Harvard Systems Biology Graduate Program

哈佛系统生物学研究生项目

• 批准号: 10621381
• 负责人: Timothy J Mitchison
• 金额: $ 31.83万
• 依托单位: HARVARD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10621381
• 关键词: Systems Biology; programs

Project Summary/abstract This application requests support for the PhD Program in Systems Biology at Harvard University. This profoundly interdisciplinary program attracts top students with backgrounds ranging from pure mathematics to medicine, and offers them the resources and support to develop an independent and quantitative approach to important biological questions. The Systems Biology program integrates systems biology research across the whole of Harvard University, including Harvard's main (Cambridge) campus and the basic science departments of Harvard Medical School (HMS) and its teaching hospitals, creating a genuinely unified cross-Harvard program that encourages student creativity and choice of both research area and of future career. The behavior of biological systems is complex and often unpredictable, in ways that profoundly challenge our ability to diagnose and treat diseases or understand the behavior of the world around us. We believe that students who have a deep understanding of both quantitative measurement technologies and mathematical or computational approaches will develop creative new ways to grapple with the complexity of biological systems. The program is also a major vehicle for bringing quantitative and theoretical approaches into problems relevant to the clinic. Since the last submission of this grant, the program has made major strides towards a representative student population: this year, for the first time, female scientists are in the majority in the entering cohort of 8 women and 3 men and applications from underrepresented minorities doubled in 2017-18 compared to previous years. The average time to degree is 5.4 years. The previous grant supported 6 trainees. In this funding period we request support for 8 trainees. The Harvard Systems Biology PhD Program is a pioneering program and an ongoing experiment. The program aims to help students identify biological questions to which an interdisciplinary approach can provide uniquely satisfying answers, and to prepare them to identify and address such questions in their future careers. The program pays particular attention to rigor and reproducibility, training students in the physicochemical basis of the measurements they make and in appropriate techniques, and common pitfalls, in statistical analysis. Training for communication across disciplines and to the lay public is foundational for the Program and is emphasized throughout each student's career.

项目摘要/摘要 该申请要求支持哈佛大学系统生物学博士学位计划。这 深刻的跨学科计划吸引了顶级学生，背景从纯数学到 医学，并为他们提供资源和支持，以开发一种独立和定量的方法 重要的生物学问题。系统生物学计划整合了系统生物学研究 整个哈佛大学，包括哈佛大学的主要（剑桥）校园和基础科学部门 哈佛医学院（HMS）及其教学医院的创建 鼓励学生创造力和研究领域和未来职业的选择。 生物系统的行为是复杂的，而且通常是不可预测的，以深刻的方式挑战我们 诊断和治疗疾病或了解我们周围世界的行为的能力。我们相信 对定量测量技术和数学或数学或数学或数学或 计算方法将开发创造性的新方法来应对生物系统的复杂性。 该计划也是将定量和理论方法带入相关问题的主要工具 去诊所。 自从这笔赠款的最后一次提交以来，该计划已向代表学生取得了长足的进步 人口：今年，女科学家首次参加了8名女性的队列 与往年相比，2017 - 18年度代表性不足的少数族裔的3名男子和申请翻了一番。 学位的平均时间为5。4年。以前的赠款支持6名学员。在这个融资期我们 请求支持8名学员。 哈佛系统生物学博士学位计划是一个开创性计划和持续的实验。该程序 旨在帮助学生确定跨学科方法可以提供独特的生物学问题 满足答案，并准备他们在未来职业中识别和解决此类问题。这 计划特别关注严谨性和可重复性，以物理化学基础培训学生 在统计分析中，它们进行的测量以及适当的技术和常见的陷阱。 跨学科和外行公众进行沟通的培训是该计划的基础，是 在每个学生的职业生涯中都强调。