[T32] Training future leaders at the chemistry-biology interface
Ente: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Scadenza: 2031-06-30
Importo max: 505.471 EUR
Paese: US
Descrizione
This proposal describes plans to continue a rigorous chemistry–biology interface (CBI) predoctoral training program that is student-centered and designed to provide trainees with core and cross training in chemistry and the biological sciences, the ability to push the frontier of biomedical research at the chemistry–biology interface, and the skills and awareness for a wide range of career paths. This CBI program, continuously NIH-funded since 1996, also promotes interdisciplinary collaborative research across Cornell’s campus. We request funds to support 10 predoctoral trainees for two-year appointments beginning in Year 2 (or in exceptional cases Year 3). Each trainee will carry out doctoral thesis research with one or more of 23 faculty mentors affiliated with eight departments and institutes across five different colleges at Cornell, spanning traditional disciplines in the physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering. Participating faculty have well-funded research programs in chemistry with strong connections to biology, or vice versa. Students undergo training in areas that are broadly distributed over chemistry (organic, bioorganic, bioinorganic, biophysical, natural products, X-ray crystallography, metabolomics, proteomics) and biology (protein structure, signal transduction, membrane biology, cell biology, genomics, immunology, host–pathogen interactions, plant biology). The CBI program continues to successfully merge the cultures of chemistry and biology with effective didactic and programmatic initiatives, including the adaptation of evidence-based training strategies and mentor training. CBI trainees take a core set of rigorous courses in both chemistry and biology and undergo training in the responsible conduct of research and in rigor and reproducibility. Trainees attend seminars in their core disciplines, participate together with faculty in a CBI seminar program, and organize a CBI Annual Symposium that features speakers from varied career sectors. In addition to research training, our CBI training program puts career awareness and transferable skills training front and center. We design our career awareness and transferable skills workshops, as well as our annual Career Education Symposium, to address gaps between career skills needed and skills developed in PhD training that are reported in the literature and obtained through large-scale surveys. We require a sabbatical internship to allow trainees to explore different career options first-hand. These career training activities are designed based on the eight principles of experiential learning. The CBI training activities are open to students who are not financially supported by the CBI program and thus have a large impact on Cornell’s campus. The program, which is improved iteratively through rigorous assessment practices, continues to produce a high-caliber cohort of trainees with outstanding publication records, graduation rates, and career outcomes, without increasing
Istituzione: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
PI: Jeremy Baskin
Progetto: 2T32GM138826-06
Settori: National Institute of General Medical Sciences
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