Predoctoral Training Molecular Biophysics

博士前培训分子生物物理学

• 批准号: 7232571
• 负责人: JOSEPH J FALKE
• 金额: $ 19.18万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7232571
• 关键词: Biophysics; Molecular; Training; pre-doctoral

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This renewal proposal seeks continuing support for the NIH/CU Molecular Biophysics Training Program at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The goal of this 4-year old program is to prepare exceptional, highly motivated biophysics students for productive research careers. The 30 training faculty are an outstanding, internationally recognized group of investigators centered in three departments: Chemistry & Biochemistry; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; and Chemical & Biological Engineering. These faculties, together with their students, are using state-of-the-art biophysical methods to elucidate fundamental aspects of macromolecular structure, dynamics, mechanism, and function in systems ranging from single molecules to complex, multi-component assemblies. Molecular Biophysics is the most rapidly growing research field on the Boulder campus, where 12 new biophysical faculties have arrived in the past 5 years. An important driving force behind this growth is the NIH/CU Molecular Biophysics Training Program, which establishes a strong sense of community and inters- connectedness among biophysicists in different laboratories and departments. Moreover, the program maintains a rigorous training environment for predoctoral students of biophysics. The training program, which is supported both by NIH and by CU matching funds, ensures that predoctoral students receive the broad, interdisciplinary foundation needed to carry out cutting edge biophysical research. Training includes specialized coursework, laboratory rotations, and teaching duties during the first year. Training continues with additional coursework in the second year. Required courses include scientific ethics as well as biophysical courses developed by the program. Following the second year, students meet yearly with a faculty committee that provides independent mentoring for their thesis research. In all training years, regular Biophysics Seminars and Super group meetings maintain strong communication between biophysical students and faculty. During its first four years of NIH support the training program has flourished in multiple dimensions while benefiting from: 1) exciting new faculty, 2) growing student participation, 3) increasing quality of the selected trainees, 4) new courses, and 5) growing recruitment of minority and female students.

描述（由申请人提供）：本更新提案寻求对科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的 NIH/CU 分子生物物理学培训计划的持续支持。这个为期四年的项目的目标是培养优秀、积极性高的生物物理学学生，为富有成效的研究生涯做好准备。 30 名培训教师是一支杰出的、国际公认的研究人员团队，集中在三个部门：化学与生物化学；分子、细胞和发育生物学；以及化学与生物工程。这些学院和他们的学生正在使用最先进的生物物理方法来阐明从单分子到复杂的多组分组件的系统中大分子结构、动力学、机制和功能的基本方面。分子生物物理学是博尔德校区发展最快的研究领域，过去 5 年新增了 12 个生物物理学系。这一增长背后的重要推动力是 NIH/CU 分子生物物理学培训计划，该计划在不同实验室和部门的生物物理学家之间建立了强烈的社区意识和相互联系。此外，该项目为生物物理学博士前学生维持了严格的培训环境。该培训计划由 NIH 和 CU 配套资金支持，确保博士前学生获得开展前沿生物物理研究所需的广泛的跨学科基础。培训包括第一年的专业课程、实验室轮换和教学职责。第二年继续进行培训并提供额外的课程。必修课程包括科学伦理学以及该项目开发的生物物理学课程。第二年之后，学生每年都会与教员委员会会面，该委员会为他们的论文研究提供独立指导。在所有培训年中，定期举行的生物物理学研讨会和超级小组会议保持了生物物理学学生和教师之间的密切沟通。在 NIH 支持的头四年中，培训计划在多个方面蓬勃发展，同时受益于：1）令人兴奋的新教师，2）不断增加的学生参与，3）选定的学员质量不断提高，4）新课程，以及 5）不断增长招收少数民族学生和女学生。