NEUROSCIENCES RESEARCH TRAINING

神经科学研究培训

• 批准号: 6185891
• 负责人: William T Newsome
• 金额: $ 57.57万
• 依托单位: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-30 至 2002-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6185891
• 关键词: NEUROSCIENCES; RESEARCH; TRAINING

The goal of the Neurosciences Ph.D. Program is to train predoctoral Ph.D. students to become leaders in neuroscience who will help us understand how the nervous system functions, from molecules to systems, from embryo to adult, and in normal and diseased states. The training program has been designed to be broadly based during the first two years, prior to full-time thesis work. It includes courses in a set of core areas to make students fluent in the multidisciplinary language and approaches of the neurosciences. Rotations in three to four labs allow them to experience the intellectual atmosphere of several lab groups, to become familiar with invaluable experimental approaches, and enable them to make a more informed choice of thesis mentor and research area. These program elements provide students with a foundation for understanding the molecular, cellular, and systems/behavioral elements that enable the nervous system to function in an integrative manner. The program also includes a retreat seminar and invited lecturers. Support is requested for 11 trainees, 7 to be shifted from the existing NIMH (5) and NIGMS (2) training grants. There are 56 students in the program, including the incoming group that will matriculate in the fall. All students will be enrolled in Stanford University's interdepartmental Neurosciences Ph.D. Program, the only academic body at Stanford that awards a Ph.D. in neurosciences. The faculty is composed of 47 members from 12 departments in the School of Medicine and in the School of Humanities and Sciences. The faculty is highly interactive, well supported and diverse. Their research interests cover nearly every aspect of the structure and function of the nervous system including organization of pathways, sensorimotor integration, synaptic transmission and membrane excitability, structure and function of receptors and ion channels, neurohormones, gene expression, neural development, plasticity and regeneration. The Program Committee which reflects the broad interests of the program faculty will select trainees and monitor their progress. Selection is on the basis of scholastic achievements, GRE scores, letters of recommendation, and interviews. The positions will be advertised nationally and applications will be solicited in accord with, and in the spirit of, affirmative action. Past trainees of the Program have been extremely successful in pursuing research careers.

神经科学博士课程的目标是培养博士预科学生成为神经科学领域的领导者，帮助我们了解神经系统的功能，从分子到系统，从胚胎到成人，以及正常和患病状态。在全职论文工作之前的头两年，培训计划被设计为广泛的基础。它包括一系列核心领域的课程，使学生熟练掌握神经科学的多学科语言和方法。在三到四个实验室的轮转使他们能够体验几个实验室小组的学术氛围，熟悉宝贵的实验方法，并使他们能够更明智地选择论文导师和研究领域。这些课程元素为学生提供了理解分子、细胞和系统/行为元素的基础，这些元素使神经系统能够以综合的方式运作。该计划还包括一个静修研讨会和邀请讲师。要求支持11名受训人员，其中7人将从现有的NIMH（5人）和NIGMS（2人）培训补助金中调拨。该项目共有56名学生，包括将于秋季入学的新生。所有学生都将被斯坦福大学的跨部门神经科学博士项目录取，这是斯坦福大学唯一一个授予神经科学博士学位的学术机构。师资队伍由47名成员组成，分别来自医学院和人文科学学院的12个系。教师是高度互动，良好的支持和多样化。他们的研究兴趣几乎涵盖了神经系统结构和功能的各个方面，包括通路组织、感觉运动整合、突触传递和膜兴奋性、受体和离子通道的结构和功能、神经激素、基因表达、神经发育、可塑性和再生。反映项目教师广泛利益的项目委员会将挑选受训人员并监督他们的进展。选择是基于学业成绩，GRE成绩，推荐信和面试。这些职位将在全国范围内刊登广告，并将根据平权行动的精神征求申请。该项目过去的学员在从事研究事业方面取得了极大的成功。