Neuroscience Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）：斯坦福大学神经科学研究生项目的目标是培养在神经科学研究和教学方面的领导者。我们提出了一个综合的教育计划，让每个学生都参与到从分子到行为的神经系统功能的各个层面的研究中。教学生如何识别、处理和解决具体的研究问题将促进他们作为独立科学家的专业发展，并将为与神经和精神疾病的斗争贡献新知识。为此，该计划将为学生提供在任何广泛学科中进行最先进的神经生物学研究的机会，包括分子和细胞生物学、遗传学、生物物理学、电生理学、解剖学、计算建模、人脑神经成像和行为定量研究。正式的课程将要求学生研究神经系统在分子和细胞水平上的功能，从胚胎到成人的发育过程，以及在正常和患病状态下的功能。该计划通过一系列活动，包括务虚会，研讨会系列，暑期课程和邀请讲师，增加了深度和广度。该项目目前有46名学生。所有学生都将参加神经科学跨部门项目，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。现有教职员工67人，来自3个学院14个系。教师们高度互动，智力多样化，他们的研究工作得到了充足的资助。他们的研究几乎涵盖了神经科学的各个方面。受训人员在接受导师指导之前，被鼓励在三个实验室轮岗。课程要求必须由不同学术部门授课，考试委员会和论文委员会成员必须来自一个以上的部门。项目委员会是管理机构，由来自7个院系的项目教师组成。该委员会全面负责制定学术政策，选拔学生并在入学后监督他们的进步。被录取的学生都是全国最优秀的候选人。过去的神经科学项目学员在追求学术研究事业方面取得了极大的成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the Neurosciences Graduate Program at Stanford University is to develop predoctoral PhD students as leaders in neuroscience research and teaching. We propose an integrated educational program that involves each student in the study of all levels of nervous system function from molecules to behavior. Teaching students how to identify, approach and solve specific research problems will promote their professional development as independent scientists and will contribute new knowledge to the fight against neurological and psychiatric disease. To this end the Program will provide students with the opportunity to conduct state-of-the-art neurobiological research in any of a broad range of disciplines including molecular and cell biology, genetics, biophysics, electrophysiology, anatomy, computational modeling, neuroimaging of the human brain, and the quantitative study of behavior. Formal course work will require students to examine how the nervous system functions at the molecular and cellular level, during development from embryo to adult, and in normal and diseased states. The Program incorporates added depth and breadth via a suite of activities including retreats, seminar series, summer courses, and invited lecturers. There are currently 46 students in the Program. All students will be enrolled in the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, the only academic body at Stanford that awards a PhD in the neurosciences. The faculty is composed of 67 members from 14 Departments in 3 Schools. The faculty is highly interactive, intellectually diverse, and their research efforts are well funded. Their research covers nearly every aspect of neuroscience. Trainees are encouraged to rotate through three labs before committing to a preceptor. Course requirements must be fulfilled with courses taught by different academic departments, and the members of the examination and thesis committees must be from more than one department. The Program Committee, which is the governing body, is composed of Program faculty from 7 departments. This Committee has overall responsibility for setting academic policy, selecting students and monitoring their progress after matriculation. Admitted students are among the most outstanding candidates in the nation. Past trainees of the Neurosciences Program have been extremely successful in pursuing academic research careers.