Biomolecular Science and Engineering Training

描述(由申请人提供)：伦斯勒理工学院与纽约州卫生局沃兹沃斯中心合作，提出了一个新的生物分子科学与工程博士前培训计划。来自生物学、生物医学工程、化学工程和化学的教员(共20人)以及来自沃兹沃斯的培训人员积极参与四个研究领域的研究项目：生物催化和代谢工程、计算生物学和生物信息学、功能组织工程和综合系统生物学。被招募参加培训计划的学生将获得伦斯勒大学四个参与学术单位之一的博士学位，以及生物分子科学和工程证书。培训计划的主要方面包括：[1]一套课程，最大限度地在关键学科中进行教学培训；[2)一门名为“生物分子科学与工程展望”的核心课程，将由所有学员参加；[3]以RPI和Wadsworth现有的校园研讨会计划为基础的系列研讨会；[4]一项由学生举办的研讨会计划；[5]职业道德和生物过程安全培训；[6]博士论文工作的联合监督和多学科论文委员会成员；[7]工业实习；以及[8]年度务虚会。一年一度的务虚会将每年集中讨论不同的主题，并由受训者组织，包括邀请杰出的演讲者。这次撤退将由Rensselaer提供资金。一个协调委员会将确保受训人员满足这些要求，一个代表不足的少数族裔招募委员会将积极参与确定和招募代表不足的少数群体加入该方案。除了这里建议的四个稳定状态的实习生名额外，伦斯勒还将支持两名由研究所赞助的生物分子科学和工程方面的实习生，该大学还将在NIH提供的支持之外，支持上述培训计划的关键方面。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A new predoctoral training program in Biomolecular Science and Engineering is proposed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and partnering with the Wadsworth Center of the New York State Department of Health. Faculty (a total of 20) from Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry, as well as trainers from Wadsworth, are actively involved in research programs spanning four research thrusts: biocatalysis and metabolic engineering, computational biology and bioinformatics, functional tissue engineering, and integrative systems biology. Students recruited into the Training Program will receive a Ph.D. degree in one of the four participating academic units at Rensselaer along with a Certificate in Biomolecular Science and Engineering. Key aspects of the Training Program include: [1] a set of courses that maximize didactic training among the key disciplines; [2] a core course entitled "Perspectives in Biomolecular Science and Engineering" that is to be taken by all trainees; [3] seminar series that build on current campus-wide seminar programs at RPI and Wadsworth; [4] a student-run seminar program; [5] training in professional ethics and bioprocess safety; [6] joint supervision and multidisciplinary thesis committee membership for Ph.D. thesis work; [7] an industrial internship; and [8] an annual retreat. The annual retreat will focus on different topics each year, and will be organized by trainees, including hosting distinguished speakers. This retreat will be funded by Rensselaer. A Coordinating Committee will ensure that the trainees satisfy these requirements and an Underrepresented Minority Recruitment Committee will be actively engaged in identifying and recruiting underrepresented minorities into the program. In addition to the steady-state four trainee slots proposed herein, Rensselaer will support two Institute-sponsored trainees in Biomolecular Science and Engineering, and the university will also support the aforementioned key aspects of the Training Program above and beyond the support provided by NIH.