Biotechnology Predoctoral Training Program

生物技术博士前培训计划

• 批准号: 6697614
• 负责人: Annelise Emily Barron
• 金额: $ 30.33万
• 依托单位: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-09-01 至 2009-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6697614
• 关键词: Biotechnology; Predoctoral; Training; Program; Biotechnology; Predoctoral; Training; Program

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funding continuation for the Predoctoral Biotechnology Training Program at Northwestern University (NU). This interdisciplinary and interdepartmental Program offers biotechnology training opportunities for a select group of Ph.D. students from four participating units: the departments of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering (ChE), the Chemistry department, and the Interdepartmental Biological Sciences (IBiS) graduate program. Research opportunities, chosen from among a wide array of laboratories in the life sciences, are complemented by a core interdisciplinary curriculum. Three- to 6-month industrial internships expose trainees to the industrial environment of modern biotechnology. All trainees and most preceptors participate in the IBiS, two-day, off-campus annual retreat, which allows extensive interactions among students and faculty from many disciplines and increases the cohesiveness of the trainee group. The Biotechnology research club, which meets once a month or more during the academic year and twice a month during the summer, is the forum where trainees and faculty present their research results to and interact with other students participating in the Program. Several other interdisciplinary research clubs (e.g. Biophysics Club, Biomaterials Club) provide trainees with additional opportunities to broaden their knowledge and perspective. Trainees organize and host biotechnology seminars that bring industrial and academic scientists to campus for a seminar and discussions with trainees. Students also take advantage of several other life sciences-related seminar programs on campus. Instruction in the responsible conduct of research is carried out primarily through the course "Ethics in Biological Research". Trainees are recruited by the Program and the participating units, using posters, brochures, and WWW pages. Intensive efforts are made to recruit students from underrepresented groups, and have been quite successful. In the first 5 years of this Training Program a significant fraction of trainees has come from ChE because of the larger student-applicant pool. During the past 4 years, however, a diverse population of graduate students from BME, IBiS, and ChE has been supported in a balanced manner. The number of preceptors participating in the Program will increase from 18 to 31. An increase from 5 to 8 funded positions will support this expanded preceptor base and allow the support of some Chemistry students.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求延续西北大学（NU）的现代生物技术培训计划。这个跨学科和跨部门计划为精选博士学位的小组提供了生物技术培训机会。来自四个参与单位的学生：生物医学和化学工程部（CHE），化学系和部门间生物科学（IBIS）研究生课程。从生命科学的各种实验室中选择的研究机会得到了核心跨学科课程的补充。三到六个月的工业实习使学员接触了现代生物技术的工业环境。所有受训者和大多数受训者都参加了IBI，这是为期两天的校外年度静修，这允许来自许多学科的学生和教职员工之间进行广泛的互动，并提高了受训者小组的凝聚力。生物技术研究俱乐部在学年中每月一次或更长时间开会，在夏季每月两次开会，这是一个论坛，在该论坛上，学员和教职员工将其研究成果呈现出来，并与参加该计划的其他学生进行互动。其他几个跨学科研究俱乐部（例如生物物理俱乐部，生物材料俱乐部）为受训者提供了更多机会，以扩大知识和观点。学员组织和举办生物技术研讨会，将工业和学术科学家带到校园进行研讨会，并与学员进行讨论。学生还利用了校园上其他与生活科学有关的一些与生活有关的研讨会计划。负责任进行研究的指导主要是通过“生物学研究伦理”课程进行的。 学员是由该计划和参与单位招募的，使用海报，小册子和www页面招募。进行了密集的努力，以从代表性不足的群体中招募学生，并且非常成功。在该培训计划的前5年中，由于较大的学生申请人池，因此大量的学员都来自CHE。然而，在过去的四年中，来自BME，IBI和CHE的各种研究生以平衡的方式得到了支持。参加该计划的受体数量将从18增加到31个。从5个资助的职位增加将支持这一扩展的受体基础，并允许某些化学学生的支持。