Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案请求继续资助西北大学疾病细胞和分子基础（CMBD）培训计划。CMBD项目支持生命科学领域的全面博士预科研究生培训，重点关注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项目为西北大学生命科学研究生提供了院系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的跨部门项目中挑选：埃文斯顿校区的跨部门生物科学研究生项目（IBiS）和芝加哥医学院校园的德里斯基尔生命科学研究生培训项目（DGP）。学生在完成核心课程并加入论文研究实验室后，在第二年的春季学期被任命，他们通常会得到两到三年的支持。作为一项全校范围的培训项目，CMBD拥有18个实习生职位和广泛的教师队伍，在促进两个校区研究人员之间的交流和合作方面发挥了领导作用，许多合作互动直接来自每月以学生为导向的CMBD研究进展会议。CMBD还促进了学生与其他机构科学家的互动，为CMBD学员提供了在国家会议和会议上展示他们研究的机会，并通过CMBD研讨会和专题讨论会计划将杰出的研究科学家带到西北大学。CMBD为学生提供道德研究行为方面的培训，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，其中最突出的是“生物机会”项目。CMBD项目的毕业生在许多其他机构和不同的职业中继续成为成功和富有成效的科学家，在国家层面上以重要的方式为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.