GRADUATE TRAINING IN GENETICS

描述(由申请者提供)：生物、化学和心理学系建议进行遗传学研究培训。在一个包括大约50名研究生和45名博士后实习生的方案中，需要为9个博士后职位申请资金。20名培训教职员工参加。该计划特别强调三个研究领域：进化遗传学、分子遗传学和发育遗传学。培训的基本方面是在遗传学项目的一名教员的指导下进行的实验室研究。通过这种经历，学员变得熟练地提出关于基本遗传过程的问题，并设计实验来回答这些问题。通过生物和化学系提供的正式课程和突出遗传学和相关学科当前研究的研讨会计划，培训得到了加强。培训设施包括学院的实验室和支持服务，如最先进的基因组和蛋白质组学设施、培养液准备、电子、共聚焦和双光子显微镜设施、动物设施和多克隆/单抗设施。主要设备共享并安置在公共空间中。大多数教员的实验室都是毗连的，在相互连接的大楼里。这一安排促进了师生之间的互动和合作。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research training in genetics is proposed in the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. Funds are requested for 9 predoctoral positions, within a program that includes approximately 50 graduate students and 45 postdoctoral trainees. 20 training faculty participate. The program places special emphasis on three research areas: evolutionary genetics, molecular genetics, and developmental genetics. The basic aspect of the training is laboratory research carried out under the direction of a faculty member in the genetics program. Through this experience, the trainee becomes skilled at posing questions about fundamental genetic processes and designing experiments to answer those questions. The training is augmented by formal courses offered by the Biology and Chemistry Departments and by seminar programs that highlight current research in genetics and related disciplines. The training facilities include the laboratories of the faculty and support services such as state of the art genomics and proteomics facilities, media preparation, an electron, confocal and 2-photon microscope facility, an animal facility, and a polyclonal/monoclonal antibody facility. Major equipment is shared and housed in common space. The laboratories of most of the faculty are contiguous and in interconnected buildings. This arrangement fosters interactions and collaborations among faculty and students.