Predoctoral Training at the Interface Chemistry and Biology

请求提供支持，以继续实施已被证明非常成功的培训方案 化学和生物交界处的博士后学生。在过去的四年里，这次CBI培训 该计划已经资助了20名研究生，其中两人随后获得了NSF博士前学位 奖学金。此外，耶鲁有意识地努力增加自己在这一领域的代表性 跨学科领域，通过在以下部门招聘和晋升初级和高级人员 分子、细胞和发育生物学(MCDB)、化学、药理学和分子 生物物理学和生物化学(MB&B)。 所有被录取的实习生至少拥有相关领域的学士学位，并通过 申请化学系或耶鲁生物与生物医学(BBS)项目。 无论以何种方式进入，所有学员都有共同的第一年跨学科经历 课程作业、实验室轮换，以及研究生主任的密切监督和指导 学生与执行委员会合作。在第一年结束时，学员们选择了一篇论文 来自CBI培训人员的顾问，并开始密集研究，在他们的第二个课程中增加课程 年。所有学生至少任教一年，以帮助他们作为教师-学者的培训。计划的目标 增加少数族裔受训人员的人数，并提供与研究有关的道德问题教育 代表本培训计划的重要部分。 培训计划的特点包括跨部门的课程工作，包括 为新学员设计课程，严格的部门间轮换时间表，在此期间 学员将在耶鲁大学的三个实验室体验科学，这是一个每月举行的内部研讨会项目 对最新结果的讨论和与一名CBI学员的年度化学生物学研讨会非常成功 海报大赛。 鉴于人们对化学和生物交界处的跨学科培训的广泛兴趣， 节目超额认购。由于申请者过多，以及培训计划的重要性， 为了将这两个学科成功地联系起来，我们寻求将我们的项目从6个博士前职位扩大到8个博士前职位。

Support is requested to continue what has proven to be a highly successful program for the training of predoctoral students at the interface of chemistry and biology. Over the past four years, this CBI training program has supported 20 graduate students, two of which have subsequently received NSF predoctoral fellowships. In addition, Yale has made a conscious effort to increase its representation in this interdisciplinary area through new hires and promotions at the junior and senior levels in the departments of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB), Chemistry, Pharmacology and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B). All trainees admitted to the program have at least a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and enter via application to the Chemistry department or to the Yale Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program. Regardless of mode of entry all trainees share a common first year experience involving interdisciplinary course work, laboratory rotations, as well as close supervision and guidance from the Director of Graduate Students in conjunction with the Executive Committee. At the end of their first year, trainees chose a thesis advisor from among the CBI trainers and begin intensive research with additional courses in their second year. All students teach for at least one year to aid in their training as teacher-scholars. Programs for increasing the number of minority trainees and for providing education in ethical issues related to research represent important parts of this training program. Special features of the training program include interdepartmental course work, including specially designed courses for the new trainees, a rigorous interdepartmental rotation schedule during which the trainee will experience science in three laboratories at Yale, a monthly in-house seminar program for discussion of recent results and a highly successful annual Chemical Biology Symposium with a CBI Trainee Poster competition. Given the widespread interest in the interdisciplinary training at the interface of chemistry and biology, the program is oversubscribed. Because of this glut of applicants and the importance of training programs that bridge these two disciplines successfully, we seek to expand our program from 6 to 8 predoctoral positions.