胞信号、有机合成、物理有机化学、酶学和材料化学。受训者接受化学和生物原理和技术方面的教育，核心课程为跨学科的三学期化学生物学课程序列。所有学员和导师都参加了化学生物学和药物发现研究所的年度研讨会和海报会议。这种静修是培养学生和教职员工之间广泛互动的途径之一，学员群体保持着凝聚力。学生在学年期间每月与项目主任或导师共进午餐一次，作为职业反馈、项目评估和双向反馈的论坛。受训者参加他们的家庭研究生计划、研究俱乐部和系列研讨会，以拓宽他们的知识和网络机会，超越培训计划。在四年级，实习生与新闻学教师合作，将他们以前准备的研究演讲转化为非科学家可以理解和欣赏的演讲，并在社区外联论坛上展示最引人注目的内容。实习生邀请外部研讨会演讲者。对负责任的研究行为的指导主要是通过参加“科学诚信”课程进行的。招募代表不足的群体是通过SBU AGEP暑期本科生研究计划和广泛的外展来实现的。参加CBI培训方案的导师人数为29人，第一年申请4个资助职位，随后几年申请8个资助职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funding for the predoctoral Chemical Biology Training Program at Stony Brook University (SBU). This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental Program offers chemical biology training opportunities for Ph.D. students selected from four participating units: the Biochemistry & Structural Biology, the Chemistry, the Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, and the Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology graduate programs. Participating faculty mentors (29) have research interests in infectious disease, cancer and toxicology, immunology, developmental biology, energy-harvesting, cell-signaling, organic synthesis, physical organic chemistry, enzymology, and materials chemistry. Trainees are educated in the principles and techniques of both chemistry and biology with a core interdisciplinary three-semester Chemical Biology course sequence. All trainees and mentors participate in the Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery annual symposium and poster session. This retreat is one avenue by which extensive interactions between students and faculty are fostered and the trainee group maintains a cohesive identity. The students meet for lunch with a Program Director or Mentor once per month during the academic year as a forum for feedback on careers, program assessment and two-way feedback. Trainees participate in their home graduate program research clubs and seminar series to broaden their knowledge and networking opportunities beyond the training program. In their fourth year, trainees work with Journalism faculty to convert their previously prepared research talks to presentations that non-scientists can understand and appreciate with the most compelling to be presented in a community outreach forum. Trainees invite outside seminar speakers. Instruction in the responsible conduct of research is carried out primarily through participation the course, "Scientific Integrity". Recruitment of underrepresented groups is achieved through the SBU AGEP summer undergraduate research programs and extensive outreach. The number of mentors participating in the CBI Training Program is 29 and four funded positions are requested in the first year and eight funded positions are requested in subsequent years.