Training Program in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology

分子、细胞和发育生物学培训项目

• 批准号: 10388225
• 负责人: Needhi Bhalla
• 金额: $ 44.3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10388225
• 关键词: Cellular biology; Developmental Biology; Molecular Biology; Training Programs

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT The graduate Training Program in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology (MCDB) is a student- centered interdisciplinary training program that includes 29 principal investigators from 5 departments, with 76 PhD students currently in training. The MCDB program is 1 of 4 training tracks within a larger umbrella program called the Program in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering (PBSE), which encom- passes investigators who study diverse topics in biomedical science. Students admitted into the MCDB Training Program can do research rotations with any of the PBSE faculty, thereby gaining opportunities to explore diverse research topics and methodologies. MCDB students take courses designed to foster independent and critical thinking, as well as an understand- ing of key principles of biomedical science. The courses instruct students in rigor and reproducibility and build basic competencies needed for success in diverse careers. In addition to the core courses, students take an ethics course, a grant writing course, a pedagogy course, a career planning course, and elective courses. The Program Director, a Thesis Advisory Committee, and the Graduate Advis- ing Committee closely monitor student progress and intervene as necessary to ensure retention and successful completion of the program. The average time to degree is 5.9 years. The most motivated and promising MCDB students are selected for Training Grant support based on their academic records and their engagement and performance in core courses and research rota- tions. Training Grant students are usually selected soon after they join a thesis lab for support in Years 2-3. Support is requested for 12 students per year, but we note that all students in our program benefit from the high standards and goals of NIH-supported graduate programs and the innovations in mentoring and training that we have implemented to meet those standards and goals. The MCDB Training Program can point to a number of important achievements. An ambitious and highly successful effort to build an inclusive and diverse program has allowed us to reach 30% URM students in training, as well as a training faculty that is greater than 50% women. We closely track career outcomes for our students, which shows that 73% of our graduates over the last 13 years have gone on to successful careers in the sciences and an additional 20% are training as postdocs. With support from the NIH, we created an exciting new Career Planning course that equips students with the skills and inspiration to pursue diverse careers. A complete restructuring of our core courses has kept them current and relevant. Together, these kinds of innovations have helped drive the success of our training program, which produces outstanding graduates who bring unique skills and diversity to the national biomedical science workforce.

项目摘要 /摘要 分子，细胞和发育生物学（MCDB）的研究生培训计划是学生 中心跨学科培训计划，其中包括来自5个部门的29名主要调查员 目前有76名博士学位学生正在培训。 MCDB计划是较大的4个训练轨道中的1个 伞计划称为生物医学和工程学计划（PBSE），该计划包括 通过研究生物医学科学领域的各种主题的调查员。 参加MCDB培训计划的学生可以与任何PBSE进行研究轮换 教师，从而获得了探索各种研究主题和方法论的机会。 MCDB 学生参加旨在培养独立和批判性思维的课程，以及一个理解的课程 - 生物医学科学的关键原则。这些课程指导学生严格和可重复性 并建立在多元化职业中成功所需的基本能力。除了核心课程， 学生参加道德课程，赠款写作课程，教育学课程，职业计划课程， 和选修课程。计划主任，论文咨询委员会和研究生咨询 ING委员会密切监视学生的进步并根据需要进行干预，以确保保留和 成功完成该计划。学位的平均时间为5。9年。 根据基于 他们的学术记录以及他们在核心课程中的参与和表现 tions。培训赠款学生通常在加入论文实验室后不久就会选择支持 2 - 3年。每年要求支持12名学生，但我们注意到我们计划中的所有学生 受益于NIH支持的研究生课程的高标准和目标和创新 我们已经实施的指导和培训以满足这些标准和目标。 MCDB培训计划可以指出许多重要的成就。一个雄心勃勃的 建立包容和多样性计划的非常成功的努力使我们能够达到30％的URM 接受培训的学生以及大于50％女性的培训教师。我们仔细跟踪 我们的学生的职业成果，这表明过去13年中我们有73％的毕业生有 继续从事科学领域的成功职业，另外20％是作为博士后的培训。和 NIH的支持，我们创建了一个令人兴奋的新职业规划课程，使学生为 从事多元化职业的技能和灵感。我们核心课程的完整重组 使它们保持最新和相关。这类创新在一起有助于取得成功 在我们的培训计划中，培训培训计划为出色的毕业生带来独特的技能和多样性 国家生物医学科学劳动力。