Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley

加州大学伯克利分校神经科学培训项目

• 批准号: 10441619
• 负责人: Daniel Feldman
• 金额: $ 60.07万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10441619
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training Programs

Project Summary The T32 Neuroscience Training Program (NTP) at Berkeley seeks to provide broad-based neuroscience PhD training, with an emphasis on advanced research methods and quantitative approaches. Our 60 training faculty are from 12 departments and span molecular to cognitive neuroscience, new methods development, and disease-related research. The NTP supports Year 1-2 students from the Neuroscience PhD Program (the largest pool of neuroscience-focused students at Berkeley) plus a smaller number from 3 additional PhD programs who train in our faculty laboratories. Our program provides training across a wide range of neuroscience from molecules to mind. We combine flexible coursework, rigorous research training, quantitative skills, and a major focus on advanced research methods. We have a multi-disciplinary approach to neuroscience that leverages Berkeley’s deep expertise in molecular and cell biology, physical and computational sciences, engineering and psychology. We require coursework in molecular-cellular, circuit-systems, and cognitive neuroscience, plus optional computational neuroscience. We require laboratory rotations and thesis research, an Experimental Boot Camp, and a new Quantitative Boot Camp that teaches programming, data analysis and statistics. Our core competency classes introduce major experimental methods and train students in rigor and reproducibility, experimental design, scientific and grant writing, scientific talk skills, and responsible conduct of research. Seminar series, multi-lab research meetings and journal clubs, and an annual campus-wide retreat provide rich exposure to neuroscience research. A qualifying exam includes an NIH grant-style proposal for thesis research, oral defense of the proposal, and examination on a broad set of foundational questions in neuroscience. Students complete an individual development plan (IDP) at the end of Year 2. A multi-tiered advising system provides extensive scientific and career advising. We strive to provide an inclusive, supportive research climate. We conduct yearly program evaluations to guide improvements. For this renewal, we add important updates—launching our Quantitative Boot Camp, adding more training in experiment design and scientific rigor, reorganizing our advising structure to provide more active student advising and support, adding required mentor training for NTP faculty, and expanding career development resources. We believe this training program will produce scientists who will make important discoveries with cutting-edge technology, and translate these discoveries into solutions for human neurological disease. This training program is followed not just by T32 students, but by all Neuroscience PhD program students, and its activities are open to any neuroscience-oriented student at Berkeley. This gives the NTP critical mass and broad impact, reaching a large number of students and synergizing neuroscience training for students across many PhD programs.

项目摘要 伯克利的T32神经科学培训计划（NTP）旨在提供基础广泛的神经科学博士学位 培训，重点是先进的研究方法和定量方法。60培训 教师来自12个部门，从分子到认知神经科学，新方法的开发， 和疾病相关的研究。NTP支持神经科学博士课程的1-2年级学生 (the伯克利最大的神经科学专业学生库）加上来自3个额外博士学位的较小数量 在我们的教师实验室进行培训的项目。 我们的课程提供从分子到思维的广泛神经科学培训。我们 联合收割机灵活的课程，严格的研究培训，定量技能，并重点放在先进的 研究方法我们有一个多学科的方法来神经科学，利用伯克利的深度 在分子和细胞生物学、物理和计算科学、工程和心理学方面的专业知识。 我们需要在分子细胞，电路系统和认知神经科学的课程，加上可选 计算神经科学我们需要实验室轮换和论文研究，实验靴子 营，和一个新的定量靴子营，教编程，数据分析和统计。我们的核心 能力课程介绍主要的实验方法，并训练学生的严谨性和可重复性， 实验设计，科学和资助写作，科学谈话技巧，以及负责任的研究行为。 研讨会系列，多实验室研究会议和期刊俱乐部，以及每年的校园范围内的务虚会提供 丰富的神经科学研究经验资格考试包括一个NIH补助金式的论文提案 研究，口头答辩的建议，并在广泛的基础问题的考试， 神经科学学生在第二年结束时完成个人发展计划（IDP）。 多层次的咨询系统提供广泛的科学和职业咨询。我们努力提供 一个包容的，支持性的研究环境。我们每年进行计划评估，以指导改进。 对于此次续约，我们增加了重要的更新-启动我们的定量靴子训练营，增加更多的培训， 实验设计和科学严谨性，重组我们的指导结构，以提供更积极的学生 建议和支持，为NTP教师增加所需的导师培训，并扩大职业发展 资源我们相信，这个培训计划将培养出科学家，他们将在以下方面做出重要发现： 尖端技术，并将这些发现转化为人类神经疾病的解决方案。 该培训计划不仅适用于T32学生，而且适用于所有神经科学博士课程 它的活动对伯克利任何神经科学方向的学生开放。这使得NTP 临界质量和广泛的影响，达到大量的学生和协同神经科学培训 为许多博士课程的学生提供了帮助。