Training Program in Marine Biotechnology

描述（由申请人提供）：此修订后的培训计划申请将为学生提供跨学科教育和研究培训的海洋生物技术，包括天然产物化学，生物化学，基因组学，药理学和医学的组成部分领域的特殊机会。此外，该培训补助金将通过在UCSD校园多个部门的不同实验室以及索尔克研究所和J.克雷格文特尔研究所培训个别学生来提供合作性的跨学科研究指导。为完成这一使命，TP有以下目标：（1）提供新的课程，在UCSD校园内创建一个独特的课程，这是海洋生物技术多学科领域研究的知识基础（2）提供一系列由海洋生物技术领域领导者举办的激励性研讨会，并通过安排和接待这些访问演讲者的特殊机会来发展我们的学员的技能（3）提供工业实习，以拓宽我们毕业生的教育基础和技术视角（4）为我们的学员提供机会，通过年度研讨会，参加各种研究和期刊俱乐部，参加国家和国际会议（5次），向特别优秀的受训人员提供竞争性资助，以表彰他们的上级研究工作和人才。该培训计划的基本原理是需要为生物技术行业以及学术界培养学生，使其具备海洋系统及其独特的化学，生物化学和遗传属性的综合知识。据我们所知，这个广泛的培训平台在美国的任何其他机构都没有提供，因此我们的毕业生被追捧，以满足行业和学术界的独特需求。该培训计划在更新期的前两年为6名博士预科生提供培训，在后三年为8名博士预科生提供培训，并由2名或2名以上大学资助的培训生提供补充，以支持学生在5年制博士学位的第二年和第三年。程序.在海洋生物技术TP的主持下，这一教师和研究力量的组装正在帮助UCSD创建一个独特的，国际公认的教育和研究计划。 相关性：海洋生物是具有有用医疗特性的天然产品的特殊来源。全面获取这些天然产品的工作可通过综合化学和遗传方法得到加强，这种方法本身就很复杂，涉及多学科。UCSD拥有独特的学术和研究项目，可以培养这些领域的下一代科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This revised Training Program application will provide students with an exceptional opportunity for cross disciplinary education and research training in the component areas of marine biotechnology, including natural products chemistry, biochemistry, genomics, pharmacology, and medicine. Moreover, this training grant will provide collaborative cross-disciplinary research mentorship through training individual students in different laboratories in multiple departments on the UCSD campus as well as the Salk Institute and J. Craig Venter Institute. To accomplish this mission, the TP has the following objectives: (1) to provide new course offerings that create a unique curriculum on the UCSD campus that is the intellectual foundation for research in the multidisciplinary field of Marine Biotechnology (2) to provide a stimulating series of seminars by leaders in the field of Marine Biotechnology, and to develop skills in our trainees through special opportunities to arrange and host these visiting speakers (3) to provide Industrial Internships that broaden the educational base and technology perspective of our graduates (4) to provide opportunities to our trainees that develop their research presentation skills through an annual symposium, participation in various research and journal clubs, and participation at national and international conferences (5) to provide competitively awarded financial support to especially meritorious trainees for a 2-year period in recognition of their superior research efforts and talents. The rationale for this training program is the need to train students for the biotechnology industry as well as for academia with an integrated knowledge of marine systems and their unique chemical, biochemical, and genetic attributes. To our knowledge, this broad training platform is not offered at any other institution in the US, and thus our graduates are sought after to fill a unique need in industry and academia. The training is proposed for 6 predoctoral trainees in the first two years and 8 predoctoral trainees in the latter three years of the renewal period, supplemented by 2 or more university-supported trainees, to support students in their second and third year of their 5-year Ph.D. programs. The assembly of this faculty and research strength under the auspices of the TP in Marine Biotechnology is helping to create a unique, internationally recognized educational and research program at UCSD. RELEVANCE: Marine organisms are an exceptional source of natural products with useful medical properties. Fully accessing these natural products is enhanced by an integrated chemical and genetic approach, which is inherently complex and multidisciplinary. UCSD has a unique assembly of academic and research programs which can train the next generation of scientists in these areas.