General Motor Control Mechanisms and Disease Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：这份竞争性更新提案是西北大学神经科学研究所（NUIN）为通用运动控制机制和疾病的广泛基础的前和博士后培训计划提供持续资金的请求。这个培训项目是由一个多学科的运动控制研究小组发展起来的，他们自1989年NUIN成立以来一直在合作。该项目由James Surmeier博士指导，Enrico Mugnaini医学博士（副主任）和指导委员会协助。学员将在来自西北大学芝加哥校区和埃文斯顿校区3个学院11个系的29位运动控制研究导师的指导下进行研究。拟资助博士后5人，博士生预科3人。博士后研修生将根据之前的培养和研究计划进行选拔。博士预科生将根据课程表现、轮转和论文研究与培训计划目标的相关性，从NUIN和医学科学家培训计划博士项目中选择。将共同努力继续招收妇女和少数民族参加该项目。该计划提供了广泛的跨学科研究和培训机会，在躯体和自主运动控制的神经科学。参与感受器的研究跨越分子、细胞、系统、临床、行为和计算神经科学。指导教师将通过正式的建议和评估、课堂和非正式的讨论（在期刊俱乐部、实验室会议和研究俱乐部）来协助和监督学员的进步。培训计划的一个重要特点是，它汇集了基础和临床神经科学的研究人员，为西北大学运动控制和相关运动系统疾病的学员提供了一个高效的跨学科研究环境。除了提供研究培训外，该项目还将帮助受训者发展书面和口头沟通、拨款写作/资助、网络和职业发展方面的技能。培养对神经科学家面临的伦理问题和负责任的科学行为的清晰认识将是另一个培训目标。该方案概述了由国家神经科学研究所鼓励的多学科和互动类型的神经科学研究培训的尝试。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This competitive renewal proposal is a request for continued funding of a broadly based pre- and postdoctoral training program in General Motor Control Mechanisms and Disease from the Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience (NUIN). This training program has grown out of a multidisciplinary group of motor control investigators who have collaborated since the inception of the NUIN in 1989. The program is directed by D. James Surmeier, Ph.D. with the assistance of Enrico Mugnaini, M.D. (Associate Director) and a Steering Committee. Trainees will conduct their research under the guidance of 29 preceptors working in motor control research from 11 departments of 3 schools on the Chicago and Evanston campuses of Northwestern University. The proposal requests support for 5 post-doctoral and 3 pre-doctoral trainees. Post-doctoral trainees will be selected on the basis of previous training and research plan. Pre-doctoral trainees will be selected from NUIN and Medical Scientist Training Program Ph.D. programs on the basis of course performance, rotations and the relevance of dissertation research to the goals of the training program. A concerted effort will be made to continue recruiting women and minorities to the program. The program offers a broad range of interdisciplinary research and training opportunities in the neuroscience of somatic and autonomic motor control. The research of participating preceptors spans molecular, cellular, systems, clinical, behavioral and computational neuroscience. The preceptor faculty will assist and monitor trainee progress through formal advising and evaluations, through the classroom and through informal discussions (in journal clubs, laboratory meetings and research clubs). An important feature of the training program is that it brings together researchers in fundamental and clinical neuroscience, providing a highly productive, interdisciplinary research environment for trainees in motor control and related motor system diseases at Northwestern University. In addition to providing research training, the program will help trainees develop skills in written and oral communication, grant writing/grantsmanship, networking and career development. Instilling a clear awareness of ethical issues facing neuroscientists and responsible conduct in science will be another training goal. The program outlined attempts to exemplify the multidisciplinary and interactive type of neuroscience research training encouraged by NINDS.