Genetics and Genomics PhD Training Grant

遗传学和基因组学博士培训补助金

• 批准号: 8279214
• 负责人: FRED M. WINSTON
• 金额: $ 22.33万
• 依托单位: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8279214
• 关键词: Doctor of Philosophy; Genetic; Genomics; Grant; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a new application to support 12 graduate students in their second year of a Ph.D. Program in Genetics and Genomics (PGG) at Harvard Medical School. The goal of this program is to provide our students with comprehensive and rigorous training in genetics, including quantitative analysis of genetic and genomic data. This training comes from coursework, program activities, and dissertation research. The students have the opportunity to carry out Ph.D. research in one of several laboratories, centered around, but not exclusive to, the Department of Genetics. The laboratories of training grant faculty cover a wide range of research areas, ranging from prokaryotic gene regulation to human biology and disease. Students supported by the training grant are part of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) program, a large umbrella program that includes six departments. However, PGG students participate in a program that is distinct from the rest of BBS students in its focus on genetics and genomics. PGG students are self-selected for the program based on their expressed interest in the program during their first year of graduate school and their choice of dissertation laboratory. Students in the program are required to concentrate their course work in genetics and genomics, including a requirement to take a course in the quantitative analysis of biological data. Our students will be guided in choosing courses and rotations by faculty advisors who are part of the PGG. PGG students will also participate in a set of programmatic activities, including (1) an annual fall symposium, (2) monthly meetings that will allow them to talk about their own research, to interact with senior students, and to interact with postdocs, including those studying clinical genetics, and (3) the opportunity to invite and host two outside seminar speakers each year. Students will be monitored for progress towards a Ph.D. by their dissertation advisory committees, which will include, in addition to the dissertation advisor, at least one PGG faculty member. Furthermore, students will write abstracts and present their work by either a poster or a talk at our annual symposium. Taken together, this training plan should provide outstanding training for our students to become highly productive independent investigators in the areas of genetics and genomics.

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一项新申请，旨在支持 12 名博士生第二年的研究生。哈佛医学院遗传学和基因组学项目 (PGG)。该计划的目标是为我们的学生提供全面而严格的遗传学培训，包括遗传和基因组数据的定量分析。这种培训来自课程作业、项目活动和论文研究。学生有机会攻读博士学位。在几个实验室之一进行研究，这些实验室以遗传学系为中心，但不限于遗传学系。培训资助教师的实验室涵盖广泛的研究领域，从原核基因调控到人类生物学和疾病。获得培训补助金支持的学生是生物和生物医学科学（BBS）项目的一部分，这是一个包括六个部门的大型伞式项目。然而，PGG 学生参与的项目与其他 BBS 学生不同，其重点是遗传学和基因组学。 PGG 学生根据他们在研究生院第一年表达的对该项目的兴趣以及他们对论文实验室的选择自行选择参加该项目。该项目的学生需要将课程集中在遗传学和基因组学上，包括要求选修生物数据定量分析课程。 PGG 的教师顾问将指导我们的学生选择课程和轮换。 PGG 学生还将参加一系列计划活动，包括 (1) 年度秋季研讨会，(2) 月度会议，使他们能够谈论自己的研究、与高年级学生互动以及与博士后互动，包括研究临床遗传学的人，以及（3）每年有机会邀请和主持两位外部研讨会发言人。我们将监控学生攻读博士学位的进展情况。由他们的论文咨询委员会组成，除了论文导师之外，该委员会还包括至少一名 PGG 教员。此外，学生将撰写摘要并在我们的年度研讨会上通过海报或演讲展示他们的作品。总而言之，该培训计划应该为我们的学生提供出色的培训，使其成为遗传学和基因组学领域高产的独立研究人员。