Research Training Program in the Vision Sciences

描述：(申请者摘要)已经设计了一个全面的项目 以培养博士后和博士后科学家为目的 视觉科学的一部分。该培训计划将由26名NEI资助的人员提供 视觉科学家研究眼功能和病理学的几乎所有方面。 博士前实习生将参加提供以下详细信息的课程 视觉系统的神经生物学或各方面的综合课程 眼睛的发育、生理学和病理学。博士后实习生 也将被鼓励参加这些课程。博士后和博士后培训生 将大力鼓励参加丰富的研讨会环境， 高级课程、荣誉讲座、杂志俱乐部和静修活动 华盛顿大学生物学和生物医学科学系。许多. 这些机会涉及基础和临床两方面的参与。 科学家们，确保受训者将了解到 治疗人类眼部疾病。该培训计划将支持两个 华盛顿大学第一年的博士后实习生。这将是 为他们提供足够的时间申请个人研究培训津贴 支持。在头两年，培训方案将支持四个 博士前实习生，第三年增加到五人，每一年增加到六人 在过去两年里。这将确保足够数量的视觉科学 将有学员参加，以丰富培训环境。教职员工 培训计划中的成员目前有29名博士后和37名博士后 实验室里的博士后实习生。这表明了我们的承诺 培训的教职员工数量，并说明了 将从其领取培训补助金的申请者。这个项目的总体目标是 该计划旨在发现最有前途的科学家，并为他们提供 培训环境最大限度地提高他们成为 对人类眼科疾病的理解和治疗做出贡献的富有成效的人 疾病。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) A comprehensive program has been designed with the purpose of training pre-and postdoctoral scientists in the broad area of vision science. The training program will be delivered by 26 NEI-funded vision scientists studying nearly all aspects of ocular function and pathology. Predoctoral trainees will take courses that provide detailed information about the neurobiology of the visual system or a comprehensive course in all aspects of the development, physiology and pathology of the eye. Postdoctoral trainees will also be encouraged to attend these courses. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees will be strongly encouraged to participate in the rich environment of seminars, advanced courses, honorary lectures, journal clubs, and retreats offered in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University. Many of these opportunities involve the participation of both basic and clinical scientists, assuring that trainees will learn about both the origins and treatment of human ocular diseases. The training program will support two postdoctoral trainees for their first year at Washington University. This will provide adequate time for them to apply for individual research training grant support. In the first two years the training program will support four predoctoral trainees, increasing to five in the third year and six in each of the last two years. This will assure that an adequate number of vision science trainees will be available to enrich the training environment. The faculty members in the training program currently have 29 predoctoral and 37 postdoctoral trainees in their laboratories. This demonstrates the commitment of the faculty to training and illustrates the large size of the pool of applicants from which the training grant will draw. The overall goal of this program is to identify the most promising scientists and to provide them with a training environment that maximizes the probability that they will become productive contributors to the understanding and treatment of human ocular diseases.