Neurosciences Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）： 斯坦福大学神经科学研究生项目的目标是培养博士前的博士生成为神经科学研究和教学的领导者。我们提出了一个综合的教育计划，涉及每个学生在神经系统功能的各个层次的研究，从分子到行为。 教学生如何确定方法和解决具体的研究问题将促进他们作为独立科学家的专业发展，并将为对抗神经和精神疾病贡献新的知识。为此，该计划将为学生提供机会， 在任何一个广泛的学科，包括分子和细胞生物学，遗传学，生物物理学，电生理学，解剖学，计算建模，神经成像和行为的定量研究进行最先进的神经生物学研究。正式的课程作业会要求学生如何紧张的审视 在从胚胎到成体的发育过程中，以及在正常和疾病状态下，系统在分子和细胞水平上发挥作用。该计划通过一系列活动增加了深度和广度，包括实验室靴子营地，务虚会，研讨会系列，夏季课程和特邀讲师。目前有 80名学生参加了该项目。所有学生都将参加神经科学跨部门项目，这是斯坦福大学唯一一个授予神经科学博士学位的学术机构。学院由来自3所学校19个部门的85名成员组成。教师是高度互动，智力多样，他们的研究工作得到了很好的资助。他们的研究几乎涵盖了神经科学的各个方面，集中在细胞/分子，计算，发育，系统/认知/行为神经科学，膜兴奋性和疾病的神经生物学。鼓励学员在三个实验室中轮换， 对导师的承诺课程要求必须由不同的学术部门教授的课程，考试和论文委员会的成员必须来自一个以上的部门。该计划委员会，这是管理机构，是由计划教师从 沿着的还有学生代表。该委员会全面负责制定学术政策，启动方案的变化，并监测学生入学后的进步。招生和课程问题由不同的委员会处理，每个委员会由类似的不同成员组成。 教师/学生团体。被录取的学生是全国最优秀的候选人之一。神经科学计划的过去的学员在追求学术研究事业方面非常成功。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the Neurosciences Graduate Program at Stanford University is to develop predoctoral PhD students as leaders in neuroscience research and teaching. We propose an integrated educational program that involves each student in the study of all levels of nervous system function from molecules to behavior. Teaching students how to identify approach and solve specific research problems will promote their professional development as independent scientists and will contribute new knowledge to the fight against neurological and psychiatric disease. To this end the Program will provide students with the opportunity to conduct state-of-the-art neurobiological research in any of a broad range of disciplines including molecular and cell biology, genetics, biophysics, electrophysiology, anatomy, computational modeling, neuroimaging, and the quantitative study of behavior. Formal course work will require students to examine how the nervous system functions at the molecular and cellular level, during development from embryo to adult, and in normal and diseased states. The Program incorporates added depth and breadth via a suite of activities including a laboratory boot camp, retreats, seminar series, summer courses, and invited lecturers. There are currently 80 students in the Program. All students will be enrolled in the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, the only academic body at Stanford that awards a PhD in the neurosciences. The faculty is composed of 85 members from 19 Departments in 3 Schools. The faculty is highly interactive, intellectually diverse, and their research efforts are well funded. Their research covers nearly every aspect of neuroscience, with concentrations in cellular/molecular, computational, developmental, systems/cognitive/behavioral neuroscience, membrane excitability and neurobiology of disease. Trainees are encouraged to rotate through three labs before committing to a preceptor. Course requirements must be fulfilled with courses taught by different academic departments, and the members of the examination and thesis committees must be from more than one department. The Program Committee, which is the governing body, is composed of Program faculty from eight departments, along with student representatives. This Committee has overall responsibility for setting academic policy, initiating programmatic changes, and monitoring student progress after matriculation. Admissions and curriculum issues are handled by separate committees, each composed of similarly diverse faculty/student groups. Admitted students are among the most outstanding candidates in the nation. Past trainees of the Neurosciences Program have been extremely successful in pursuing academic research careers.