Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program

项目摘要 该提案要求为西北大学生物技术博士前培训项目提供续签资金 大学支持培养一批精选的学生的核心活动，是生物技术的核心 社区，并提供许多培训机会。这一跨学科和跨部门的计划 吸引来自5个参与单位的学生：化学和生物工程系(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与核心跨学科课程相辅相成。 在负责任的研究行为方面提供指导，部分通过正式课程，讨论和 在可重复性和严谨性(R&R)方面的培训贯穿整个计划。三到六个月的工业 实习使实习生接触到了现代生物技术。所有受训者和许多受训者都参加了一年一度的IBIS 校外静修，允许来自多个学科的学生和教职员工进行广泛的互动。一个BTP- 只有静修才能增加学员群体的凝聚力。在生物技术研究进展月刊上 会议、实习生和教职员工讨论他们的研究成果和挑战，培养沟通技能， 与其他学员互动，讨论个人在R&R挑战和策略方面的经验。实习生 为生物技术研讨会系列选择主题并推荐演讲者，该研讨会将带来业界和学术界的 科学家们到校园与学员进行讨论。学员还组织了一次生物技术实践并帮助 有了生物技术日。实践课程提供教学和经验两种形式的实践培训 现有的和新兴的生物技术。生物技术日介绍学员和更广泛的生物技术 社区给众多来自行业的代表，他们回答问题并讨论自己的职业道路 以及在工业中把握机遇和挑战的战略。专业发展还包括 制定和讨论个人发展计划。本计划通过以下方式招募受训人员 研究生课程定向、电子邮件、宣传册、演示文稿和网页。我们作出了广泛的努力，以 从代表性不足的群体和/或残疾学生中招收和支持学生。我们一直很安静 过去5年17%的受训人员来自代表性不足的群体，取得了成功。督导委员会 从所有5个研究生项目中挑选实习生，并在导师之间分配职位。西北大学 提供大量资源来加强该计划并增加受益的学生数量。这个 研究生院额外提供5个为期一年的培训时段和学费补充；瑟尔中心 推进学习和教学进行定期计划评估和评估；麦考密克 工程学院、温伯格文理学院和中国生物工程与分子生物科学 各部门提供津贴补贴、行政支持和业务资金。

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.