Training Program in Chemistry-Interface with Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：化学科学学院（SCS）在伊利诺伊州寻求额外的5年的资金，以建立在其化学-生物学界面（CBI）培训计划的初步成功。该计划的目标保持不变-在这些学科的接口进一步尖端培训。这将通过培养化学家，化学和生物分子工程师和生物学家的干部来完成，他们将分享共同的语言和技能，并将离开伊利诺伊州，准备好在各种环境中担任职位，包括工业，政府和学院。每年10名受训人员（5名二年级和5名三年级研究生）将直接由国家卫生研究院提供的资金支持。这些学员将在教室和长凳上分享经验。他们将加入由他们的研究导师或其他基金支持的更大的CBI学员群体（在任何给定时间约30-40）。学员将花时间在CBI核心课程和选修课，并在每月的会议上展示学员的研究报告。他们将与著名的嘉宾演讲者互动，介绍CBI研讨会和CBI年度研讨会的主题演讲。职业准备将包括实习和年度职业日，其中包括博士学位。演讲者在各种场合。来自SCS的两个部门-化学，化学和生物分子工程-以及分子和细胞生物学学院的四个部门-生物化学，微生物学，细胞与发育生物学，分子与综合生理学-的30多名教师组成了目前的培训教师。被SCS和MCB博士课程录取的有才华的学生将成为每年一半可用实习生职位的候选人。其余的职位将由CBI教师提名的2”和3”* 年学员之间的特殊竞争填补。博士学位由家庭部门授予后，学员完成部门和CBI的要求，在大约5年。代表性不足的少数民族学生将通过校园计划和通过由CBI资助的夏季研究机会招募。罗杰·亚当斯实验室、化学与生命科学实验室、诺伊斯实验室和基因组生物学研究所设有教师实验室、研讨室和共用设施（核磁共振、质谱等） 公共卫生相关性：受训人员从事具有巨大公共卫生潜力的项目-其中包括研究自然产生的抗生素以治疗传染病，设计癌症的个性化治疗方法，在分子水平上修改流感和其他病毒使其无害，检测/改善有害的细菌战剂如炭疽，以及检测/补救环境毒素/污染物。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The School of Chemical Sciences (SCS) at Illinois seeks an additional 5 years of funding to build upon the initial success of its Chemistry- Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program. The program's objective remains the same - to further cutting-edge training at the interface of these disciplines. This will be accomplished by training a cadre of chemists, chemical and biomolecular engineers, and biologists who will share a common language and skill set and who will leave Illinois well-prepared to assume positions in a variety of settings including industry, government, and the academy. Ten trainees per year (5 2nd + 5 3rd year graduate students) would be directly supported by the funds sought from NIH. These trainees will share experiences in the classroom and at the bench. They will join a larger group of CBI trainees (approximately 30-40 at any given time) supported by their research mentors or other funds. Trainees will spend time together in CBI core courses and electives and at monthly meetings featuring trainee research presentations. They will interact with prominent guest speakers presenting CBI seminars and the keynote address at the CBI's annual symposium. Career preparation will include internships and an annual Career Day featuring Ph.D. speakers employed in various settings. More than 30 faculty drawn from the SCS' two departments - Chemistry, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering - and from four departments in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Biochemistry, Microbiology, Cell & Developmental Biology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology - comprise the current training faculty. Talented students admitted to the SCS and MCB doctoral programs will form the candidate pool for half of the available trainee positions each year. The remaining positions will be filled by a special competition among 2"" and 3"* year trainees nominated by CBI faculty. Doctorates are conferred by the home departments after trainees complete departmental and CBI requirements in about 5 years. Underrepresented minority students will be recruited through campus programs and through summer research opportunities funded by the CBI. Roger Adams Lab, Chemistry & Life Sciences Lab, Noyes Lab, and Institute for Genomic Biology house faculty labs, seminar rooms, and shared facilities (NMR, Mass spec, etc) PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Trainees work on projects with great public health potential - among them are research on naturally occurring antibiotics to treat infectious diseases, designing of individualized treatments for cancer, modifications of influenza and other viruses at the molecular level to render them harmless, detection/amelioration of harmful germ warfare agents like anthrax, and detection/remediation of environmental toxins/contaminants.