COURSE ON FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF VISION RESEARCH

描述：(申请者摘要)一门“视觉的基本方面”课程 《研究：细胞和分子生物学方面》已在海洋研究所提供 1992年、1994年、1996年和1996年连续四年每隔一年进行一次生物实验室 1998年。这门课程包括为期两周的密集讲座、研讨会、 所有组件的实验室练习和以患者为中心的案例会议 眼睛和它的中枢连接。大约有30名教职员工参加了这门课程 时间长短从2天到整个2周不等。80名学生 已经被尽可能地跟踪，以确定是否 参加课程对他们的职业选择产生了影响，他们 从事视觉研究的决定和课程的程度 加快了他们的职业生涯和早期研究的进展，以使 他们成功地竞争视觉研究的资金。此外, 在阿尔沃举行了聚会，以保持与以前的学生的联系，以 获取有关课程设计和影响的持续反馈，并确定是否 在这一过程中应该做出实质性的改变。这门课最初是 旨在响应早期的“视觉研究--国家计划” 1988年的版本和1994年的版本，其中指出(1994-1998，第362-3页)：“我们必须 设计用于招聘、培养、培训和发展的创新技术 未来干部视界的科研人员。确实有必要让年轻人 具有分子遗传学、细胞遗传学经验的最高水平的科学家 将生物学、免疫学和生物统计学/流行病学纳入视觉研究。 大约50%的学生是从这些领域中挑选出来的，以前没有过 有视觉研究经验；其他人都是典型的新博士后 正在进入视觉研究实验室的研究员们。反响非常热烈。 令人欣慰。92届和94届毕业生的比例很大 现在是由NEI赠款或其他资金支持的独立调查人员 消息来源。其中一些学生在以下领域做出了重要贡献 非常需要眼前段，即角膜，晶状体和青光眼的研究。

Description: (applicant's Abstract) A course on "Fundamental Aspects of Vision Research: Cell and Molecular Biological Aspects" has been offered at the Marine Biological Laboratories every other year for four years in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998. The course consists of an intense two-week period of lectures, seminars, laboratory exercises and patient-oriented case conferences on all components of the eye and its central connections. About 30 faculty participate in the course for varying lengths of time from 2 days to the entire 2 weeks. The 80 students that have attended have been followed to the extent possible to determine if the participation in the course has had impact on their career choices, their decision to engage in vision research and the degree to which the course accelerated their careers and the progress of their early research to enable them to compete successfully for funding of vision research. In addition, reunions have been held at ARVO to retain contact with former students, to obtain continuing feedback on course design and impact and to determine if substantive changes should be made in the course. The course was initially designed to be responsive to "Vision Research, a National Plan" in its earlier version in 1988 and again in 1994 which stated (1994-1998, p. 362-3): "we must devise innovative techniques for recruiting, nurturing, training and developing the future cadres of vision researchers. There is a real need to bring young scientists of the highest caliber with experience in molecular genetics, cell biology, immunology and biostatistics/epidemiology into vision research." The students have been drawn from these fields, with about 50% having no prior experience in vision research; the others were typically new postdoctoral fellows who were entering a vision research lab. The response has been very gratifying. Significant proportions of the graduates of the '92 and '94 classes are now funded independent investigators supported by NEI grants or other sources. Some of the students have made important contributions in areas of great need in the anterior segment, i.e. cornea, lens and glaucoma research.