Interdiscplinary Predoctoral Program in Neuroscience

神经科学跨学科博士前计划

• 批准号: 6934551
• 负责人: Karen N Gale
• 金额: $ 33.51万
• 依托单位: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-15 至 2006-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6934551
• 关键词: Interdiscplinary; Predoctoral; Program; Neuroscience

DESCRIPTION (Adapted From The Abstract Provided By Applicant): The Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences (IPN) at Georgetown University is a broad-based, trans-disciplinary, non-departmental graduate program leading to a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. The program, established in 1994, aims to train students in the scholarly pursuit of research in integrative neuroscience, from the level of the cell to that of the intact behaving organism. The 32 core training faculty and 9 supporting faculty are drawn from 13 clinical and basic science departments on the Main Campus and Medical Center. They span a breadth of inquiry, ranging from neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction, to behavior and human cognition. Areas of research strengths include 1) neural injury, cell death, and plasticity in the CNS; 2) regulation of neurotrophic factors and their receptors; 3) synaptic modulation by liquid-gated and voltage-gated channels, 4) brain-behavior regulation of endocrine, immune and autonomic function; and 5) telencephalic neural networks subserving sensory processing, memory and language. The Training Grant funds will support the first 2 years of predoctoral training (4/year); thereafter support comes from the thesis laboratory or individual fellowships. Aggressive recruitment of trainees from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups is a top priority of the Georgetown IPN. The training environment is ideal for collaborative, pandisciplinary research efforts of both faculty and trainees. Over 40% of the training faculty have their laboratories in close proximity in the New Research Building (opened in 1994), with state-of-the-art core facilities and custom designed laboratory and office space. Most faculty have previous and ongoing collaborations; students are encouraged to seek co-mentorship between faculty with overlapping interests and complementary approaches. All training faculty have research grant support and fully equipped facilities for training pre- and post-doctoral students. The Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and Computational Sciences, located in the New Research Building, has expanded the resources available to the neuroscience training program, in terms of equipment, facilities and faculty expertise. Other noteworthy facilities include the Research Resources Facility, a fully accredited, centralized animal facility housing a wide variety of mammalian animal species, and the Medical Center Library, one of the most advanced in the nation. The training program includes broad-based didactic coursework, as well as rotations in laboratories of the training faculty. The trainees participate in a seminar series, national professional meetings, journal clubs, intensive laboratory research, and training in several essential professional skills (writing and reviewing manuscripts, grantmanship, mentorship, teaching, conflict resolution, career choices, oral presentations) and their ethical dimensions. Opportunities for gaining practical teaching experience at the undergraduate and secondary school levels are abundant and encouraged.

描述（改编自申请人提供的摘要）： 乔治敦大学神经科学跨学科课程（IPN）是一个 基础广泛，跨学科，非部门的研究生课程，导致一个 博士神经科学该计划成立于1994年，旨在培养学生 在对综合神经科学研究的学术追求中， 细胞的水平与完整的行为有机体的水平。32核心训练 教师和9个支持教师来自13个临床和基础科学 在主校区和医疗中心的部门。它们跨越了 调查，范围从神经递质受体和信号转导， 行为和人类认知。研究领域的优势包括1）神经 损伤、细胞死亡和CNS的可塑性; 2）神经营养的调节 因子及其受体; 3）液门和 电压门控通道; 4）内分泌、免疫和 自主神经功能; 5）端脑神经网络， 加工、记忆和语言。培训补助金资金将支持 前2年的博士前培训（4/年）;此后的支持来自 论文实验室或个人奖学金。侵略性地招募 来自代表性不足的种族和族裔群体的受训人员是 乔治敦IPN培训环境是协作的理想选择， 教师和学员的泛学科研究努力。超过40%的 培训教师有他们的实验室在密切接近新的研究 大楼（1994年开业），拥有最先进的核心设施和定制 设计实验室和办公空间。大多数教师都有以前和正在进行的 合作;鼓励学生寻求教师之间的共同指导 利益重叠，方法互补。所有培训学院 拥有研究资助支持和设备齐全的培训设施， 博士后研究生。乔治城认知与心理研究所（Georgetown Institute for Cognitive and 计算科学，位于新的研究大楼，扩大了 神经科学培训计划可用的资源， 设备，设施和教师的专业知识。其他重要设施 包括研究资源设施，一个完全认可的，集中的动物 设施住房各种各样的哺乳动物物种，和医疗 中心图书馆，全国最先进的图书馆之一。培训计划 包括基础广泛的教学课程以及实验室轮换 培训教师。受训人员参加一系列研讨会， 专业会议，期刊俱乐部，密集的实验室研究，以及 几项基本专业技能（写作和审查）的培训 手稿，grantmanship，导师，教学，解决冲突，职业生涯 选择，口头陈述）及其道德层面。机会 在大学和中学获得实际教学经验 水平是丰富和鼓励。