NSERC CREATE Biointerfaces Training Program

我们对生物/材料界面或生物界面性质的理解影响到生物介质中的所有材料，从隐形眼镜到血液接触材料，再到诊断试纸和新的生物分离介质。创建生物界面培训计划将在眼科生物材料和生物传感器涂层的生物活性和隐形生物界面的开发、表征和应用方面为研究生、本科生和博士后研究员提供独特的培训。拟议的计划与NSERC的优先领域“健康及相关生命科学和技术”保持一致，并将培训来自三所大学六个学术部门的HQP。新的多学科培训计划将设在最近成立的麦克马斯特生物界面研究所内，将汇集来自一系列学科的科学家、工程师和健康科学家，为学员提供以下方面的独特技能：1)高通量合成和筛选技术，以快速准备和识别具有特定所需特性的表面；2)使用先进的光谱方法来全面表征生物活性和隐形界面；以及3)应用新发现的材料来制备先进的生物医学设备。学员还将有大量机会与行业合作伙伴合作，在某些情况下在其设施中学习将实验室研究转化为行业所涉及的技能，并将参加专门设计的课程(知识产权和专利、商业演示、专业生物接口课程)，以培养在未来就业中取得成功所需的专业和沟通技能。

Our understanding of the nature of the biological/material interface, or biointerface, impacts all materials in biological media from contact lenses to blood contacting materials to diagnostic test strips and new bioseparation media. The CREATE Biointerfaces Training Program will provide unique training to graduate students, undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows in the development, characterization and application of bioactive and stealth biointerfaces for ophthalmic biomaterials and biosensor coatings. The proposed program aligns with the NSERC priority area "Health and related life sciences and technologies" and will train HQP from six academic departments across three universities. The new multidisciplinary training program, to be housed within the recently established Biointerfaces Institute at McMaster, will bring together scientists, engineers and health scientists from a range of disciplines to provide trainees with unique skills in: 1) high throughput synthesis and screening techniques to rapidly prepare and identify surfaces with a specific set of desired properties; 2) the use of advanced spectroscopic methods to fully characterize bioactive and stealth interfaces; and, 3) the application of newly discovered materials for the preparation of advanced biomedical devices. Trainees will also have abundant opportunities to work in collaboration with industry partners, in some cases in their facilities, to learn the skills involved in translating laboratory research to industry, and will take specially designed courses (IP and patents, business presentations, specialized biointerfaces courses), to develop the professional and communication skills needed to succeed in their future employment.