SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS IN CELLULAR/ MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

细胞/分子神经生物学专业课程

• 批准号: 6032213
• 负责人: Allen Israel Selverston
• 金额: $ 147.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-30 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6032213
• 关键词: cooperative study; minority institution research support; neurobiology

This proposal is in response to RFA: NS-99-0001 entitled Specialized Neuroscience Research Programs (SNRP) at Minority Institutions. The University of Puerto Rico is virtually a one hundred percent Minority Instituted distributed among eleven campuses throughout the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Our intention in applying for this SNRP programs is that it will play a major role in the strengthening of Neuroscience research and teaching on the island by supporting three promising young Puerto Rican Neuroscientists who are at the beginning of their careers. All three will collaborate with experienced, well-funded neuroscientists at major research universities in the United States. Luis Santana from the Institute of Neurobiology will collaborate with Mark Nelson from the University of Vermont, Sandra Pena of the Biology Department on the Rio Piedras Campus will collaborate with Alcino Silva of UCLA and Jorge Miranda from the Physiology Department of the Medical School will collaborate with Scoot Whittemore from the University of Louisville. We anticipate these three scientists will play a major role in forming the nucleus of a competitive neuroscience community in Puerto Rico that will include undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students as well as more advanced researchers who will live and work on the island. The program will be directed by Dr. Allen Selverston, the Director of the Institute of Neurobiology who has directed large Program Project Grants previously. We view this program as a rare opportunity to "jump start" mainstream Neuroscience research at the University or Puerto Rico and a chance to demonstrate the excitement of contemporary brain research to students and general population alike.

本提案是对RFA：NS-99-0001《少数民族机构的专门神经科学研究计划》（SNRP）的回应。波多黎各的大学几乎是一个百分之百的少数民族学院分布在整个波多黎各联邦的11个校区。我们申请这个SNRP计划的目的是，它将通过支持三位处于职业生涯初期的有前途的年轻波多黎各神经科学家，在加强岛上的神经科学研究和教学方面发挥重要作用。这三个人都将与美国主要研究型大学的经验丰富、资金充足的神经科学家合作。神经生物学研究所的Luis桑塔纳将与佛蒙特大学的Mark纳尔逊合作，Rio Piedras校区生物学系的Sandra佩纳将与加州大学洛杉矶分校的Alcino Silva合作，医学院生理学系的Jorge米兰达将与路易斯维尔大学的Scoot Whittemore合作。我们预计这三位科学家将在形成波多黎各竞争激烈的神经科学社区的核心方面发挥重要作用，该社区将包括本科生，研究生和研究生以及将在岛上生活和工作的更高级的研究人员。该项目将由神经生物学研究所所长艾伦塞尔维斯顿博士指导，他以前曾指导过大型项目赠款。我们认为该计划是在大学或波多黎各“启动”主流神经科学研究的难得机会，也是向学生和普通民众展示当代大脑研究的兴奋之处的机会。