Training grant in Pharmacological Sciences

描述(由申请者提供)：石溪大学分子和细胞药理学研究生培训计划在广泛的细胞和分子生物学领域为学术界、政府和工业的职业培训博士生。该项目的总部设在纽约州立大学石溪分校医学院的药理科学系，但有包括在内的跨部门教师，其中35人来自其他大学系或附近的冷泉港实验室和布鲁克海文国家实验室。学生在第一年选修生物化学、计算和细胞生物学、生理学和分子遗传学，第二年选修药理学和选修课。课程包括神经药理学(包括信号转导)、药物设计和DNA损伤、修复和癌症发生方面的高级课程。培训计划招募了教职员工，以加强这些领域。培训环境包括一系列活跃的研讨会以及参加研究专题讨论会和小型课程。培训还包括在药理学本科专业开设的课程中进行经验教学。一年级学生参加三个实验室的轮换，为在培训计划学院的任何一个实验室进行论文研究做准备。该培训项目在其37年的历史中已经培训了119名博士生，目前有31名学员。该方案中有7名代表不足的少数族裔学生和2名贫困学生，这证明招收少数族裔申请者的努力是成功的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Graduate Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at Stony Brook University trains Ph.D. students in the broad area of cell and molecular biology for careers in academia, government and industry. The Program is based in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences in the School of Medicine at SUNY-Stony Brook, but has an interdepartmental faculty including 64 potential mentors, 35 of whom are from other University Departments or the nearby Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratories. Students take courses in biochemistry, computational and cell biology, physiology and molecular genetics in the first year, with pharmacology and elective courses in the second year. The curriculum includes advanced courses in Neuropharmacology (including signal transduction), in Drug Design and DNA Damage, Repair and Carcinogenesis. Faculty members have been recruited to the Training Program to strengthen these areas. The training environment includes an active seminar series and participation in research symposia and minicourses. Training also involves experience teaching in courses offered to undergraduate majors in pharmacology. First year students participate in three laboratory rotations to prepare them to undertake dissertation research in any of the laboratories of the Training Program Faculty. The Training Program has trained 119 Ph.D. students in its 37-year history, and has 31 current trainees. The presence of seven underrepresented minority and 2 underprivileged students in the Program attests to a successful effort to recruit minority applicants.