Training Program in Developmental Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：发育生物学（DB）培训计划的目标，本申请正在寻求支持，是为来自不同背景的博士前个人提供科学和学术培训，以追求调查事业，并成为生物医学科学的未来领导者。 DB培训计划将是威尔康奈尔医学院和纪念斯隆-凯特琳癌症研究所共同管理的威尔康奈尔医学科学研究生院计划的一个组成部分。 该计划将是跨学科的，并将纳入发展生物学的研究计划，从六个研究的九个程序，包括细胞和发育生物学，生物化学和结构生物学，分子生物学，药理学，神经科学，生理学，生物物理学和系统生物学。 DB培训计划将包括来自两个机构的44名教师，他们在学术研究和博士前和博士后学生培训方面具有丰富的集体经验。 DB培训计划的研究兴趣由以下五个领域代表：发育遗传学，组织和器官的图案化，干细胞，发育中的信号传导以及人类发育和疾病。 符合条件的学生将由项目主任和四名执行委员会成员根据他们对卓越的承诺进行选择。 DB培训计划将包括课程和选修课程的核心课程，三个实验室轮换，高级发育生物学课程，以及参加研究生研究研讨会。 符合条件的DB培训计划学员将在第3年和第4年的培训中获得津贴和学费支持。 在培训期间，学生将由项目主任指导，他们将参加专门的DB培训项目活动，包括特邀演讲者的研讨会，研究进展研讨会和发育生物学研讨会。 从事发育生物学培训计划研究的教师和学生人数在过去十年中稳步增加，目前包括38名符合培训补助金条件的学生，其中5名（13%）是少数民族学生。 为了提供对学生的培训，以追求卓越的承诺，支持寻求在他们的第三和第四年的培训共8名研究生。

DESCRIPTION (Provided by Applicant): The objective of the Developmental Biology (DB) Training Program, for which this application is seeking support, is to provide scientific and academic training to predoctoral individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue investigative careers and become future leaders in the biomedical sciences. The DB Training Program will be an integral but distinct part of the umbrella Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences Program, which is jointly administered by the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute. The program will be interdisciplinary and will incorporate research programs in Developmental Biology from six out of its nine Programs of Study, including Cell and Developmental Biology, Biochemistry & Structural Biology, Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Neurosciences, and Physiology, Biophysics, and Systems Biology. The DB Training Program will include 44 faculty members from both institutions with strong collective experience in academic research and training of pre- and post-doctoral students. The research interests in the DB Training Program are represented by the following five areas: Developmental Genetics, Patterning of Tissues and Organs, Stems Cells, Signaling in Development, and Human Development and Disease. Eligible students will be selected by the program director and four Executive Committee members, based on their promise of excellence. The DB Training Program will include a core curriculum of courses and electives, three laboratory rotations, an advanced developmental biology course, as well as participation in Graduate Student Research Seminars. Eligible DB Training Program trainees will be selected for stipend and tuition support during Years 3 and 4 of training. During the training the students will be mentored by the program director, and they will attend specialized DB Training Program events, including seminars by invited speakers, Research-in-Progress seminars, and a Developmental Biology Symposium. The number of faculty and students engaged in studies in the Developmental Biology Training Program has steadily increased over the past decade, and presently includes 38 training grant-eligible students, five of whom (13%) are minority students. To provide training of students with a commitment to excellence, support is sought for a total of eight graduate students in their third and fourth year of training.