Molecular Bioscience Graduate Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：2008年，华盛顿州立大学分子生物科学学院（SMB）从提供三个博士学位（生物化学、遗传学和细胞生物学以及微生物学）改为提供一个跨学科的分子生物科学学位。然而，受训者仍然选择三个特定学科（生物化学，微生物学或遗传学）中的一个，以确保他们在分子，细胞和结构生物学方面的跨学科培训建立在坚实的，特定学科的基础上。SMB研究生在SMB的31个主要教员的实验室或在WSU其他院系和学院（科学，兽医，药学和农业）担任主要教员的实验室中进行培训。所有副教授都在三个创始学科之一和四个跨学科领域之一拥有研究专长：生殖分子基础，染色质和DNA修复，基因调控和传染病。补充和加强我们的教学和研究项目的特色包括年度务休，每周学生研讨会，每周来自华盛顿州立大学以外的研究人员研讨会，一个活跃的学生组织-分子生物科学研究生协会，以及一个新的专业发展轨道。这些独特的培训组成部分共同促进了终身科学学习的重要性，并强调了人际关系和专业沟通以及管理技能的重要性。由于我们的研究生课程在过去几年中一直遵循NIGMS培训计划的指导方针，我们认为它现在值得NIGMS T32支持。具体来说，本申请中描述的分子生物科学培训计划（MBTP）将提供教学和概念框架，以便SMB的所有博士预科学生在WSU获得博士学位。虽然所有SMB研究生都将参加该计划，但只有一部分受训者将得到NIH津贴的支持。这将发生在第三年，在那里最有成就的学员将获得nih资助的津贴。因此，美国国立卫生研究院资助的培训项目为突出和表彰杰出的表现提供了一种手段。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In 2008, the School of Molecular Biosciences (SMB) at Washington State University moved from offering three PhD degrees (Biochemistry, Genetics and Cell Biology, and Microbiology) to a single interdisciplinary degree in Molecular Biosciences. Trainees, however, still choose one of three discipline-specific tracks (Biochemistry, Microbiology, or Genetics) to ensure that their interdisciplinary training in Molecular, Cellular, and Structural Biology builds on a solid, discipline-specific foundation. SMB graduate students train in the laboratories of 31 faculty with primary appointments in SMB or in the laboratories of Associate Faculty, who hold primary appointments in other departments and colleges at WSU (Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, and Agriculture). All Associate Faculty have research expertise in one of the three founding disciplines and in one of four interdisciplinary areas: Molecular Basis of Reproduction, Chromatin and DNA Repair, Gene Regulation, and Infectious Disease. Distinctive features that complement and enhance our didactic and research programs include an annual retreat, weekly student seminars, weekly seminars by investigators from outside of WSU, an active student-run organization-the Molecular Biosciences Graduate Student Association, and a new Professional Development Track. Together, these unique training components promote the importance of a lifetime of scientific learning as well as emphasize the importance of interpersonal and professional communication and management skills. Since our graduate program has been following the guidelines of NIGMS training programs for the last several years, we feel it is now worthy of NIGMS T32 support. Specifically, Molecular Biosciences Training Program (MBTP) described in this application will provide the didactic and conceptual framework whereby all predoctoral students in SMB will obtain their PhD degrees at WSU. While all SMB graduate students will participate in the program only a subset of the trainees will be supported by NIH stipends. This will occur in the third year, where the most accomplished trainees will be awarded NIH-funded stipends. Thus, the NIH funded segment of our training program provides a means for highlighting and honoring outstanding performance. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Our training program arms graduate students with the necessary skills and tools to identify and solve modern biological problems at cellular, molecular, and structural levels; deepens the ability of graduate students to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; instills and promotes a life-time of scientific learning; and encourages the highest levels of professionalism and humanism.