IGERT: Optical techniques for actuation, sensing, and imaging of biological systems

IGERT：用于生物系统驱动、传感和成像的光学技术

• 批准号: 0801530
• 负责人: Kenneth Shepard
• 金额: $ 300万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0801530&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IGERT; Optical; techniques; actuation; sensing

Progress in the biological sciences and medicine relies increasingly on methods, approaches, and strategies derived from synergistic interactions with the physical sciences and engineering. One notable example of this is the use of optical methods for biosensing and bioimaging. Furthermore, the tremendous nanoscale device fabrication capabilities built up in microelectronics and photonics furnish unparalleled opportunities for leveraging highly integrated platforms for on-chip biological sensor systems. By their nature, these applications cross through multiple disciplines and require a team with diverse expertise in the fundamental light/tissue interaction, complex optical instrumentation and imaging tools, and relevant biological systems. In this Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) program a new generation of scientists and engineers will be trained through a set of five research thrusts that cross three fundamental core competency areas: optics, photonics, and sensor electronics; biomolecular detection and cellular-level analysis; and applications to medicine and public health. Each IGERT trainee will be empowered to work at the boundaries between the disciplines and will be uniquely capable of contributing to advancements in this important emerging field. With 19 faculty members representing academic departments across Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Teachers College, and incorporating strong interaction with City College, Queens College, and The Cooper Union in New York City, the IGERT trainees will experience a truly diverse community sharing in the integrated educational and research activities and will be exposed to a wide spectrum of cutting-edge applications. An external advisory board including industrial and government labs will provide additional connections between the IGERT and outside partners. Educationally, this IGERT program fulfills a compelling need to train a diverse workforce of U. S. scientists and engineers trained in an area of large and growing competitive importance to the United States. The proposed enrichment program provides IGERT fellows with enhanced training through experience in industry and government laboratories, seminars on professional development, career guidance, entrepreneurship, and discussion of ethical issues. Significant resources are committed to ensuring recruitment and retention of fellows from underrepresented groups. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.

生物科学和医学的进步越来越依赖于与物理科学和工程的协同相互作用产生的方法，方法和策略。一个值得注意的例子是使用光学方法进行生物传感和生物成像。此外，以微电子和光子学为基础建立的巨大纳米级设备制造能力提供了无与伦比的机会，以利用高度集成的平台为芯片生物学传感器系统。从本质上讲，这些应用跨越了多个学科，并需要一个在基本光/组织相互作用，复杂的光学仪器和成像工具以及相关生物系统方面具有多种专业知识的团队。在这个综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）计划中，新一代科学家和工程师将通过五个研究推力进行培训，这些研究推力跨越了三个基本核心竞争力领域：光学，光子学和传感器电子设备；生物分子检测和细胞水平分析；以及医学和公共卫生的申请。 每个IGERT学员将有权在学科之间的界限上工作，并具有独特的能力为这一重要新兴领域的进步做出贡献。 With 19 faculty members representing academic departments across Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Teachers College, and incorporating strong interaction with City College, Queens College, and The Cooper Union in New York City, the IGERT trainees will experience a truly diverse community sharing in the integrated educational and research activities and will be exposed to a wide spectrum of尖端申请。包括工业和政府实验室在内的外部顾问委员会将提供IGERT与外部合作伙伴之间的其他联系。在教育上，该IGERT计划满足了训练在对美国竞争庞大且竞争越来越重要的地区培训的美国科学家和工程师各种各样的劳动力方面的迫切需求。拟议的丰富计划通过在行业和政府实验室的经验，专业发展，职业指导，企业家精神以及对道德问题的讨论中的经验，通过经验，通过经验来提供培训。大量资源致力于确保从代表性不足的群体中招募和保留研究员。 IGERT是一项旨在应对美国博士学位的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，所选学科的深刻知识以及未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在肥沃的环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训的新模型来促进研究生教育的文化变革，以超越传统学科界限的合作研究。