Predoctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份修订后的提案，用于资助德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校神经科学研究所(INS)已建立的神经科学研究生培训计划。每年为五名新的博士前实习生申请资金，学生在头两年的研究生培训中获得该项目的支持。在此期间，学生将进行实验室轮换，并完成课程要求，然后在第二年结束时进入论文实验室。奥斯汀已经建立了一大批神经科学研究人员，这在很大程度上是由于对这一领域教师招聘的重视。这些研究人员兴趣广泛，但有一个共同的目标，那就是加强校园神经科学培训。自然科学学院、心理学系和药学院的34名教职员工将参加培训。他们的研究兴趣从分子到生化、生理和电生理，再到行为和计算。每个培训教员(除了刚刚招聘的初级教员)目前至少拥有一项主要研究补助金，许多人拥有几项补助金。因此，进入这一研究生项目的学生有各种各样的培训选择，这也是我们项目的一个重要优势 是在合作实验室中进行跨学科研究的机会。新来的学生将被要求选择实验室，在那里他们将进行研究轮换，之后他们将根据自己的工作提出研讨会。学生还将选修一套规定的神经科学核心课程，并从各种各样的选修课中进行选择。研究生将被高度鼓励参加由移民局或移民局调查人员的不同国内部门提供的过多的研讨会系列。负责任的科学行为也将在伦理学课程中教授。我们将努力在招收少数族裔学生方面继续取得成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a revised proposal for funding of an established graduate training program in neuroscience at the Institute for Neuroscience (INS) at the University of Texas at Austin. Funding is requested for five new predoctoral trainees per year, with students obtaining support from the program for their first two years of graduate training. During this time students will do laboratory rotations and complete coursework requirements before entering thesis laboratories at the end of their second years. A critical mass of neuroscience researchers has been established in Austin, largely due to an emphasis on faculty recruitment in this area. These researchers have a wide variety of interests but share a common goal of strengthening neuroscience training on campus. Thirty-four (34) faculty in the College of Natural Sciences, Department of Psychology and College of Pharmacy will participate in the training. Their research interests range from the molecular, through the biochemical, physiological and electrophysiological, to the behavioral and computational. Each of the training faculty (except for junior faculty who have just been recruited) currently holds at least one major research grant and many have several grants. Students entering this graduate program thus have a wide variety of options for training, and one of the significant strengths of our program is the opportunity for conducting cross-disciplinary research in collaborating laboratories. Incoming students will be expected to choose laboratories in which they will conduct research rotations, after which they will present seminars based on their work. Students will also take a prescribed set of core neuroscience courses as well as choose from a wide variety of elective courses. Graduate students will be highly encouraged to attend, and participate in, a plethora of seminar series offered by the INS or by the different home departments of INS investigators. The responsible conduct of science will also be taught in an ethics course. An effort will be made to 'continue our success in recruiting minority students.