PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案寻求对马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校神经科学和行为学跨学科博士前培训计划的支持。神经科学与行为(NSB)项目是一个跨部门的博士项目，提供基础广泛的指导和研究培训，为学生在学术界、工业和健康科学相关领域的职业生涯做好准备。NSB计划的教员来自七个不同的系，形成了五个研究重点的集群：(1)分子和细胞神经科学，(2)神经和行为发育，(3)神经内分泌学，(4)动物 行为、学习和计算神经科学，以及(5)感觉和运动系统。许多教职员工与这些研究集群中的一个以上有关联。拟议项目中的受训者在头两年的博士前工作将得到支持。在此期间，他们将参加两到三次实验室轮换，并将参加必要的课程作业，包括一门为期一年的神经科学核心强化课程，一次研讨会，向学生介绍该计划并教授其他技能，如拨款写作，一门新开发的负责任的研究行为课程，以及至少一门定量方法课程。NSB项目学生可以使用的其他资源包括NSB学术讨论会系列、中午研讨会系列，以及围绕各种主题组织的期刊俱乐部。为NSB学生培训做出贡献的其他项目包括神经内分泌研究中心、分子和细胞生物学(MCB)项目、组织与进化生物学(OEB)项目和UMassAmherst-BayState医学中心合作生物医学研究项目。与NSB一起，这些项目为马萨诸塞大学生命科学博士前学生提供了极其丰富的知识环境和最先进的研究设施。拟议的培训计划将使NSB计划能够继续吸引高素质的申请者，并使最好的学生能够在没有助教奖学金所需的时间的情况下进行轮换实验室。培训计划将由NSB培训执行委员会管理，该执行委员会将拥有完整的 负责博士前培训期间学员的选择和评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal seeks support for an interdisciplinary predoctoral training program in Neuroscience and Behavior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Neuroscience and Behavior (NSB) Program is an interdepartmental doctoral program that provides broad-based instruction and research training to prepare students for careers in academia, industry, and related areas within the health sciences. NSB Program faculty are drawn from seven different departments and form five clusters of research focus: (1) Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, (2) Neural and Behavioral Development, (3) Neuroendocrinology, (4) Animal Behavior, Learning, and Computational Neuroscience, and (5) Sensory and Motor Systems. Many faculty members are associated with more than one of these research clusters. Trainees in the proposed program will be supported for their first two years of predoctoral work. During this time, they will participate in two to three laboratory rotations and will take required coursework including a 1-year intensive core course in neuroscience, a proseminar that introduces the students to the program and teaches other skills such as grant writing, a newly developed course in the responsible conduct of research, and at least one course in quantitative methods. Other resources available to NSB Program students include the NSB Colloquium series, a noon-time seminar series, and journal clubs organized around a variety of topics. Other programs that contribute to NSB student training are the Center for Neuroendocrine Studies, the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) Program, the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) Program, and the UMass Amherst - Baystate Medical Center Collaborative Biomedical Research Program. Together with NSB, these programs provide an extremely rich intellectual environment as well as state-of-the-art research facilities for predoctoral students in the life sciences at the University of Massachusetts. The proposed training program will enable the NSB Program to continue to attract highly qualified applicants and it will enable the best students to conduct their rotate laboratory rotations without the time commitment required by a teaching assistantship. The training program will be managed by an NSB Training Executive Committee, which will have full responsibility for trainee selection and evaluation throughout the period of predoctoral training.