Overview
The purpose of the Molecular Biophysics Training Program is to provide a truly transformative training experience in molecular biophysics for graduate students from all three relevant programs, one which will draw students from disparate background into more formal biophysics training within a coherent community.
Goals and Values:
- Excellence
- Collaboration and interdisciplinarity
- Building one molecular biophysics community
- Diversity and inclusion
- Career development
Grant Information
- Five years of support from the NIH
- Two trainees will be supported in the first year, four in subsequent years
- Stipend
- Partial tuition (60%)
- Travel support ($300)
- Program activities
Ohio State University Commitment
- Graduate School will provide 40% tuition matching
- Colleges will provide stipend supplements
- Colleges will provide two positions per year for students from underrepresented groups
- Colleges will provide two additional positions in the first year
- Firm commitment from the College of Arts and Sciences, others may participate
- Departments will provide $9000 for symposium and workshops
- Departments will provide $300 travel for matched positions
Participating Programs
MBTP Trainees must come from one of the following three programs in order to meet curricular requirements.
- Biophysics Graduate Program
- Ohio State Biochemistry Program
- Chemistry Program - Biochemistry Division*
*Only students in the Biochemistry Division within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are eligible to apply to become an MBTP trainee.
Structure and Governance
Executive Committee and Program Coordinator
3 Principal Investigators: Ralf Bundschuh, Jeff Kuret, Tom Magliery
Local Steering Committee
3 Trainers: Carlos Castro, Claudia Turro, Vicki Wysocki
External Advisors
3 External Faculty: Juliette Lecomte (Johns Hopkins University), Scott Strobel (Yale University), Dave Thirumalai (University of Texas at Austin)
Program Faculty
Chemistry & Biochemistry: Rafael Bruschweiler, Jimmy Cowan, Ross Dalbey, Mark Foster, Christopher Jaroniec, Dmitri Kudryashov, Steffen Lindert, Tom Magliery, Karin Musier-Forsyth, Kotaro Nakanishi, Hannah Shafaat, Sherwin Singer, Marcos Sotomayor, Claudia Turro, Vicki Wysocki
Molecular Genetics: Guramrit Singh, Jian-Qiu Wu
Physics: Ralf Bundschuh, Comert Kural, Michael Poirier, Dongping Zhong
Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology: Charles Bell, Jeff Kuret
Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics: Richard Fishel
Pediatrics: Will Ray
Biomedical Engineering: Gunjan Agarwal
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering: David Wood, Jessica Winter
Mechanical Engineering: Carlos Castro
Annual Reporting
Trainers and trainees must agree to to provide annual reports on activities as requested, including for five years post-graduation for trainees. Specific information for proposal tables (funding, publications, etc) will be requested annually of program faculty.
Review and Mentoring of Faculty
- A senior mentor from MBTP will be appointed for assistant professors
- Annual discussion of trainers with review and EAC comments in years 2 and 4
Program Evaluation
- Annual self-study by ExComm to LSC, EAC
- EAC will coe to Ohio State in years 2 and 4
- John Lewis from BioOhio will join the review in years 2 and 4 regarding career development
- Last workshop of each year will be parallel sessions with trainers and trainees to request feedback and discuss best practices
