UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTERS

2008年，中加勒比大学修订了本机构的研究战略计划，并在目前的RCMI更新研究申请（2009-14年）中要求支持其同时实施，以符合RCMI的总体目标。该研究计划通过核心设施，研究中心和代表我们研究企业科学实力的单个项目来应对新兴需求。 这些活动将使我们的研究能力达到另一个卓越水平，有助于增加出版物，在科学会议上的演讲，以及超过20- 50%的研究资金。新的申请提出了几个主要目标：继续发展行政部门，由领导核心、科学研究发展股和数据管理和统计研究支助股组成;加强拟议的现有研究中心;（逆转录病毒和神经科学），并建立癌症研究中心;为逆转录病毒学、神经科学和癌症领域的五个研究试点项目提供支持;为已被证明对基础和临床研究企业不可或缺的现有和新的研究资源领域和核心设施提供支持和领导;建立一个持续的RCMI评估计划，使用客观标准评估这些领域的进展，以验证研究生产力。为了实现拟议的主要目标，RCMI计划的组织结构分为四个组成部分。行政部分由领导核心、科学资源开发股、数据管理和统计支助股组成。研究中心组成部分的结构包括逆转录病毒研究中心，其中包括一个领导核心和艾滋病毒和药物滥用实验室核心;癌症研究中心，其中提供了一个领导核心;和神经科学研究中心，其中拥有一个领导核心，一个行为测试设施，以及神经元和胶质细胞培养设施。第三个组成部分包括五个试点项目。一般研究核心组件由第四个单元组成，包括光学成像设施、蛋白质和核酸核心设施、公共仪器区域和服务以及生物医学蛋白质组学设施。该战略计划旨在使每个中心成为一个研究者集群，每个中心都有一个特定的疾病导向重点。核心部分是一个辅助单位，旨在为其他中心服务。

In 2008, the Universidad Central del Caribe (UCC) revised its Institution's Research Strategic Plan, and in the present RCMI Renewal Research Application (2009-14) is requesting support for its concomitant implementation in compliance with the overall RCMI goal. The research plan responds to emerging needs by core facilities, research centers and individual projects which represent the scientific strength of our research enterprise. These activities will bring our research capabilities to another level of excellence by contributing to an increase in publications, presentations at scientific meetings, and funding available for research by over 20-50 percent. The new application proposes several main objectives: continuing to develop an Administrative Component consisting of a Leadership Core, a Scientific Research Development Unit and a Data Management and Statistic Research Support Unit; strengthening the proposed existing research centers (Retrovirus and Neuroscience) and create the Cancer Research Center; providing support to five research pilot projects in the area of Retrovirology, Neuroscience and Cancer; providing support and leadership to existing and new research Resources areas and core facilities that have proven to be indispensable for basic and clinical research enterprises; establishing an ongoing RCMI evaluation plan to assess the progress in these areas using objective criteria to verify research productivity. In order to fulfill the proposed main objectives, the organizational structure of the RCMI Program is divided into four components. The Administrative Component which is constituted by a Leadership Core, (evaluation and mentoring plan), the Scientific Resources Development Unit, and the Data Management and Statistical Support Unit. The Research Centers Component is structured to include the Retrovirus Research Center which consists of a Leadership Core and an HIV and Substance Abuse Laboratory Core; the Cancer Research Center which is provided with a Leadership Core; and the Neuroscience Research Center which possesses a Leadership Core, a Behavioral Testing Facility, and the Neuronal and Glial Culture Facility. The third component groups the five pilot projects. The General Research Cores Component comprises the fourth unit with the Optical Imaging Facility, the Protein and Nucleic Acid Core Facility, the Common Instrumentation Area and Services, and the Biomedical Proteomics Facility. The strategic plan is designed to make each center a cluster of investigators, each with a specific disease-oriented focus. The Cores Component is an ancillary unit designed to serve the other centers.