Research Training Program in the Vision Sciences

已经设计了一个全面的计划，目的是培训博士后和博士后科学家 参加研究生和博士后计划的视觉科学的广泛领域 神经科学、发育生物学、分子细胞生物学、分子遗传学、生物化学和 分子生物物理学。培训计划将由29名教师授课，其中23名由NEI资助， 研究几乎所有方面的眼功能和病理学。博士前实习生将选修 提供有关视觉系统的神经生物学或综合课程的详细信息 眼睛的发育、生理和病理方面。博士后实习生也是 鼓励参加这些课程。将大力鼓励博士后和博士后实习生 参与丰富的研讨会、高级课程、荣誉讲座、期刊俱乐部和 华盛顿大学生物和生物医学科学系和NEI举办的务虚会 受赞助课程，视觉研究的基本问题。其中许多机会都涉及到 基础和临床科学家的参与，确保受训人员了解疾病的起源和 治疗人类眼部疾病。该培训计划将为两名博士后实习生提供支持 华盛顿大学的第一年。这将为他们提供足够的时间申请个人研究 培训补助金支持。博士前培训项目将支持6名研究生。这将保证 将有足够数量的视觉科学实习生来丰富培训环境。这个 参加培训计划的教职员工目前有45名博士后和59名博士后实习生 实验室。这表明了教职员工对培训的承诺，并说明了 将从中提取培训补助金的申请者池。该计划的总体目标是确定 最有前途的科学家，并为他们提供一个培训环境，最大限度地提高 他们将成为了解和治疗人类眼病的富有成效的贡献者。

A comprehensive program has been designed with the purpose of training pre-and postdoctoral scientists in the broad area of vision science who are participating in graduate and postdoctoral programs in Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biophysics. The training program will be delivered by 29 preceptors, 23 of whom are NEI funded, studying nearly all aspects of ocular function and pathology. Predoctoral trainees will take courses that provide detailed information about the neurobiology of the visual system or a compretiensive course in all aspects of the development, physiology and pathology of the eye. Postdoctoral trainees are also encouraged to attend these courses. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees will be strongly encouraged to participate in the rich environment of seminars, advanced courses, honorary lectures, journal clubs, and retreats offered in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University and in the NEI sponsored course, Fundamental Issues in Vision Research. Many of these opportunities involve the participation of both basic and clinical scientists, assuring that trainees will learn about both the origins and treatment of human ocular diseases. The training program will support two postdoctoral trainees for their first year at Washington University. This will provide adequate time for them to apply for individual research training grant support. The predoctoral training program will support 6 graduate students. This will assure that an adequate number of vision science trainees will be available to enrich the training environment. The faculty members in the training program currently have 45 predoctoral and 59 postdoctoral trainees in their laboratories. This demonstrates the commitment of the faculty to training and illustrates the large size of the pool of applicants from which the training grant will draw. The overall goal of this program is to identify the most promising scientists and to provide them with a training environment that maximizes the probability that they will become productive contributors to the understanding and treatment of human ocular diseases.