Training Program for the Visual Sciences

项目概要/摘要（描述） 我们建议继续为博士前学生提供成功的培训计划， 视觉科学博士后研究员。培训计划的核心是强耦合 通过加州大学旧金山分校的神经科学研究生项目。重点将放在培训上 学生和研究员谁将应用现代生物学方法来研究问题的视觉 以理工科为重所有学员将在导师的实验室接受全面的研究培训。 此外，学员将获得视觉科学和学科的坚实基础， 现代生物学通过正式的课程工作，研讨会，杂志俱乐部，并与临床接触， 以及加州大学旧金山分校医学院的基础科学教师。所有的教职员工， 培训计划是建立科学家谁是神经科学计划的成员。最 的教员也与加州大学旧金山分校的其他研究生课程有联系。中的八 培训教师也是眼科学系的成员，其中7人 在Koret Vision大楼附近的实验室。12名教师接受他们的 国家眼科研究所的主要研究资金。整个学院的研究兴趣 涵盖或补充视觉科学的一个或多个领域， 在选择研究导师并遵循以下原则后，将选择博士前学员 完成神经科学核心课程和3个实验室的研究轮换。的进展 博士预科生将由论文委员会和愿景培训计划进行监督。 博士后研究员将主要在选定的学院的实验室参加和培训 会员是否与其他培训学院的实验室或学院内的其他学院合作 医学院，将大力鼓励。这种合作是一个强大的传统， 加州大学旧金山分校 UCSF特别适合这个培训计划，因为它的实力 分子生物学、细胞生物学、分子遗传学的研究和研究生培训， 神经科学，以及视觉科学广泛研究的质量。 成功培养博士前研究生和博士后研究员的典范记录 由导师对愿景培训补助金显示了我们的计划的能力和奉献精神。 在78名博士后研究员中， 在过去10年中，57%的教师目前在大学担任独立的学术职务， 医学院和专门的生物医学研究机构，如东京的理化学。另一 14%的人仍在学术环境中从事研究，另有14%的人在工业界任职 与生物医学产品相关的公司。NIH继续支持这项培训补助金 这将是使我们能够继续为未来培养科学家和学者的关键。

Project Summary/Abstract (Description) We propose to continue a successful Training Program for predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows in the visual sciences. The core of the training program is coupled strongly with and through the Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF. The emphasis will be on training students and fellows who will apply modern biological methods to research problems in the visual sciences. All trainees will receive comprehensive research training in the laboratory of their mentor. Additionally, trainees will receive a strong foundation in visual sciences and the disciplines of modern biology through formal course work, seminars, journal clubs, and contacts with the clinical and basic science faculty at the UCSF School of Medicine. All of the faculty members of the Training Program are established scientists who are members of the Neuroscience Program. Most of the faculty members also have affiliations with other graduate programs at UCSF. Eight of the training faculty are also members of the Department of Ophthalmology, and seven of these have neighboring laboratories in the Koret Vision Building. Twelve of the faculty members receive their primary research funding from the National Eye Institute. The research interests of the entire faculty encompass or complement one or more areas of the visual sciences, Predoctoral trainees will be selected after choosing a research mentor and following completion of the Neuroscience Core courses and 3-laboratory research rotations. The progress of predoctoral trainees will be monitored by a thesis committee and by the Vision Training Program. Postdoctoral fellows will join and train primarily in the laboratory of a selected faculty member. Collaboration with the laboratories of other training faculty, or other faculty within the School of Medicine, will be strongly encouraged. Such collaborations are a strong tradition at UCSF. UCSF is particularly well suited for this Training Program because of the strength of its research and graduate training in molecular biology, cell biology, molecular genetics, and neurosciences, and because of the quality of broad-based research in the visual sciences. The exemplary record of successful training of predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows by the mentors on the Vision Training Grant shows the capabilities and dedication of our program. Of the 78 postdoctoral fellows who have completed training in the labs of the Vision Training Faculty in the last 10 years, 57% are presently in independent academic positions at universities, medical schools and dedicated biomedical research institutes such as the Riken in Tokyo. Another 14% remain in research in an academic setting and another 14% have taken an industrial position in companies associated with biomedical products. Continued NIH support for this training grant will be essential for enabling us to continue training scientists and academicians for the future.