PREDOCTORAL TRAINING IN NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIOR

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案寻求对马萨诸塞州阿默斯特大学神经科学和行为学跨学科博士前培训项目的支持。神经科学和行为（NSB）计划是一个跨部门的博士课程，提供广泛的指导和研究培训，为学生在学术界，工业界和健康科学相关领域的职业生涯做好准备。NSB计划的教师来自七个不同的部门，形成五个研究重点集群：（1）分子和细胞神经科学，（2）神经和行为发展，（3）神经内分泌学，（4）动物 行为，学习和计算神经科学，和（5）感觉和运动系统。许多教师都与这些研究集群中的一个以上。在拟议的计划的学员将支持他们的前两年的博士工作。在此期间，他们将参加两到三个实验室轮换，并将采取必要的课程，包括神经科学的1年密集核心课程，向学生介绍该计划并教授其他技能的研讨会，如赠款写作，一个新开发的课程在负责任的研究行为，以及至少一个定量方法课程。其他资源提供给NSB计划的学生包括NSB座谈会系列，中午的研讨会系列，以及围绕各种主题组织的期刊俱乐部。有助于NSB学生培训的其他计划是神经内分泌研究中心，分子和细胞生物学（MCB）计划，器官和进化生物学（OEB）计划，以及UMass Amherst - Baystate医学中心合作生物医学研究计划。与NSB一起，这些计划为马萨诸塞州大学生命科学领域的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人，并使最优秀的学生能够在没有助教所需时间的情况下进行轮换实验室轮换。培训计划将由NSB培训执行委员会管理，该委员会将拥有完整的 负责整个博士前培训期间的学员选择和评估。

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.