Predoctoral Interdepartmental Training Program in Neuroscience

描述(申请人提供)：神经科学的研究已经变得越来越多的跨学科：不可能通过专注于狭窄的专业领域来了解神经系统。犹他大学跨部门神经科学项目提供的研究生教育的基本原则是，学生从非常广泛的角度来处理问题。该方法包括各种技术的应用，这些技术涉及分子生物学、电生理学、经典胚胎学和行为方案。不同的技术被两种使犹他大学出名的智力方法统一了起来：人类疾病的研究和遗传学领域的卓越传统。51名由NIH资助的培训教员是从犹他大学13个系的76名神经科学家中挑选出来的，他们在神经科学的五个具体研究领域保持一致：分子神经生物学、细胞神经科学、发育、大脑和行为以及神经生物学。这五个领域反映了该项目的广度，并为45名现有学生提供了特殊的机会。这份续签申请要求为神经科学跨部门项目的三名一年级和三名二年级博士生提供资金。上一个授标期的所有培训职位都已填补，本申请书要求为相同数目的受训人员提供经费。由于出色的神经科学培训计划，最近的毕业生被安排在耶鲁大学、斯坦福大学、哈佛大学、麻省大学、加州大学圣迭戈分校和加州大学旧金山分校获得优秀的博士后奖学金。毫无疑问，跨部门神经科学项目的学员将继续成为神经科学研究的未来领导者。 公共卫生相关性：犹他大学的跨部门神经科学项目在培养杰出的神经科学家方面有着悠久的历史。这一国家认可的项目提供了严格的两年制课程，培养学生在设计将促进对大脑的理解的实验时具有批判性、伦理性和创造性。从神经科学计划中脱颖而出的未来科学家有工具来确定神经疾病的分子和遗传机制，或者设计导致临床试验的翻译应用程序。从癫痫，到药物添加，再到失明，经过基础和翻译神经科学研究培训的跨部门神经科学项目学生的未来影响有朝一日将极大地改善数百万美国人的生活质量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Research in the neurosciences has become increasingly interdisciplinary: it is not possible to understand the nervous system by focusing on a narrow area of expertise. The principle underlying the graduate education offered by the University of Utah Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program is that students approach a problem from a very broad perspective. The approach includes the application of a diversity of techniques that range across molecular biology, electrophysiology, classical embryology and behavioral protocols. The diverse techniques are unified by two intellectual approaches that have made the University of Utah famous: the study of human disease and a tradition of excellence in the field of genetics. Fifty one NIH- funded training faculty members, chosen from among 76 neuroscientists in 13 departments at the University of Utah, are aligned in five specific areas of research in neuroscience: Molecular Neurobiology, Cellular Neuroscience, Development, Brain and Behavior, and Neurobiology. These five areas reflect the breadth of the program and provide exceptional opportunities to the 45 current students. This renewal application requests funding for three first year and three second year Ph.D. students in the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience. All of the training positions in the previous award period were filled and funding for the same number of trainees is requested in the present application. Due to the outstanding neuroscience training program, recent graduates have been placed in excellent postdoctoral fellowships at Yale, Stanford, Harvard, U Mass, UCSD, and UCSF. There is no doubt that trainees from the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program will continue to become future leaders in neuroscience research. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program at the University of Utah has a long history of training exceptional neuroscientists. This nationally recognized program provides a rigorous two year curriculum that prepares students to be critical, ethical, and creative as they design experiments that will advance the understanding of the brain. The future scientists that emerge from the Neuroscience Program have the tools to determine molecular and genetic mechanisms of neuronal disease or to design translational applications leading to clinical trials. From epilepsy, to drug addition, to blindness, the future impact of Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program students trained in basic and translational neuroscience research will one day greatly improve the quality of life for millions of Americans.