Training in Learning and Memory

学习和记忆训练

• 批准号: 10442432
• 负责人: Alison R Preston
• 金额: $ 27.88万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10442432
• 关键词: Learning; Memory; Training

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Center for Learning and Memory (CLM) at the University of Texas at Austin brings together researchers whose goal is to identify the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory. The CLM has grown to include eighteen faculty since its inception in 2004. The highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the CLM faculty provide the key elements for an innovative and active training program in learning and memory. The CLM faculty represent a broad range of approaches to the mechanisms of learning and memory – from the molecules of neural signaling and synaptic plasticity to cellular and systems level studies to functional neuroimaging in humans. We will leverage the strengths of this collaborative faculty to provide structured training in rigorous research design and methodologies, state-of-the-art quantitative approaches, and professional development training activities to prepare graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to become innovative leaders in the field of learning and memory research. The proposed training will support four predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees each year. Trainees are expected to be appointed to the training program for no more than 3 years before transitioning to individual grants and fellowships. The proposed training has four important components. First, we will provide our trainees with hands-on instruction in the implementation of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of learning and memory that cross levels of analysis. Second, we will provide extensive training in advanced statistical and computational neuroscience methods that are increasingly necessary to understanding the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory. Third, the proposed activities will provide our trainees with the ability to place their research in a biomedical context, with an emphasis on the role of learning and memory processes in disorders of mental health. Finally, the proposed activities and resources provide our trainees with many opportunities for career development, including the skills necessary to obtain a tenure track position (e.g., presentation and grant writing skills) as well as research-related careers outside of academia. These components will prepare our trainees to be the next generation of leading-edge researchers dedicated to understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory and how they are impacted in disorders of mental health.

项目总结/摘要 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的学习和记忆中心（CLM）汇集了研究人员， 其目标是识别支持学习和记忆的神经机制。CLM已经发展到 包括18名教员。高度跨学科和协作的性质， CLM教师为学习和记忆的创新和积极的培训计划提供关键要素。的 CLM教师代表了学习和记忆机制的广泛方法-从 神经信号分子和突触可塑性的细胞和系统水平的研究，以功能 神经成像我们将利用这一合作教师的优势，提供结构化的培训 在严格的研究设计和方法，国家的最先进的定量方法，和专业 发展培训活动，培养研究生和博士后学员成为创新人才 学习和记忆研究领域的领导者。拟议的培训将支持四个博士预科和两个 每年的博士后培训。受训人员预计将被任命为培训计划不超过 3年后过渡到个人赠款和奖学金。本次培训有四个重要内容 件.首先，我们将为学员提供实施跨学科的实践指导， 学习和记忆的研究方法，跨层次的分析。第二，我们将提供广泛 先进的统计和计算神经科学方法的培训越来越有必要， 理解支持学习和记忆的神经机制。第三，拟议的活动将 为我们的学员提供将他们的研究放在生物医学背景下的能力，重点是作用 学习和记忆过程的影响。最后，拟议的活动和资源 为我们的学员提供许多职业发展的机会，包括获得 任期跟踪位置（例如，演讲和赠款写作技能）以及研究相关的职业以外的 学术界这些组成部分将准备我们的学员成为下一代领先的研究人员 致力于了解学习和记忆的神经生物学机制以及它们如何受到影响 精神疾病的研究