Training in Neuroscience

描述(由申请人提供)：在休斯顿的德克萨斯大学健康科学中心，我们认为，加强和发展未来研究人员思维的高质量神经科学培训计划对神经科学领域未来几年的成功至关重要。因此，我们正在申请资金，以支持四名神经科学研究员在休斯顿德克萨斯大学健康科学中心神经科学研究生项目第二年的研究生培训。神经科学研究生项目是一个为期五年的项目，最终获得博士学位。该项目成立于25年前，由生物医学研究生院和医学院神经生物学与解剖学系联合管理，为研究员提供广泛的神经科学接触，范围从基础机制到疾病和成瘾的神经生物学。该计划由在神经科学研究方面拥有杰出记录的杰出教师组成，得到下列院系的支持，并强调以下研究领域：1)了解学习和记忆、神经可塑性和细胞信号的生物学基础(神经生物学和解剖学系，以及综合生物学和药理学系)；2)了解视觉的基本机制(眼科学和视觉科学系，以及神经生物学和解剖学系)；3)了解创伤引起的神经元损伤(神经外科系)；以及4)了解药物成瘾的生物学基础和药物对行为的影响(精神病学和行为科学系)。在最初的两年期间，学员将接触到生物医学科学的广泛入门和基础核心课程，以及三门高级神经生物学课程。此外，所有受训者在项目的第一年都会在三个研究实验室轮换，并根据这种轮换，每个受训者从参与的教职员工中挑选一名研究顾问。为了确保学员在随后几年进行论文研究时的参与，神经科学研究生项目主办了神经科学项目学员期刊和读书会、每年秋季举行的神经科学海报会议、神经科学研究生项目研讨会系列以及神经科学通讯和项目研究务虚会。这些活动，再加上著名的德克萨斯医学中心丰富的神经科学培训环境，为我们的学员提供了神经科学研究生教育的绝佳机会。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, we believe that a quality neuroscience-training program that strengthens and develops the minds of future researchers is crucial to the success of the field of neuroscience for years to come. Accordingly, we are applying for funds to support the graduate training of four neuroscience fellows during their second year of study in the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. The Neuroscience Graduate Program is a five-year program leading to a Ph.D. degree. Founded 25 years ago and administered jointly by the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Medical School's Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, the program provides fellows with a broad exposure to neuroscience, ranging from basic mechanisms to the neurobiology of disease and addiction. Staffed by distinguished faculty with outstanding track records in neuroscience research, the program is supported by the departments listed below and emphasizes the following areas of investigation: 1) understanding the biological basis of learning and memory, neuroplasticity and cell signaling (Departments of Neurobiology and Anatomy, and Integrative Biology and Pharmacology); 2) understanding the basic mechanisms responsible for vision (Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and Neurobiology and Anatomy); 3) understanding trauma-induced neuronal damage (Department of Neurosurgery); and 4) understanding the biological basis of drug addiction and the influence of drugs on behavior (Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences). During the initial two-year period, trainees are exposed to a broad range of introductory and foundation core courses in biomedical sciences, as well as three courses in advanced neurobiology. In addition, all trainees rotate through three research laboratories during their first year in the program, and based on this rotation, each trainee selects a research advisor from the participating faculty. To ensure trainee participation during subsequent years when dissertation research is being carried out, the Neuroscience Graduate Program hosts a Neuroscience Program Trainee Journal and Book Club, a Neuroscience Poster Session held each fall, a Neuroscience Graduate Program Seminar series and a Neuroscience Newsletter and Program Research Retreat. These activities coupled with the overall rich environment for neuroscience training at the renowned Texas Medical Center provide our trainees with an outstanding opportunity for graduate education in the neurosciences.