Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求继续资助西北大学疾病的细胞和分子基础（CMBD）培训计划。CMBD计划支持生命科学的全面博士前研究生培训，重点是生物系统中使用的细胞，分子和生化机制，并针对影响人类健康的疾病。在过去的30年里，CMBD计划为西北生命科学研究生提供了部门内和跨学科的培训机会，并且一直是西北大学跨校园互动的核心。CMBD学员主要从两个综合跨部门计划中选择：埃文斯顿校区的跨部门生物科学研究生计划（IBIS）和芝加哥医学院校区的生命科学（DGP）Driskill研究生培训计划。学生在第二年的春季季度被任命，在他们完成核心课程并加入论文研究实验室之后，他们通常会得到两三年的支持。作为一个拥有18个实习生职位和广泛教职员工的大学范围内的培训计划，CMBD在促进两个校区研究人员之间的沟通和合作方面发挥了领导作用，许多合作互动直接来自每月面向学生的CMBD研究进展会议。CMBD还促进学生与其他机构的科学家的互动，为CMBD学员提供机会，在全国会议和会议上展示他们的研究，并通过CMBD研讨会和专题讨论会计划将优秀的研究科学家带到西北大学。CMBD为学生提供研究道德行为的培训，并为学员提供参加西北大学几个杰出职业发展论坛的机会，最突出的是“生物机会”计划。CMBD计划的毕业生继续在许多其他机构和不同的职业中成为成功和富有成效的科学家，以重要的方式为国家层面的细胞和分子生物学研究做出贡献。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests continued funding for the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease (CMBD) Training Program at Northwestern University. The CMBD program supports comprehensive pre-doctoral graduate training in the life sciences, focusing on the cellular, molecular and biochemical mechanisms used in biological systems and targeted in diseases impacting human health. The CMBD program has provided intradepartmental and interdisciplinary training opportunities for Northwestern life science graduate students for the past 30 years, and has been a centerpiece for cross campus interactions at Northwestern. CMBD trainees are selected primarily from two integrated interdepartmental programs: the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences Graduate Program (IBiS) on the Evanston campus and the Driskill Graduate Training Program in the Life Sciences (DGP) on the Chicago Medical School campus. Students are appointed in the spring quarter of their second year, after they have completed their core coursework and joined their dissertation research laboratories, and they are typically supported for two or three years. As a University-wide training program with 18 trainee positions and a broad spectrum of faculty, CMBD has taken a leadership role in fostering communication and collaboration between researchers on the two campuses, and many collaborative interactions have arisen directly from the monthly student- oriented CMBD Research in Progress meetings. CMBD also facilitates student interactions with scientists at other institutions, both by providing the opportunity for CMBD trainees to present their research at national meetings and conferences, and by bringing outstanding research scientists to Northwestern, through the CMBD seminar and symposia programs. CMBD provides for training of students in the ethical conduct of research, and offers trainees the opportunity to participate in several outstanding career development forums at Northwestern University, most prominently the "Bio- Opportunities" program. Graduates of the CMBD program have continued as successful and productive scientists at many other institutions and in diverse careers, contributing in important ways to cell and molecular biology research on a national level.