Training Program in Cancer Research

癌症研究培训计划

• 批准号: 7623957
• 负责人: ANNA MARIE SKALKA
• 金额: $ 45.23万
• 依托单位: RESEARCH INST OF FOX CHASE CAN CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1975
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1975-07-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7623957
• 关键词: Training Programs; anticancer research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests continued support for a long-standing postdoctoral training program in the basic science of cancer. The overall goal of this program is to prepare postdoctoral scientists for independent careers in basic and/or translational research focused on cancer. The trainees will be mentored by 50 faculty drawn from the three divisions (Basic, Medical, and Population Sciences) at the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). The faculty at FCCC are recognized leaders in their respective fields and maintain well-funded programs in diverse areas of research such as cell cycle regulation, signal transduction, protein biochemistry, developmental therapeutics and tumor cell biology. The training program is built on the broad-based principle that understanding cancer requires basic knowledge in biochemistry, molecular cell biology, and genetics. In addition to laboratory-based training, program-specific training includes a postdoctoral seminar series, a Center-wide journal club, and a Fellows Symposium, which is organized and implemented by the trainees in this program. Institution-specific training includes several seminar and lecture series, a bi-yearly faculty retreat and an annual Postdoctoral Fellows Day, along with grants-writing workshops and education series. As this training grant is the only active cancer biology training program at FCCC, it plays a central role in the development of our young scientists. This postdoctoral program is requesting support for 10 appointments, each of two years duration, with leadership provided by the Postdoctoral Review Committee at FCCC. Postdoctoral fellows are chosen from applicants based on NRSA-styled criteria including productivity and commitment to careers in cancer research. Notably, this training program in cancer research has been highly successful; we routinely have up to three times more applicants than positions available, we have never had a slot unfilled, and over 30% of our trainees in the past ten years now hold independent academic professorships in science. Our commitment to the training of postdoctoral fellows has not gone unnoticed; in the year 2004, Fox Chase Cancer Center was voted the "Best Place in Academia for Postdoctoral Fellows" by The Scientist magazine.

描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求继续支持癌症基础科学的长期博士后培训计划。该计划的总体目标是为博士后科学家准备以癌症为基础和/或翻译研究的独立职业。学员将受到福克斯大通癌症中心（FCCC）三个部门（基础，医学和人口科学）的50位教职员工的指导。 FCCC的教职员工是各自领域的公认领导者，并在各种研究领域（例如细胞周期调节，信号转导，蛋白质生物化学，发育疗法和肿瘤细胞生物学）中维持资金充分的计划。该培训计划基于广泛的原则，即了解癌症需要生物化学，分子细胞生物学和遗传学的基础知识。除了基于实验室的培训外，特定计划的培训还包括博士后研讨会系列，中央日记俱乐部和一个由学员在该计划中组织和实施的研究员研讨会。特定于机构的培训包括几个研讨会和讲座系列，每年一次的教职员工务虚会以及年度博士后研究员日，以及赠款写作讲习班和教育系列。由于该培训补助金是FCCC唯一活跃的癌症生物学培训计划，因此它在我们的年轻科学家的发展中起着核心作用。该博士后计划要求支持10个任命，每两年的持续时间，并由FCCC博士后审查委员会提供领导。博士后研究员是根据NRSA风格的标准从申请人中选择的，包括生产力和对癌症研究职业的承诺。值得注意的是，该癌症研究的培训计划非常成功。我们通常拥有的申请人通常是可用职位的三倍，我们从来没有一个未填写的职位，并且过去十年中，超过30％的学员现在拥有独立的科学学术教授职位。我们对培训博士后研究员的承诺并没有引起注意。在2004年，《科学家》杂志被评选为“学术界最佳地位”。