Training in Molecular Physics of Biological Systems

描述（由申请人提供）：此更新提案描述了继续康奈尔大学分子生物物理学培训资助计划的计划，该计划提供结合物理和生物科学的跨学科培训。该计划，现在在其第23个年头，进一步推进了我们最积极和最合格的学生的培训，通过集中在物理和生物学科领域的核心课程，他们的研究生学术工作。被选中参加的受训人员可能具有物理或生物科学的本科学位，并且必须被康奈尔大学研究生院录取，接受博士学位的培训。在研究生领域之一的二十八个参与教师跨越八个部门，十七个领域，和三个学院。所有参与的教师都与康奈尔大学的完善和不断发展的生物物理学计划相关联，并在具有强大生物应用的物理学或具有强大物理联系的生物学方面拥有资金充足的高质量研究计划。教师的总体研究兴趣广泛分布，包括：用理论方法研究蛋白质和其他大分子的结构和功能;用同步加速器X射线晶体学确定结构;电子自旋共振光谱学和多维NMR;分子马达动力学的单分子研究;细胞膜、受体和神经递质的结构和分子机制以及相关的细胞功能;材料和技术的发展，包括非线性激光显微镜，稳态和时间分辨光谱和成像，单通道记录，光镊，和纳米纤维。通过合作和大学中心设施，康奈尔大学为创新和创造性的研究思路提供了一个天然的沃土。该方案每年支助12名受训人员，每个人的支助总期限为2-3年。受训人员进行跨学科研究，包括数学、量子力学、统计热力学、生物化学、分子和细胞生物学、计算和仪器以及其他专题的高级课程。此外，学生参加多个程序功能，包括每周生物物理学座谈会，学生和教师务虚会，和暑期学生研讨会。这些活动有助于在该计划的深远的跨学科结构内提供连续性和计划身份。论文研究和合作， 实验室的参与教师完成的教学和研究的分子生物物理学的职业生涯的准备。通过这些经验，他们获得了跨学科生物医学研究的接触和经验。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal proposal describes plans to continue Cornell's Molecular Biophysics Training Grant Program, which offers vigorous interdisciplinary training that combines physical and biological sciences. The program, now in its 23rd year, further advances the training of our most motivated and well-qualified students by focusing their graduate academic work around a core curriculum in areas spanning both physical and biological disciplines. The trainees selected to participate may have undergraduate degrees in either physical or biological sciences and must have been admitted to the Graduate School at Cornell for training leading to the Ph.D. in one of the Graduate Fields of the twenty-eight participating faculty spanning eight departments, seventeen fields, and three Colleges. All participating faculty are associated with Cornell's well established and continuously growing Biophysics Program, and have well- funded quality research programs either in physics with strong biological applications or in biology with strong physical connections. The overall research interests of the faculty are broadly distributed and include: the investigation of structue and function of proteins and other macromolecules using theoretical approaches; structure determination by synchrotron X- ray crystallography; electron spin resonance spectroscopy and multidimensional NMR; single molecule studies of dynamics of molecular motors; structures and molecular mechanisms of cell membranes, receptors, and neurotransmitters and associated cellular functions; materials and technology developments including nonlinear laser microscopy, steady-state and time resolved spectroscopy and imaging, single channel recording, optical tweezers, and nanofabrication. Through collaborations and University center facilities, Cornell offers a natural fertile ground for innovation and creative research ideas. The program supports 12 trainees each year, with a total duration of support for each individual at 2-3 years. Trainees undertake interdisciplinary studies with advanced courses in mathematics, quantum mechanics, statistical thermodynamics, biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, computation and instrumentation, and other special topics. In addition, students participate in multiple program functions including a weekly Biophysics Colloquium, a student and faculty retreat, and Summer Student Seminars. These activities serve to provide continuity and program identity within the far- reaching interdisciplinary structure of the program. Thesis research and collaborations in the laboratories of the participating faculty complete preparation for a career of teaching and research in molecular biophysics. Through these experiences, they gain exposure to, and experience in, interdisciplinary biomedical research.