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作为神经科学研究和教学领导者的博士前博士生。我们提出了一个综合教育计划，让每个学生都能学习从分子到行为的所有级别的神经系统功能。教授学生如何识别、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，并将为抗击神经和精神疾病贡献新的知识。为此，该项目将为学生提供在广泛的学科中进行最先进的神经生物学研究的机会，这些学科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、人脑的神经成像和行为的定量研究。正式的课程作业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，以及在正常和疾病状态下的功能。该计划通过包括静修、研讨会系列、暑期课程和特邀讲师在内的一系列活动，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。教职员工由3个学院14个系的67名成员组成。教职员工互动性强，智力多样化，他们的研究努力资金充足。他们的研究几乎涵盖了神经科学的方方面面。受训者被鼓励轮流通过三个实验室，然后才承诺接受导师的培训。课程要求必须符合不同学术部门教授的课程，考试和论文委员会的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个部门的项目教职员工组成。这个委员会全面负责制订学术政策，挑选学生，并监察他们在入学后的进展。被录取的学生是全国最优秀的考生之一。过去神经科学项目的学员在追求学术研究事业方面都非常成功。

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.