Molecular Biophysics Training Program at Northwestern University

西北大学分子生物物理学培训项目

• 批准号: 10172277
• 负责人: Ishwar Radhakrishnan
• 金额: $ 39.01万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10172277
• 关键词: Biophysics; Molecular; Training Programs; Universities

Project Summary The core mission of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program (MBTP) at Northwestern University (NU) is to train the next generation of pre-doctoral students in the highly interdisciplinary field of molecular biophysics. This field seeks to describe and explain biological phenomena using fundamental physical, chemical, and mathematical principles and to leverage this knowledge to develop new medicinal therapies and engineer new biomedical tools and applications. As the sole training program at NU dedicated to this area, for 30 years MBTP has played a key role in strengthening intellectual ties and stimulating interdisciplinary collaborations among program preceptors, catalyzed by student trainees, spread over seven departments in the schools of arts & sciences, medicine, and engineering. Six pre-doctoral student trainees in their second and third years of graduate education from seven feeder graduate programs will be recruited to and supported by the training program for a maximum of two years, allowing the program to have the greatest impact early in their careers as trainees complete the required coursework, learn to think critically, frame research questions independently, acquire and hone the requisite technical skills to answer these questions, and develop operational skills to be effective communicators and researchers. Trainee learning will occur through the completion of a core biophysics curriculum established by the program that will allow students from diverse backgrounds to share a common didactic experience. Trainees will have numerous opportunities to develop and hone oral presentation skills at program-sponsored forums from intimate settings like journal clubs and research-in-progress meetings held every month to larger audiences at monthly intramural seminars and the annual symposium. Monthly seminars, annual symposia and career development forums featuring external speakers, who are also leaders in academia, industry, and other non-academic careers will not only provide trainees with opportunities for broadening and deepening knowledge in the field but also for networking and career advancement. MBTP is deeply committed towards the development of all students including those from underrepresented backgrounds for broad impact. The overarching goal of MBTP is to prepare pre-doctoral students of exceptional promise in the early stages of their scientific careers to conduct rigorous, reproducible, and responsible research in molecular biophysics by facilitating the development of both general competencies as well as the uniquely molecular biophysical skills of deep analytical and quantitative reasoning and expertise in the application of cutting-edge technologies to solve complex biological problems. By achieving our overarching goal, we will set students on a trajectory towards independence in thought and action with skills that are compatible with a spectrum of productive, intellectually-demanding careers in academia, industry, and beyond.

项目概要 西北大学 (NU) 分子生物物理学培训计划 (MBTP) 的核心任务是 培养分子生物物理学高度跨学科领域的下一代博士前学生。 该领域致力于使用基本的物理、化学和物理原理来描述和解释生物现象。 数学原理并利用这些知识来开发新的药物疗法和设计新的药物 生物医学工具和应用。作为 NU 唯一致力于该领域的培训项目，30 年来 MBTP 在加强知识联系和促进跨学科合作方面发挥了关键作用 在受训学生的推动下，项目导师们遍布各学校的七个系 艺术与科学、医学和工程。 六名博士前学生在研究生教育的第二年和第三年来自七个支线 研究生项目将被招募并由培训项目提供最多两年的支持， 当学员完成所需的要求时，让该计划在他们的职业生涯早期产生最大的影响 课程作业，学会批判性思考，独立提出研究问题，掌握并磨练必要的条件 回答这些问题的技术技能，并培养成为有效沟通者的操作技能 研究人员。学员学习将通过完成由以下机构制定的核心生物物理学课程进行： 该计划将允许来自不同背景的学生分享共同的教学经验。 学员将有大量机会在项目赞助的项目中发展和磨练口头表达技巧 论坛从期刊俱乐部和每月举行的正在进行的研究会议等私密场所到规模更大的论坛 每月校内研讨会和年度研讨会的观众。每月研讨会、年度研讨会 以及由外部演讲者组成的职业发展论坛，这些演讲者也是学术界、工业界和社会领域的领导者 其他非学术职业不仅会为学员提供拓宽和深化的机会 该领域的知识，也可用于建立人际网络和职业发展。 MBTP 坚定致力于 所有学生的发展，包括来自代表性不足背景的学生的发展，产生广泛的影响。 MBTP 的总体目标是培养早期有杰出前途的博士前学生 在他们科学生涯的各个阶段进行严格的、可重复的、负责任的分子研究 生物物理学通过促进一般能力以及独特的分子能力的发展 深度分析和定量推理的生物物理技能以及尖端应用的专业知识 解决复杂生物学问题的技术。通过实现我们的总体目标，我们将使学生 具有与一系列兼容的技能的思想和行动独立的轨迹 学术界、工业界及其他领域富有成效、对智力要求较高的职业。