Sensory Mechanisms and Disorders

项目摘要 这项针对博士后学生和博士后研究员的培训计划提供了跨学科的教育 以及在听力、平衡和化学感官(HBC)方面的研究经验。博士前培训的基础是 在21名培训教师所在的15个学术部门和授予学位的研究生课程中 关联的。博士论文研究和博士后研究培训主要在实验室内进行。 导师的名字。我们的附属教员在其对应的各个学科中提供出色的培训： 生物工程、细胞和分子生物学、遗传学、神经生理学和光遗传学、发育 生物学和感官加工的生物心理学。HBCS项目将研究人员整合到听觉、 与来自这些学科的受训者进行前庭和化学感官研究，从而促进 创新的训练机会，了解听力、平衡、味觉和嗅觉的机制和障碍。 培训方案通过以下方式实现跨学科融合：a)入门和进阶 感官系统课程；b)与听觉、平衡和化学感官有关的研讨会，由以下方面的专家举办 在密歇根大学以外；c)学生和教职员工研讨会、期刊俱乐部和研究论坛；d) 接触耳鼻咽喉科临床研究问题和临床/翻译资源，请访问 密歇根大学医学院，以及e)研究标准和道德培训。此外，指导对象 项目通常包括来自不同部门内部或跨部门的不同实验室的共同导师，以提供 互补的专业知识。特别强调公平和多样性，这是由双月期培养出来的。 妇女和少数族裔学生的会议。要求为4名博士后和3名博士后实习生提供支持。 博士前实习生将从培训学院最高素质的研究生中挑选出来 附属部门和方案。对感官系统研究的兴趣和动机将是一个重要的 选择标准。博士后实习生(博士、医学博士或博士)将从申请者中挑选出具有强大 致力于感官生物学和有前途的研究背景。

Project Summary This training program for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows provides an interdisciplinary education and research experience in hearing, balance and chemical senses (HBCS). Predoctoral training is based in one of the 15 academic departments and degree-granting graduate programs with which the 21 training faculty are associated. Doctoral thesis research and postdoctoral research training reside primarily within the laboratories of the mentors. Our affiliated faculty provide outstanding training in each of their corresponding disciplines: bioengineering, cellular and molecular biology, genetics, neurophysiology and optogenetics, developmental biology, and biopsychology of sensory processing. The HBCS program integrates investigators in auditory, vestibular, and chemosensory research with trainees from across these disciplines and thereby fosters innovative training opportunities into mechanisms and disorders of hearing, balance, and taste and olfaction. Cross-disciplinary integration is made possible by the training program through: a) introductory and advanced courses in sensory systems; b) seminars relevant to hearing, balance and chemical senses from experts within and outside the University of Michigan; c) student and faculty seminars, journal clubs and research forums; d) exposure to clinical research issues in Otolaryngology and clinical/translational resources available at the University of Michigan Medical School, and e) training in research standards and ethics. In addition, mentee projects usually include a co-mentor from a different laboratory within or across departments to provide complementary expertise. There is a strong emphasis on equity and diversity, which is fostered by bimonthly meetings for women and minority students. Support for 4 predoctoral and 3 postdoctoral trainees is requested. Predoctoral trainees will be selected from the most highly qualified graduate students in the training faculty's affiliated departments and programs. Interest and motivation for research in sensory systems will be an important selection criterion. Postdoctoral trainees (Ph.D., M.D., or D.D.S.) will be selected from applicants with a strong commitment to sensory biology and promising research backgrounds.