Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program

项目摘要 该提案要求为西北大学的生物技术博士前培训计划提供更新资金 大学支持培养一批精选学生的核心活动， 社区，并提供了许多培训机会。这个跨学科和跨部门的计划 吸引了来自5个参与单位的学生：化学与生物工程系（ChBE）， 生物医学工程（BME），材料科学与工程（MSE）和化学（Chem），以及 跨学科生物科学（IBIS）研究生课程。研究机会，从轮换中选择， 生物工程和生命科学实验室由核心跨学科课程补充。 在负责任的研究行为的教学提供，部分通过正式课程，讨论和 再现性和严谨性（R&R）培训贯穿整个计划。三到六个月的工业 实习使受训者接触现代生物技术。所有学员和许多导师都参加了一年一度的IBiS 校外务虚会，让学生和教师之间的广泛互动，从许多学科。BTP- 只有撤退才能增加学员群体的凝聚力。在每月生物技术研究进展 会议，学员和教师讨论他们的研究成果和挑战，发展沟通技巧， 与其他学员互动，并讨论R&R挑战和策略的个人经验。学员 为生物技术研讨会系列选择主题并推荐演讲者， 科学家到校园与学员进行讨论。学员还组织生物技术实习， 生物技术日该实习提供教学和经验，动手培训， 当前和新兴的生物技术。生物技术日介绍学员和更广泛的生物技术 社区的许多代表来自行业，谁回答问题，并讨论他们的职业道路 以及应对行业机遇和挑战的战略。专业发展还包括 制定和讨论个人发展计划。该方案通过以下方式招募受训人员： 研究生课程方向，电子邮件，小册子，演示文稿和网页。作出广泛努力， 招募和支持代表性不足的群体和/或残疾学生。我们一直很 在过去5年中，17%的受训人员来自代表性不足的群体。指导委员会 从所有5个研究生课程中挑选学员，并在导师中分配名额。西北 提供重要的资源，以加强该计划，并增加受益的学生人数。的 研究生院提供5个额外的1年培训名额和学费补贴;塞尔中心为 推进学习和教学进行定期计划评估和评价;和麦考密克 工程学院、温伯格艺术与科学学院、ChBE和分子生物科学学院 各部门提供津贴补贴、行政支助和业务资金。

Project Summary This proposal requests renewal funding for the Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program at Northwestern University, which supports core activities for training a select group of students, nucleates the biotechnology community, and provides many training opportunities. This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental Program draws students from 5 participating units: the Departments of Chemical & Biological Engineering (ChBE), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Material Sciences & Engineering (MSE), and Chemistry (Chem), and the Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences (IBiS) graduate program. Research opportunities, chosen from rotations in bioengineering and life sciences laboratories, are complemented by a core interdisciplinary curriculum. Instruction in responsible conduct of research is provided, in part through a formal course, and discussion and training in reproducibility and rigor (R&R) is woven throughout the Program. Three- to six-month industrial internships expose trainees to modern biotechnology. All trainees and many preceptors attend the annual IBiS off-campus retreat, allowing extensive interactions among students and faculty from many disciplines. A BTP- only retreat increases the cohesiveness of the trainee group. At monthly biotechnology Research in Progress meetings, trainees and faculty discuss their research results and challenges, develop communication skills, interact with other trainees, and discuss personal experience with R&R challenges and strategies. Trainees select topics and suggest speakers for a Biotechnology Seminar Series that brings industrial and academic scientists to campus for discussions with trainees. Trainees also organize a Biotechnology Practicum and help with Biotechnology Day. The Practicum provides both pedagogical and experiential, hands-on training in current and emerging biotechnologies. Biotechnology Day introduces trainees and the broader biotechnology community to numerous representatives from industry, who answer questions and discuss their career paths and strategies for navigating opportunities and challenges in industry. Professional development also includes crafting and discussing an Individual Development Plan. Trainees are recruited by the Program through graduate program orientations, email, brochures, presentations, and web pages. Extensive efforts are made to recruit and support students from underrepresented groups and/or with disabilities. We have been quite successful with 17% of trainees from the past 5 years from underrepresented groups. The Steering Committee selects trainees from all 5 graduate programs, and distributes slots among the preceptors. Northwestern provides significant resources to enhance the Program and increase the number of students benefitted. The Graduate School provides 5 additional 1-year training slots and tuition supplements; the Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching conducts regular Program assessment and evaluation; and the McCormick School of Engineering, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, and the ChBE and Molecular Biosciences Departments contribute stipend supplements, administrative support, and operating funds.