Glycoscience Training Program

糖科学培训计划

• 批准号: 8742843
• 负责人: J. Michael Pierce
• 金额: $ 13.54万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8742843
• 关键词: Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Complex carbohydrates or glycans are one of the four classes of macromolecules of life along with nucleic acids, proteins, and lipids. These biomolecules are involved in essentially all physiological or pathological processes. Recently, the National Research Council of The National Academies reviewed the importance and opportunities of Glycoscience, and the resulting report entitled "Transforming Glycoscience: A Road Map for the Future" highlights the importance of education to further this field of research. We propose in this application a new graduate training program in Glycoscience at the Chemistry and Biology interface to begin to address the noted deficiency in graduate education in this increasingly important field of research. Because of its considerable demonstrated expertise and cohesive research and educational programs in Glycoscience, we believe the faculty of the University of Georgia is uniquely qualified to develop such a graduate training program. Although UGA has a long-standing track-record in Glycoscience, no formal graduate training program in this area has been in place. Over the past four years, the private Cousins Foundation supported two to four incoming graduate students in Glycoscience for two years; it is however, no longer in place. This program has functioned as a "pilot" program for the T32 Glycoscience Training Program (GTP) application, supporting CHEM and BCMB graduate students. The proposed T32 program will allow us to develop a Chemistry/Biology interface program and provide a blueprint of predoctoral training in Glycoscience. The 17 training faculty of the Glycoscience Training Program (GTP) has primary and secondary appointments in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemistry departments, which are part of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The mission of the program is to train predoctoral students rigorously and broadly in Glycoscience by integrating both chemical and biological approaches. In addition, emphasis will be placed on recruiting students from under-represented minorities, bioethics training, and developing students' excellent writing and communication skills.

描述（由申请人提供）：复杂的碳水化合物或聚糖是生命的四类大分子之一，以及核酸，蛋白质和脂质。这些生物分子基本上与所有生理或病理过程有关。最近，美国国家学院的国家研究委员会回顾了糖科学的重要性和机遇，并由题为“转化糖科学：未来的路线图”的报告凸显了教育对进一步研究领域的重要性。我们在此应用中建议在化学和生物学界面上进行新的研究生培训计划，以开始解决这个日益重要的研究领域的研究生教育中所著名的缺乏症。由于其在糖科学中具有丰富的专业知识和凝聚力研究和教育计划，我们认为佐治亚大学的教职员工具有独特的资格来制定这种研究生培训计划。尽管UGA在血糖中拥有长期的田径记录，但该领域没有正式的研究生培训计划。在过去的四年中，私人堂兄基金会为两年的两到四个临时研究生提供了两年的支持。但是，它不再到位。该计划充当了T32 Glycoscience培训计划（GTP）应用程序的“试点”计划，支持Chem和BCMB研究生。拟议的T32计划将使我们能够制定化学/生物学接口程序，并提供糖科学术前培训的蓝图。 Glycoscience培训计划（GTP）的17个培训学院在生物化学和分子生物学和化学部门进行了初级和次要任命，该部门是富兰克林艺术与科学学院的一部分。该计划的使命是通过整合化学方法和生物学方法来严格而广泛地在糖科中进行培训。此外，重点将放在招募来自代表性不足的少数民族，生物伦理学培训以及发展学生出色的写作和沟通能力的学生中。