Graduate Training in Developmental Biology

发育生物学研究生培训

• 批准号: 10373093
• 负责人: Michael Granato
• 金额: $ 37.28万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-05-01 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10373093
• 关键词: Developmental Biology; Training

This is a competitive renewal for a predoctoral Training Program in developmental biology at the University of Pennsylvania. The Training Program serves as a melting and cohesion point in developmental biology as it includes trainers spread across four schools within the University, and students from 8 graduate groups. The Training Program also serves as an incubator for new initiatives in graduate training that continue to be adapted by graduate groups. The program continues to take advantage of an exceptionally strong programmatic foundation in developmental biology at the University of Pennsylvania. The Training Program’s goal is to provide broad-based training that uses state of the art technologies towards the fundamental mechanisms of developmental biology using a diversity of vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant organisms. Research training areas include transcription and cell signaling that control cell differentiation, migration, organogenesis, cellular senescence, morphogenesis, pattern formation, epigenetic regulation of developmental processes, and stem cell biology. Trainees receive formal instruction in an established curriculum of study, including lecture courses in developmental biology and advanced seminars on genetic, cellular, and molecular approaches to developmental mechanisms and disease. Students also participate in developmental biology journal clubs, a developmental biology seminar series that includes student invited speakers, research discussion groups on selected topics, and in annual scientific symposia. Trainees present their research findings at departmental seminars, local symposia and national conferences. Finally, the training program provides trainee specific activities: a) a yearly symposium to present their work in a more formal setting that includes an eminent external speaker who evaluates the training program; b) Professional development activities, such as careers in science meetings with invited speakers to discuss career options; mini-writing classes tailored to graduate students covering in depth grant and manuscript writing; a mini courses in experimental design, and training sessions with communication professionals; c) Show and Tell research days where trainees lecture other trainees about their project followed by a hands-on demonstration of research techniques employed by the trainee presenter, e.g. live cell imaging, d) lunchtime discussion with a Penn faculty of the trainee’s choice to learn about the faculty’s field of research and/or to discuss lab management or career path decisions, e) a day long visit to a pharmaceutical company to explore different aspects of working in this sector. The proposed training program requests 8 trainees per year. Trainees will be selected annually by an ad hoc trainer committee, and appointed for one year with the option for a second year pending satisfactory progress. Training outcomes will be evaluated yearly by measuring trainee publications, transitions to individual training awards, trainee surveys, an external evaluation, which all will be reviewed by an Executive Committee. Lastly, Trainers participate in a number of efforts to recruit under-represented minorities both locally and nationally.

这是对发育生物学博士前培训项目的竞争性更新。 宾夕法尼亚州培训计划是发育生物学的熔点和凝聚点，因为它 包括分布在大学内四所学院的培训师以及来自 8 个研究生小组的学生。 培训计划还充当研究生培训新举措的孵化器，这些举措继续在 该计划由研究生团体改编，继续利用异常强大的计划性。 宾夕法尼亚大学发育生物学基础培训项目的目标是提供。 基础广泛的培训，利用最先进的技术来了解基本机制 使用多种脊椎动物、无脊椎动物和植物生物体的发育生物学研究培训领域。 包括控制细胞分化、迁移、器官发生、细胞分化的转录和细胞信号传导 衰老、形态发生、模式形成、发育过程的表观遗传调控和干细胞 细胞生物学学员接受既定学习课程的正式指导，包括讲座课程。 发育生物学和关于遗传、细胞和分子方法的高级研讨会 发育机制和疾病。学生还参加发育生物学期刊俱乐部。 发育生物学研讨会系列，学生包括受邀演讲者、研究讨论小组 选定的主题，并在年度科学研讨会上向部门展示他们的研究成果。 最后，实习生提供了具体的培训计划。 活动：a) 每年一次的研讨会，在更正式的场合展示他们的工作，其中包括知名人士 评估培训计划的外部发言人； b) 职业发展活动，例如职业生涯 在科学会议上与受邀演讲者讨论为毕业生量身定制的职业选择； 学生涵盖深入的资助和手稿写作；实验设计和培训的迷你课程 与传播专业人士的会议；c) 学员向其他人讲授的展示和讲述研究日 受训者了解他们的项目，然后动手演示该项目所采用的研究技术 实习生演示者，例如活细胞成像，d) 与实习生选择的宾夕法尼亚大学教员进行午餐讨论 了解教师的研究领域和/或讨论实验室管理或职业道路决策，e) 一天 长期访问一家制药公司，探讨该行业工作的不同方面。 培训计划每年要求 8 名受训人员，每年将由特设培训师委员会选拔， 并任命为一年，并可选择第二年，等待培训结果令人满意。 每年将通过衡量受训者出版物、向个人培训奖项的过渡、受训者进行评估 调查、外部评估，所有这些都将由执行委员会审查。最后，培训师。 参与一些在地方和国家招募代表性不足的少数群体的努力。