Chemistry Biology Interface Predoctoral Training Grant

化学生物学接口博士前培训补助金

• 批准号: 8894513
• 负责人: Lynmarie K. Thompson
• 金额: $ 24.11万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-07-15 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8894513
• 关键词: Biology; Chemistry; Grant; Training; pre-doctoral

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests the third renewal of our Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Grant. In 1995 we launched a new interdisciplinary training program at the University of Massachusetts that built on existing strengths and harnessed our faculty commitment to collaboration between the physical and life sciences. We successfully implemented a curriculum that complemented the requirements of the participating graduate programs, adding enough training elements to efficiently train students with either chemical or biological backgrounds in the complementary discipline. The subsequent period (2000-2005) was one of tremendous growth of the program: the number of affiliated students grew from 14 to over 60, as students well beyond those with CBI funding recognized the value of the CBI training and community. During the current funding period our CBI Training Program has become a major force on campus, influencing faculty hiring and construction of new buildings and renovations. The CBI Training Faculty has grown from 19 to 27, and continues to provide cross-training to over 60 students from the four participating graduate programs of Chemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology, Chemical Engineering, and Polymer Science & Engineering. We anticipate continued growth of our CBI Program as additional departments (notably Physics and Computer Science) move into CBI- related areas. The CBI Program currently provides NIH support for 6 pre-doctoral students, and a University match supports 2 additional Traineeships. To continue to foster the growing strength of the CBI program as it expands into new disciplines and trains increasing numbers of students, we request an increase to 8 NIH-funded Traineeships. Notable features of our CBI Program include the participation of the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science & Engineering, which enriches CBI training with quantitative, biomaterials, and bioengineering perspectives and projects. Our popular "Drug Design" course, developed as an integral part of the CBI curriculum, features weekly seminars by speakers from the pharmaceutical industry and a field trip to tour a company. Our CBI retreat has grown into a vibrant annual event that forges connections with researchers at UMass Medical School. Finally, CBI students, in partnership with students of the new UMass Institute for Cellular Engineering, are organizing a new annual Career Day to further enhance their CBI training. Thus the CBI curriculum and community are rich in opportunities for training in the methods and intellectual framework of both chemistry and biology, which prepares our CBI graduates to pose and solve significant biomedical questions in their future work.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请要求我们的化学生物学界面（CBI）培训补助金的第三个续订。 1995年，我们在马萨诸塞大学启动了一项新的跨学科培训计划，该计划建立在现有优势的基础上，并利用了我们对身体和生命科学之间合作的教师承诺。我们成功地实施了一项课程，以补充参与研究生课程的要求，增加了足够的培训元素，以有效地培训补充学科中具有化学或生物学背景的学生。随后的时期（2000-2005）是该计划的巨大增长之一：附属学生的数量从14岁增加到60多个，因为学生远远超出了CBI资金的学生，认识到CBI培训和社区的价值。 在当前的资助期间，我们的CBI培训计划已成为校园的主要力量，影响了新建筑物和翻新的教师招聘和建设。 CBI培训教师的增长率从19增加到27，并继续为四个参与化学，分子和蜂窝生物学，化学工程和聚合物科学与工程学的四个参与研究生课程的学生提供交叉培训。我们预计我们的CBI计划将继续增长，因为其他部门（尤其是物理学和计算机科学）进入了与CBI相关领域。 CBI计划目前为6名博士前学生提供NIH支持，大学比赛还支持另外2个学员。为了继续促进CBI计划扩展到新的学科并培训越来越多的学生，我们要求增加到8个NIH资助的学员。 我们CBI计划的显着特征包括化学工程和聚合物科学与工程部门的参与，该部门通过定量，生物材料以及生物工程的观点和项目丰富了CBI培训。我们流行的“药物设计”课程是CBI课程不可或缺的一部分，其中包括制药行业的演讲者每周研讨会，以及巡回公司的实地考察。我们的CBI务虚会成长为一个充满活力的年度活动，与UMass医学院的研究人员建立了联系。最后，CBI学生与新的UMass Cellular工程学院的学生合作，正在组织新的年度职业日，以进一步增强CBI培训。因此，CBI课程和社区在化学和生物学的方法和智力框架上都有丰富的培训机会，这使我们的CBI毕业生在未来的工作中为我们的CBI毕业生提出了重要的生物医学问题。