Resources
Program Handbook
Each year, information distributed at the fall onboarding retreat is collated into the Biotechnology Training Program (BTP) Handbook. This information includes key program requirements, logistics, and process information as well as contacts of relevance to current trainees.
Publications
It is recommended that you submit your peer-reviewed final manuscripts, accepted for publication, to PubMed Central (PMC). PMC submission assistance can be found here. Below you will find templates on how to acknowledge your funding source; please note the text is different for NIH funded trainees and TGS funded cluster members.
- NIH Funded Trainees - Publication Acknowledgement: Please use this template for publications relating to research done while supported by BTP T32 Grant, “[Name] was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health Training Grant (T32GM153505) through Northwestern University's Biotechnology Training Program.” For trainees who were appointed from 2023-2024 and reappointed from 2024-2025 please also list grant number T32GM008449. Any trainees appointed prior to 2024-2024 will list only T32GM008449.
- TGS Funded Cluster Members - Publication Acknowledgement: Please use this template for publications relating to research done while supported by the BTP Cluster, “[Your name] was supported in part by the Northwestern University Graduate School Cluster in Biotechnology, Systems, and Synthetic Biology, which is affiliated with the Biotechnology Training Program.”
Biotechnology Entrepreneurship Workshop
This event introduces the fundamentals of biotechnology entrepreneurship, including intellectual property, licensing, and commercialization and was held in collaboration with INVO. These slides were presented as part of the 2023 workshop (May 12, 2023).
Professional Development and Inclusion
The Graduate School (TGS) hosts a portal for exploring resources and programming to contribute to the professional development of our graduate students. TGS also collates a range of career development resources that are available to BTP trainees. Additional resources (some of which are described elsewhere on this site) include:
- AccessibleNU
- Office of Fellowships
- Bioprofessionals
- Northwestern Career Advancement
- Campus Inclusion and Community
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Dean of Students Office
- Multicultural Student affairs
- Searle Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning
- Kellogg Management for Scientists and Engineers program
- TGS portal for outreach and volunteerism opportunities
Core Facilities
Northwestern maintains numerous core facilities for research in the life sciences and bioengineering. These shared research facilities, beyond the laboratory facilities of the training faculty members, are described in detail on the Core Facilities Administration page of the Northwestern University Office of Research website.
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