NSF-GEM4 Summer School on Cellular and Molecular Mechanics

NSF-GEM4 细胞和分子力学暑期学校

• 批准号: 0825220
• 负责人: K. Jimmy Hsia
• 金额: $ 57.73万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0825220&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; GEM4; Summer; Cellular; Molecular

Interdisciplinary research in the areas of cell/molecular biology and engineering is clearly an emergent field that will become the frontiers of scientific, engineering, and biological research. It is also clear that there is an urgent need to educate engineers about biology and biologists about engineering, and a need to train researchers in this critical, emergent field. In this project, an NSF-GEM4 Summer School on Cellular and Molecular Mechanics will be established through a collaborative effort among five US institutions (UIUC, MIT, Caltech, Georgia Tech, and UT-Austin). In the next five years, the Summer School on Cellular and Molecular Mechanics will be held at Caltech, UT-Austin, UIUC, MIT, and Georgia Tech, respectively. Experts from engineering and biology are invited to give lectures on basic knowledge in mechanics and in biology as well as on state-of-the-art research. Participants, including graduate students, postdocs, and faculty members from both engineering and biology, will learn the research tools and methods in each other's to explore potential collaborations on topics of mutual interest.The Summer School series is expected to produce the next generation of researchers who are equally familiar with the tools and methodologies in engineering and biology research, with a goal to foster a new, interdisciplinary research area at the intersection of engineering and biology. The impact of the Summer Schools will be significant and far-reaching, including developing new research tools, transforming the existing research methodologies, and potentially leading to solutions to some of the most challenging problems facing society including healthcare, energy and the environment. The five US institutions are strategically located geographically. The collaborations among these institutions will form the foundation for potential coordination in this emergent field and enhance the impact of future educational and research efforts.

细胞/分子生物学和工程领域的跨学科研究显然是一个新兴领域，它将成为科学，工程和生物学研究的前沿。同样很明显，迫切需要向工程师介绍生物学和生物学家有关工程学的知识，并需要在这个关键的新兴领域培训研究人员。在这个项目中，将通过在美国五个机构（UIUC，MIT，CALTECH，GEORGIA TECH和UT-AUSTIN）的合作努力来建立NSF-GEM4蜂窝和分子力学的暑期学校。在接下来的五年中，分子和分子力学的暑期学校将分别在加州理工学院，UT-AUSTIN，UIUC，MIT和佐治亚理工学院举行。邀请工程和生物学的专家提供有关力学和生物学以及最新研究的基础知识的讲座。参与者，包括工程和生物学的研究生，博士后和教职员工，将学习彼此的研究工具和方法，以探讨有关共同兴趣主题的潜在合作。暑期学校系列有望产生下一代研究人员同样熟悉工程和生物学研究中的工具和方法，其目标是在工程与生物学的交集中培养一个新的跨学科研究领域。暑期学校的影响将是重要且深远的，包括开发新的研究工具，改变现有的研究方法，并有可能导致解决社会面临的一些最具挑战性的问题，包括医疗保健，能源和环境。美国五个机构在地理上是战略地位的。这些机构之间的合作将构成这个新兴领域潜在协调的基础，并增强未来的教育和研究工作的影响。