Biotechnology Training in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering

 描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学洛杉矶分校生物医学科学与工程（BTBSE）计划生物技术培训的目标是教育和培训下一代高技能的科学家和工程师，他们将在多学科生物技术研究中发挥领导作用。这一目标是通过一个有凝聚力的2年培训计划实现的，该计划涉及多学科研究，由生命科学和工程的正式课程和跨学科实验室轮换组成的共同课程，以及工业实习。必修课程包括大分子合成和结构课程、从工程师角度看分子生物技术课程、“生物技术论坛”课程和研究伦理课程。生命科学实习生必须在工程导师的研究实验室工作至少三个月;同样，工程师也要在生命科学导师的实验室工作。生物技术社区主要通过每月的实习生午餐研讨会系列和年度生物技术研讨会来培养，该研讨会汇集了约50名学生，教师和行业代表。完成该计划的学员将能够在该行业普遍存在的生物工程师和生命科学家的多学科团队中有效发挥作用。生命/健康科学和工程之间的接口是非常丰富的多样性，这个生物技术计划广泛侧重于分子和细胞研究。在拟议的BTBSE计划的教师参与者都导师博士。从事分子和细胞水平研究的学生，大多数已经建立了跨学科的合作。已确定三个相互关联的主题领域，即i）合成生物学和代谢工程; ii）生物纳米技术和组织工程; iii）分子，细胞和系统生物学。由合作研究人员进行的一系列研究活动为学员提供了令人兴奋的多学科研究机会。参与拟议培训计划的教师有机会从100多名符合条件的博士中招募。本学年的学生。主任和教师导师是非常积极和成功的代表性不足的少数民族学生的发展和招聘，特别是从非常多样化，人口众多的大洛杉矶地区。此次更新申请中注意到了几个重大变化，包括项目主任变更为Yi Tang教授，培训教师的约20%的流动率以增加合作和培训参与，以及培训委员会成员的重组。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the UCLA Biotechnology Training in Biomedical Science and Engineering (BTBSE) Program is to educate and to train the next generation of highly skilled scientists and engineers who will assume leadership roles in multidisciplinary biotechnology research. This goal is achieved through a cohesive 2-year training program entailing multidisciplinary research, a common curriculum composed of formal coursework in life science and engineering and of a cross-disciplinary laboratory rotation, and an industrial internship. The required coursework is comprised of a course in macromolecular synthesis and structure, a course on molecular biotechnology from an engineer's perspective, the "Biotechnology Forum" course, and a class in research ethics. Life science trainees must work in the research laboratory of an engineering mentor for at least three months; likewise the engineers spend time in the laboratory of their life science mentor. A biotechnology community is fostered principally through the monthly trainee lunch seminar series and the Annual Biotechnology Symposium, which brings together ~50 students, faculty and industry representatives. Trainees who complete this program will be equipped to function productively in the multidisciplinary teams of bioengineers and life scientists prevalent in the industry. The interface between the life/health sciences and engineering is extraordinarily rich in its diversity and this biotechnology program focuses broadly on molecular and cellular research. Faculty participants in the proposed BTBSE Program all mentor Ph.D. students who conduct research focused at the molecular and cellular level, and most have established cross-disciplinary collaborations. Three interconnected theme areas have been identified and are i) synthetic biology and metabolic engineering; ii) bionanotechnology and tissue engineering; and iii) Molecular, Cellular and Systems Biology. Such an array of research activities conducted by collaborating researchers provides an exciting menu of multidisciplinary research opportunities to trainees. Faculty participants in the proposed training program have had the opportunity to recruit from a pool of over 100 eligible Ph.D. students this academic year. The Director and faculty mentors are very active and successful in underrepresented minority student development and recruitment, especially from the very diverse, populous greater Los Angeles area. Several major changes are noted for this renewal application, including change of the program director to Prof. Yi Tang, turnover of ~20% of training faculty to increase collaboration and training participation, and reconstitution of the training committee members.