REU Site - Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

REU 网站 - 理论和计算神经科学

• 批准号: 0755294
• 负责人: Steven Cox
• 金额: $ 21.51万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-15 至 2011-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0755294&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: REU; Site; Theoretical; Computational; Neuroscience

We aim to attract a diverse pool of bright mathematically inclined rising juniors and seniors with demonstrated aptitude for modeling, imaging or cell biology and provide them with 1) a common grounding in existing and emerging neuro-imaging modalities and the subsequent computational challenges that arise from the analysis, synthesis and eventual guidance of such experiments, 2) a closely mentored experience of the joy of discovery in a field of research with clear intellectual reward (no one with a brain lacks in wonder of their brain) and potential for broader impact on the fields of biology, health, and mathematics, and 3) a common grounding in the best practices of oral and written communication of science.Our participants will receive an advance mailing comprising 1) a common reading text, 2) imaging and modeling tutorials, and 3) detailed project descriptions. They will spend the first of their 10 weeks in tutorials with ample time to interact with our mentor pool at Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. This will permit them to make an informed choice of mentor and project by the close of the first week. Sample projects include: 1) Mathematical modeling of the biochemical basis of memory, 2) Computational Modeling of Cochlear Mechanics, 3) Electrophysiological, computational and functional imaging approaches to processing of visual information in the cerebral cortex of alert behaving primates, and 4) Neural mechanisms of time perception.

我们的目标是吸引一批具有数学倾向、在建模、成像或细胞生物学方面表现出天赋的、具有数学倾向的大三学生和大四学生，并为他们提供：1）现有和新兴神经成像模式的共同基础，以及此类实验的分析、综合和最终指导所带来的后续计算挑战；2）在明确的研究领域中体验发现的乐趣。 智力奖励（每个有大脑的人都对自己的大脑充满好奇）以及对生物学、健康和数学领域产生更广泛影响的潜力，以及 3) 口头和书面科学交流最佳实践的共同基础。我们的参与者将收到一封预先邮件，其中包括 1) 通用阅读文本，2) 成像和建模教程，以及 3) 详细的项目描述。他们将在 10 周的第一周接受辅导，并有充足的时间与莱斯大学、贝勒医学院和休斯顿德克萨斯大学健康科学中心的导师进行互动。这将使他们能够在第一周结束时做出明智的导师和项目选择。示例项目包括：1) 记忆生化基础的数学模型，2) 耳蜗力学的计算模型，3) 用于处理警觉行为的灵长类动物大脑皮层视觉信息的电生理学、计算和功能成像方法，以及 4) 时间感知的神经机制。