Developmental Biology Training Grant

发育生物学是一门跨学科的科学，融合了细胞和分子生物学、遗传学、生物化学和全动物模型系统，处于现代生物医学研究的前沿。这项发育生物学培训补助金（DBTG）申请要求继续支持犹他大学的跨部门发育生物学培训计划。该项目在培养发育生物学领域杰出的博士前和博士后科学家方面有着良好的记录。该项目包括在41名教师的指导下进行个性化研究培训，这些教师在大学六个博士学位授予部门之一工作。项目主任、联席主任和跨部门咨询委员会负责选拔学员，监督他们的进度，并组织培训项目活动。在广泛的领域提供培训，包括基因调控，细胞迁移，细胞分化，生长和形态发生，信号转导和发育遗传学。六个系的参与，与领先的研究人员在多种模式生物，提供了一个多样化的跨学科培训环境在发育生物学。准博士预科生通过分子生物学或神经科学项目进入研究生院，这些项目协调第一年的核心课程，或MD/PhD项目，并在第二年竞争DBTG支持。博士后学员是从竞争激烈的人才库中挑选出来的，选拔标准是卓越的研究成果、研究计划和推荐信。项目博士预科生资助期限为3年，博士后资助期限为2年。所有学员都必须修一门科学伦理学课程和一门发育生物学高级课程。学员通过参加期刊俱乐部、参加发育生物学讨论组的研讨会并发表演讲、在年度培训计划静修中进行基于研究的演讲以及主持外部研讨会演讲者来学习科学批判性思维和沟通技巧。项目受训者通过创新的基金/奖学金写作工作坊学习基金写作。此外，一个个性化的博士后指导委员会为每位博士后实习生的职业发展提供了重要的指导和好处。这种培训结构辅以积极的研讨会项目和实验室间正在进行的研究小组会议，以确保我们的学员在发育生物学方面得到强有力的培训，为他们指导自己的一流独立研究项目做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Developmental biology is an interdisciplinary science, incorporating cell and molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry and whole-animal model systems at the leading edge of modern biomedical research. This Developmental Biology Training Grant (DBTG) application requests continued support for an interdepartmental Developmental Biology Training Program at the University of Utah. This Program has a strong track record of training exceptional predoctoral and postdoctoral scientists in the field of Developmental Biology. The Program consists of individualized research training under the guidance of 41 faculty members who work in one of six Ph.D. degree-granting departments within the University. The Program Director, Co-Director and Interdepartmental Advisory Committee select Trainees, monitor their progress, and organize Training Program activities. Training is provided in a broad range of areas including gene regulation, cell migration, cell differentiation, growth and morphogenesis, signal transduction, and developmental genetics. The participation of six departments, with leading researchers in multiple model organisms, provides a diverse interdisciplinary training environment in Developmental Biology. Prospective predoctoral trainees are admitted to graduate school through the Program in Molecular Biology or the Program in Neuroscience, which coordinate the core curriculum of the first year, or the MD/PhD Program, and compete for DBTG support in their second year. Postdoctoral trainees are selected from a highly competitive pool, based on excellence in research, a research proposal, and letters of recommendation. Program predoctoral trainees are supported for up to three years, and postdoctoral trainees are supported for up to two years. All trainees are required to take a Scientific Ethics course and an advanced course in developmental biology. Trainees learn scientific critical thinking and communication skills by participating in a Journal Club, participating and presenting a seminar in the Developmental Biology Discussion Group, giving a research-based talk at an Annual Training Program Retreat, and hosting outside seminar speakers. Program trainees learn grant writing through innovative grant/fellowship writing workshops. In addition, an individualized postdoctoral mentoring committee adds significant guidance and benefits to each postdoctoral trainee's career development. This training structure is supplemented with vigorous seminar programs and inter-laboratory research-in-progress group meetings to ensure that our trainees receive a strong training in developmental biology, preparing them to direct their own first-rate independent research programs.