TRAINING IN NEUROSCIENCE

神经科学培训

• 批准号: 6616847
• 负责人: WILLIAM D ELDRED
• 金额: $ 16.2万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-07-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6616847
• 关键词: TRAINING; NEUROSCIENCE

Progress in understanding the nervous system will be enhanced by training scientists with a broad interdisciplinary background including a combination of experimental and computational approaches to the study of the nervous system. To this end we have established at Boston University an independent and interdisciplinary Neuroscience training program that emphasizes this combination of approaches and complements specialized neuroscience training in already existing departmental programs. The Neuroscience Program will be administered by a Steering Committee, who will select the candidates, assign advisors, monitor their progress throughout the pursuit of the degree, and consider the addition of new faculty to the program. The faculty participating in the program is very broad and strong. Departments contributing to the program include Anthropology, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive & Neural Systems, Health Sciences, Mathematics, Pharmacology, Physiology, and Psychology. We have instituted five main new training activities: (1) a series of core lecture courses in both experimental and computational neuroscience, (2) a series of core methods courses involving both approaches, (3) a combined computational-experimental lab rotation, (4) an interdisciplinary graduate seminar series, and (5) an annual Neuroscience retreat. As the students focus on their thesis research within a specific discipline, elective courses and other activities are aimed at continuing interdisciplinary exposure throughout their training. The structure of the program will catalyze interactions among neuroscience faculty and students in the various departments at Boston University, fully exploiting the broad range and substantial depth of facilities and resources available at this institution.

通过培训具有广泛的跨学科背景的科学家，包括实验性和计算方法的结合，了解神经系统的研究，可以增强神经系统的进展。为此，我们在波士顿大学建立了一项独立和跨学科的神经科学培训计划，该计划强调了在现有部门计划中的这种方法和补充专门的神经科学培训的组合。 神经科学计划将由指导委员会管理，该委员会将选择候选人，分配顾问，监控其在整个学位的过程中的进度，并考虑在该计划中增加新教师。参加该计划的教师非常广泛和强大。为该计划做出贡献的部门包括人类学，生物学，生物医学工程，认知和神经系统，健康科学，数学，药理学，生理学和心理学。 我们已经进行了五个主要的新培训活动：（1）一系列实验性和计算神经科学中的核心演讲课程，（2）一系列涉及这两种方法的核心方法课程，（3）一项综合计算实验室实验室旋转，（4）跨学科的研究生研讨会系列，以及（5）年度神经科学培训。当学生专注于特定学科中的论文研究时，选修课程和其他活动旨在在整个培训中继​​续跨学科的接触。该计划的结构将催化波士顿大学各个系的神经科学教师与学生之间的互动，从而充分利用该机构可用的广泛范围和大量的设施和资源。