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学的协同相互作用所衍生的方法、途径和策略。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，微电子学和光子学领域建立的巨大纳米级器件制造能力为利用片上生物传感器系统的高度集成平台提供了无与伦比的机会。从本质上讲，这些应用跨越多个学科，需要一个在基本光/组织相互作用、复杂光学仪器和成像工具以及相关生物系统方面具有不同专业知识的团队。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跨越三个基本核心能力领域的五项研究重点进行培训：光学、光子学和传感器电子学；生物分子检测和细胞水平分析；以及在医学和公共卫生方面的应用。 每位 IGERT 学员都将被授权在学科之间的边界上工作，并将有独特的能力为这一重要新兴领域的进步做出贡献。拥有来自哥伦比亚大学工程与应用科学学院、艺术与科学学院、梅尔曼公共卫生学院、内外科医学院和师范学院各学术部门的19名教职人员，并与城市学院、皇后学院建立了强有力的互动，在纽约市的库珀联盟学院和库珀联盟学院，IGERT 学员将在综合教育和研究活动中体验真正多元化的社区共享，并将接触到广泛的前沿应用。包括工业和政府实验室在内的外部顾问委员会将在 IGERT 和外部合作伙伴之间提供额外的联系。从教育角度来看，该 IGERT 计划满足了培训一支由美国科学家和工程师组成的多元化劳动力队伍的迫切需求，这些劳动力在对美国具有日益重要的竞争重要性的领域接受培训。拟议的强化计划通过行业和政府实验室的经验、专业发展研讨会、职业指导、创业精神和道德问题的讨论，为 IGERT 研究员提供强化培训。投入大量资源来确保招募和留住代表性不足群体的研究员。 IGERT 是一项 NSF 范围内的计划，旨在应对美国博士生教育的挑战。具有跨学科背景的科学家和工程师，对所选学科有深厚的知识，以及未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能。该计划旨在通过在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，促进研究生教育的文化变革。