Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Translational Neurobiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (VTCRI neuroSURF)

项目摘要/摘要 在单一学科培训学生的传统方法似乎不足以让他们为 翻译神经生物学研究的跨学科未来。越来越明显的是，仅仅 集合一批子学科专家(例如遗传学家、计算生物学家和 心理学家)将不足以充分应对#年最重要和最紧迫的挑战 神经生物学和开发复杂脑部疾病的治疗方法。我们认为，揭露 学生在他们职业生涯的早期对翻译神经生物学的跨学科性质是至关重要的 这是他们培训的组成部分，也是吸引聪明的学生从事神经生物学相关职业的关键。 为了满足这种新出现的和关键的需求，我们设计了一项夏季本科生研究 体验，被称为弗吉尼亚理工大学Carilion研究所的翻译神经生物学夏季 本科生研究奖学金(VTCRI NeuroSURF)计划，旨在揭示下一个 一代职业生涯早期的学生转向跨学科、转化性的神经生物学。VTCRI神经SURF 是一个为期10周的暑期项目，为本科生和高中生提供机会 参与翻译神经生物学领域的假设驱动的独立研究，请访问 弗吉尼亚州罗阿诺克的弗吉尼亚理工大学Carilion研究所。除了这些研究之外 经验，研究员将参与课程工作(在翻译神经生物学和 专业发展)，并在一系列研讨会上强调翻译神经生物学研究，网址为 弗吉尼亚理工大学(VT)。该项目的基本目标是为学生提供研究体验 否则就没有机会参加翻译神经生物学研究和 让学生在职业生涯早期接触独立研究，以增加他们 选择长期从事翻译神经生物学相关领域的工作。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Traditional approaches to train students in single disciplines seem insufficient to prepare them for the transdisciplinary future of translational neurobiology research. It is increasingly evident that the mere assembling of a collection of sub-discipline experts (for example a geneticist, computation biologist and psychologist) will be insufficient to adequately address the most important and pressing challenges in neurobiology and in developing therapies for complex brain disorders. We believe that exposing students to the transdisciplinary nature of translational neurobiology early in their careers is a crucial component of their training and key to attracting bright students to pursue neurobiology-related careers. To address this emerging and critical need, we have designed a summer undergraduate research experience, called the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute's Translational Neurobiology Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (VTCRI neuroSURF) program, which aims to expose the next generation of early-career students to transdisciplinary, translational neurobiology. VTCRI neuroSURF is a 10-week summer program that provides undergraduate and high school students the opportunity to participate in hypothesis-driven, independent research in an area of translational neurobiology at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute in Roanoke, Virginia. In addition to these research experiences, fellows will participate in coursework (in topics both in translational neurobiology and professional development) and in a seminar series that highlight translational neurobiology research at Virginia Tech (VT). Fundamental goals of this program are to provide research experiences to students that would otherwise not have the opportunity to take part in translational neurobiology research and to expose students to independent research early in their careers to increase the likelihood of their choosing long-term careers in translational neurobiology-related fields.