Training in Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个竞争性的更新申请资金，以支持在纽约大学神经科学中心的综合神经科学的博士前和博士后培训的重新提交。该提案代表了该计划的新方向，因为我们将1）与纽约大学医学院Sackler生物医学科学研究所的神经科学和生理学研究生课程合作，2）将培训计划集中在四个相互关联的核心调查领域：学习，记忆，发展和可塑性。我们寻求在6个博士前和2个博士后研究员的水平更新我们的支持。要求的受训人员数量源于我们希望创建一个足够规模的有凝聚力的培训团队，以促进受训人员的跨层次发展，从博士前到博士后，从细胞分子到系统和认知方法，跨程序部门，并弥合转化和基础研究之间的差距。这种规模的小组对于为这项新的培训工作提供临界质量很重要。我们拟议的培训计划将提供一个中心重点，为前和博士后培训神经科学领域的关键推进神经系统的发展和退化，神经疾病过程，记忆和心理健康障碍的知识。我们的学员将有机会成为世界级科学家的一员，从事与学习，记忆，发展和可塑性相关的前沿研究。我们已经编制了一个由23名培训教师组成的小组，他们将提供跨越传统学科界限、跨越分析层次和培训层次的综合、协作培训体验。受训人员，在第三年或更高的博士前研究员和博士后研究员在早期的博士后，将有个性化的指导与相关的临床/翻译专业知识的导师的额外好处。他们还将举办专门的研讨会，旨在培养未来成功所需的转化思维和重要技能。我们预计我们的学员将在该计划中停留约2年，届时我们预计他们将获得独立资助或过渡到另一个研究支持机制。我们寻求建立一个稳定增长的科学家群体，他们有着共同的目标和兴趣，这将推动NIMH研究发展和精神疾病的神经机制的目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a resubmission of a competing renewal application for funds to support pre- and postdoctoral training in Integrative Neuroscience at the Center for Neural Science at New York University. This proposal represents a new direction for this program in that we will 1) partner with the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Physiology at the NYU School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and 2) focus the training program on four interrelated core areas of investigation: learning, memory, development and plasticity. We seek to renew our support at the level of 6 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral fellows. This number of trainees requested stems from our wish to create a cohesive training group of a sufficient size to foster trainee development across levels, from pre to post-doctoral and from cellular-molecular to systems and cognitive approaches, across program divisions, and to bridge the gap between translational and basic research. A group of this size is important to provide a critical mass for this new training effort. Our proposed training program will provide a central focus for pre and postdoctoral training in areas of neuroscience critical to advancing knowledge of development and degeneration of the nervous system, neural disease processes, and disorders of memory and mental health. Our trainees will have the opportunity to be a part of a cohort of world class scientists engaged in cutting-edge research related to learning, memory, development and plasticity. We have compiled a group of 23 training faculty that will provide an integrative, collaborative training experience that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries, spans levels of analysis, and levels of training. The trainees, predoctoral fellows in the third year or higher and postdoctoral fellows in the early years postdegree, will have individualized mentoring with the added benefit of a mentor with relevant clinical/translational expertise. They will also have special seminars that are designed to develop translational thinking and important skills required for future success. We expect our trainees to remain in the program for about 2 years, at which time we expect that they will have obtained independent funding or transitioned to another research support mechanism. We seek to build a steadily growing cohort of scientists with shared goals and interests, that will advance the goals of NIMH for research into the neural mechanisms of development and mental disease.