Interdiscplinary Predoctoral Program in Neuroscience

神经科学跨学科博士前项目

• 批准号: 6314976
• 负责人: Karen N Gale
• 金额: $ 21.44万
• 依托单位: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-15 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6314976
• 关键词: Interdiscplinary; Predoctoral; Program; Neuroscience

DESCRIPTION (Adapted From The Abstract Provided By Applicant): The Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences (IPN) at Georgetown University is a broad-based, trans-disciplinary, non-departmental graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. The program, established in 1994, aims to train students in the scholarly pursuit of research in integrative neuroscience, from the level of the cell to that of the intact behaving organism. The 32 core training faculty and 9 supporting faculty are drawn from 13 clinical and basic science departments on the Main Campus and Medical Center. They span a breadth of inquiry, ranging from neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction, to behavior and human cognition. Areas of research strengths include 1) neural injury, cell death, and plasticity in the CNS; 2) regulation of neurotrophic factors and their receptors; 3) synaptic modulation by liquid-gated and voltage-gated channels, 4) brain-behavior regulation of endocrine, immune and autonomic function; and 5) telencephalic neural networks subserving sensory processing, memory and language. The Training Grant funds will support the first 2 years of predoctoral training (4/year); thereafter support comes from the thesis laboratory or individual fellowships. Aggressive recruitment of trainees from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups is a top priority of the Georgetown IPN. The training environment is ideal for collaborative, pandisciplinary research efforts of both faculty and trainees. Over 40% of the training faculty have their laboratories in close proximity in the New Research Building (opened in 1994), with state-of-the-art core facilities and custom designed laboratory and office space. Most faculty have previous and ongoing collaborations; students are encouraged to seek co-mentorship between faculty with overlapping interests and complementary approaches. All training faculty have research grant support and fully equipped facilities for training pre- and post-doctoral students. The Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, located in the New Research Building, has expanded the resources available to the neuroscience training program, in terms of equipment, facilities and faculty expertise. Other noteworthy facilities include the Research Resources Facility, a fully accredited, centralized animal facility housing a wide variety of mammalian animal species, and the Medical Center Library, one of the most advanced in the nation. The training program includes broad-based didactic coursework, as well as rotations in laboratories of the training faculty. The trainees participate in a seminar series, national professional meetings, journal clubs, intensive laboratory research, and training in several essential professional skills (writing and reviewing manuscripts, grantmanship, mentorship, teaching, conflict resolution, career choices, oral presentations) and their ethical dimensions. Opportunities for gaining practical teaching experience at the undergraduate and secondary school levels are abundant and encouraged.

描述（改编自申请人提供的摘要）： 乔治城大学神经科学跨学科项目 (IPN) 是一个 基础广泛、跨学科、非院系的研究生课程，导致 博士在神经科学中。该项目成立于1994年，旨在培养学生 在综合神经科学研究的学术追求中， 细胞水平与完整行为有机体的水平。 32项核心训练 教职人员和 9 名支持教职人员来自 13 个临床和基础科学领域 主校区和医疗中心的部门。他们的范围广泛 探究，范围从神经递质受体和信号转导，到 行为和人类认知。研究优势领域包括 1) 神经 中枢神经系统的损伤、细胞死亡和可塑性； 2）神经营养的调节 因子及其受体； 3）通过液体门控突触调节和 电压门控通道，4）内分泌、免疫和脑行为调节 自主功能； 5）支持感觉的端脑神经网络 处理、记忆和语言。培训补助金将支持 前2年博士前培训（4年/年）；此后的支持来自 论文实验室或个人奖学金。积极招募 来自代表性不足的种族和族裔群体的受训者是首要任务 乔治城 IPN。培训环境非常适合协作、 教师和学员的跨学科研究工作。超过40%的 培训教师的实验室在新研究中非常接近 大楼（1994年开业），拥有最先进的核心设施和定制 设计实验室和办公空间。大多数教师以前和现在都曾 合作；鼓励学生寻求教师之间的共同指导 具有重叠的利益和互补的方法。所有培训师资 拥有研究经费支持和设备齐全的培训前和培训设施 博士后学生。乔治城认知与认知研究所 位于新研究大楼的计算科学部门扩大了 神经科学培训计划可用的资源，包括 设备、设施和师资专业知识。其他值得注意的设施 包括研究资源设施，一个完全认可的集中动物 容纳各种哺乳动物物种的设施，以及医疗设施 中心图书馆，全国最先进的图书馆之一。培训计划 包括基础广泛的教学课程以及实验室轮换 的培训师资队伍。学员参加国家级系列研讨会 专业会议、期刊俱乐部、密集实验室研究，以及 一些基本专业技能的培训（写作和审阅 手稿、资助、指导、教学、冲突解决、职业 选择、口头陈述）及其道德维度。机会 获得本科和中学的实践教学经验 水平丰富且受到鼓励。