Neuroscience Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）：在斯坦福大学神经科学研究生课程的目的是培养博士预科博士生在神经科学研究和教学的领导者。我们提出了一个综合的教育计划，涉及每个学生在神经系统功能的各个层次的研究，从分子到行为。教学生如何识别，方法和解决具体的研究问题将促进他们的专业发展作为独立的科学家，并将贡献新的知识，对神经和精神疾病的斗争。为此，该计划将为学生提供机会，在任何广泛的学科，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，以及行为的定量研究中进行最先进的神经生物学研究。正式的课程工作将要求学生研究神经系统如何在分子和细胞水平上发挥作用，从胚胎到成人的发育过程中，以及在正常和疾病状态下。该计划通过一系列活动，包括务虚会，研讨会系列，暑期课程和特邀讲师，增加了深度和广度。目前，该计划有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。学院由来自3所学校14个系的67名成员组成。教师是高度互动，智力多样，他们的研究工作得到了很好的资助。他们的研究几乎涵盖了神经科学的各个方面。鼓励学员在向导师承诺之前在三个实验室中轮换。课程要求必须由不同的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个部门的项目教师组成。该委员会全面负责制定学术政策，选择学生并监督他们在入学后的进展。被录取的学生是全国最优秀的候选人之一。神经科学计划的过去的学员在追求学术研究事业方面非常成功。

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.