Multidisciplinary Training in Developmental Neuroscience

发育神经科学多学科培训

• 批准号: 7113695
• 负责人: ROBERT S FREEMAN
• 金额: $ 5.31万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7113695
• 关键词: Multidisciplinary; Training; Developmental; Neuroscience

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Attention to the study of the development of the nervous system is one of the keys in advancing our knowledge base in normal brain function, mental disorders and maladaptive behaviors. To be effective, such an undertaking must be multidisciplinary in its approach and young investigators contemplating research careers in developmental neuroscience must be accordingly trained. This is the goal of the current application, which proposes to establish a program devoted to the training of predoctoral fellows in Developmental Neuroscience. Funding is sought to train predoctoral students with expressed interest in establishing research careers in Developmental Neuroscience. The training will include a firm curricular grounding in the fundamental neurosciences, with emphasis on appreciating the complexity of the developing nervous system, and on extensive continuous participation in laboratory research as well as collateral activities. The Program Faculty consists of 17 members of the Faculty of the Graduate Education of the Biomedical Sciences. They are recruited based on research interests in molecular, cellular and systems aspects of nervous system development, including differentiation, neurogenesis, gliogenesis, function and dynamics of neurotransmitters and receptors, ion channels and related signal transduction processes, synaptic plasticity, emergence of functional architectures, neural and behavioral sensitive periods, and neural processing. It is the primary goal of the training program to ensure that every trainee acquires hands-on research proficiency in at least one of these disciplines, incorporating all facets of state-of-the-art neuroanatomy and image-processing techniques, cell biology, molecular biology and electrophysiology. In assembling the Program Faculty, the goal has been to cross not only research disciplines but also departmental and cluster boundaries. This multidisciplinary nature of the Program favors cross-fertilization of research methodologies, ideas and training opportunities for both preceptors and trainees. Although the emphasis is on training in research, the training program will offer specific journal dubs, seminars and workshops. The program will also incorporate specialized components dealing with issues such as survival skills, grant writing and responsible conduct in scientific research. A plan is also in place that will increase the pool of predoctoral applicants from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.

描述（由申请人提供）：关注神经系统发育的研究是提高我们在正常脑功能，精神障碍和适应不良行为方面的知识基础的关键之一。为了有效，这样的工作必须在方法上是多学科的，考虑在发育神经科学领域从事研究的年轻研究者必须得到相应的培训。这是当前申请的目标，该申请提议建立一个专门培训发育神经科学博士前研究员的项目。基金旨在培养有兴趣在发展神经科学领域建立研究事业的博士生。培训将包括基础神经科学的坚实课程基础，重点是欣赏发育中的神经系统的复杂性，以及广泛持续地参与实验室研究和附属活动。该项目由生物医学科学研究生教育学院的17名成员组成。他们的研究兴趣主要集中在神经系统发育的分子、细胞和系统方面，包括分化、神经发生、胶质发生、神经递质和受体的功能和动力学、离子通道和相关信号转导过程、突触可塑性、功能结构的出现、神经和行为敏感期以及神经处理。培训计划的主要目标是确保每位学员至少在其中一门学科中获得实践研究能力，包括最先进的神经解剖学和图像处理技术、细胞生物学、分子生物学和电生理学的各个方面。在组建项目教师时，目标不仅是跨越研究学科，而且跨越部门和集群的边界。该计划的多学科性质有利于研究方法，思想和培训机会的交叉施肥，为导师和学员。虽然培训的重点是研究方面的培训，但培训计划将提供具体的期刊讲座、研讨会和讲习班。该计划还将纳入处理生存技能、拨款写作和科学研究中的负责任行为等问题的专业组成部分。一项增加未被充分代表的种族和族裔群体的博士预科申请者数量的计划也已经到位。