Predoctoral Training Program in Molecular Biology

 描述（由申请人提供）：在科罗拉多大学安舒茨医学院的分子生物学计划的目标是培养优秀的研究科学家和院士谁将成为未来的领导者在他们所选择的领域和学科。为了实现这一目标，我们精心挑选来自不同背景的高素质学生，他们具有良好的学术记录和表现出的能力，承诺和对研究的热情。培训计划是灵活的，高度以学生为导向，以满足个人需求，但同时有一个严格的课程，设置高标准。分子生物学被设计为一个5-6年的计划，第一年致力于具有挑战性的课程工作和实验室轮换，第二年发展研究假设，其余几年在培训教师导师和论文委员会的指导下完成论文研究项目。为了进一步发展研究技能，学生在课程的各个阶段参加额外的计划具体活动，包括每周研讨会系列， 圆桌讨论、年度研讨会和我们的务虚会。我们的课程非常强调批判性和创造性的独立思维，定量和统计能力，科学沟通技巧和专业/负责任的行为的发展。该计划的一个显著优势是来自15个不同部门的优秀和高度互动的教师，他们致力于研究生教育和该计划。作为我们校园内唯一一个NIH支持的培训项目，专注于基础分子和细胞机制的研究，项目教师实验室为我们的学生提供多个学科的研究机会（结构、免疫学、细胞生物学和生物化学）、疾病模型（癌症、自身免疫、感染性疾病和发育障碍）和生物体模型（病毒、细菌、酵母、四膜虫、苍蝇、蠕虫、小鼠和人类）。我们计划的培训成功在学生出版物和我们学生获得的高质量博士后，教师和行业职位中显而易见。鉴于我们的学生库的深度，质量和多样性，以及我们培养高质量学生的能力，我们要求增加学生职位，以支持从6到8/年的培训补助金。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the Molecular Biology Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is to train outstanding research scientists and academicians who will become future leaders in their chosen fields and disciplines. To accomplish this goal we carefully select high quality students from diverse backgrounds with strong academic records and a demonstrated aptitude, commitment and passion for research. The training program is flexible and highly student orientated to meet individual needs, but at the same time has a rigorous curriculum, sets high standards. Molecular Biology is designed as a 5-6 year program with the first year devoted to challenging course work and laboratory rotations, the second year to the development of a research hypothesis, and the remaining years to completion of the thesis research project under the guidance of a training faculty mentor and thesis committee. To further develop research skills, students at all stages of the curriculum participate in additional program specific activities including a weekly seminar series, roundtable discussions, the annual symposium and our retreat. Our curriculum strongly emphasizes the development of critical and creative independent thinking, quantitative and statistical abilities, scientific communication skills, and professional/responsible conduct. A significant strength of the program is its outstanding and highly interactive faculty from 15 different departments who are deeply committed to graduate education and to the Program. As the only NIH-supported training program on our campus focused on research into fundamental molecular and cellular mechanisms, program faculty labs offer research opportunities for our students in multiple disciplines (structure, immunology, cell biology and biochemistry), disease models (cancer, autoimmunity, infectious diseases, and developmental disorders), and organismal models (viruses, bacteria, yeast, tetrahymena, flies, worms, mice and humans). The training success of our program is evident in student publications and in the high quality postdoctoral, faculty and industry positions obtained by our students. Given the depth, quality and diversity of our student pool and our demonstrated ability to train high quality students, we are requesting an increase in student positions to be supported by this training grant from 6 to 8/yr.