Training Program in Marine Biotechnology

描述（由申请人提供）：此修订后的培训计划申请将为学生提供一个特殊的机会，在海洋生物技术的组成领域进行跨学科的教育和研究培训，包括天然产物化学，生物化学，基因组学，药理学和医学。此外，这项培训资助将通过在加州大学圣地亚哥分校校园内多个部门的不同实验室以及索尔克研究所和J.克雷格文特研究所培训个别学生来提供跨学科合作研究指导。为完成这项任务，计划有以下目标：(1)提供新的课程设置，在加州大学圣地亚哥分校校园内创建独特的课程，为海洋生物技术多学科领域的研究奠定智力基础；(2)提供一系列由海洋生物技术领域的领导者举办的激动人心的研讨会；(3)提供工业实习机会，拓宽毕业生的教育基础和技术视野；(4)通过年度研讨会、参加各种研究和期刊俱乐部，为学员提供发展研究报告技能的机会；并参加国内和国际会议(5)为特别优秀的学员提供为期2年的竞争性奖励财政支持，以表彰他们卓越的研究工作和才能。该培训计划的基本原理是需要为生物技术行业和学术界培养具有海洋系统及其独特的化学，生物化学和遗传属性的综合知识的学生。据我们所知，这种广泛的培训平台在美国任何其他机构都没有提供，因此我们的毕业生受到追捧，以满足工业界和学术界的独特需求。建议在续期的前两年培养6名博士预科生，后三年培养8名博士预科生，并辅以2名以上学校资助的博士生，以支持学生攻读5年博士课程的第二年和第三年。在海洋生物技术项目的支持下，这些教师和研究力量的集合有助于在加州大学圣地亚哥分校创建一个独特的、国际公认的教育和研究项目。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised Training Program application will provide students with an exceptional opportunity for cross disciplinary education and research training in the component areas of marine biotechnology, including natural products chemistry, biochemistry, genomics, pharmacology, and medicine. Moreover, this training grant will provide collaborative cross-disciplinary research mentorship through training individual students in different laboratories in multiple departments on the UCSD campus as well as the Salk Institute and J. Craig Venter Institute. To accomplish this mission, the TP has the following objectives: (1) to provide new course offerings that create a unique curriculum on the UCSD campus that is the intellectual foundation for research in the multidisciplinary field of Marine Biotechnology (2) to provide a stimulating series of seminars by leaders in the field of Marine Biotechnology, and to develop skills in our trainees through special opportunities to arrange and host these visiting speakers (3) to provide Industrial Internships that broaden the educational base and technology perspective of our graduates (4) to provide opportunities to our trainees that develop their research presentation skills through an annual symposium, participation in various research and journal clubs, and participation at national and international conferences (5) to provide competitively awarded financial support to especially meritorious trainees for a 2-year period in recognition of their superior research efforts and talents. The rationale for this training program is the need to train students for the biotechnology industry as well as for academia with an integrated knowledge of marine systems and their unique chemical, biochemical, and genetic attributes. To our knowledge, this broad training platform is not offered at any other institution in the US, and thus our graduates are sought after to fill a unique need in industry and academia. The training is proposed for 6 predoctoral trainees in the first two years and 8 predoctoral trainees in the latter three years of the renewal period, supplemented by 2 or more university-supported trainees, to support students in their second and third year of their 5-year Ph.D. programs. The assembly of this faculty and research strength under the auspices of the TP in Marine Biotechnology is helping to create a unique, internationally recognized educational and research program at UCSD. RELEVANCE: Marine organisms are an exceptional source of natural products with useful medical properties. Fully accessing these natural products is enhanced by an integrated chemical and genetic approach, which is inherently complex and multidisciplinary. UCSD has a unique assembly of academic and research programs which can train the next generation of scientists in these areas.