General Motor Control Mechanisms and Disease Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)：这项竞争性续签提案是对西北大学神经科学研究所(NUIN)在一般运动控制机制和疾病方面的基础广泛的博士后和博士后培训项目的持续资助。这一培训计划是由运动控制研究人员组成的多学科小组发展而来的，自1989年NUIN成立以来，他们一直在合作。该计划由D.James Surmeier博士指导，Enrico Mugnaini医学博士(副主任)和一个指导委员会协助。受训者将在西北大学芝加哥和埃文斯顿校区3所学校的11个系的29名运动控制研究教授的指导下进行研究。该提案要求为5名博士后和3名博士后实习生提供支持。博士后实习生将在以往培训和研究计划的基础上进行遴选。博士前实习生将根据课程表现、轮换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计划中挑选出来。将作出协调一致的努力，继续招募妇女和少数族裔参加该计划。该计划在躯体和自主运动控制的神经科学方面提供了广泛的跨学科研究和培训机会。参与感受器的研究横跨分子、细胞、系统、临床、行为和计算神经科学。导师教员将通过正式咨询和评估、通过课堂和非正式讨论(在期刊俱乐部、实验室会议和研究俱乐部)协助和监测受训人员的进展。该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受训者提供了一个高效、跨学科的研究环境。除了提供研究培训外，该计划还将帮助学员发展书面和口头沟通、赠款写作/资助金、网络和职业发展方面的技能。另一个培训目标将是灌输神经科学家面临的道德问题和科学中负责任的行为的清晰意识。该计划概述了NINDS鼓励的多学科和互动型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.