Vision Research Training Grant at the University of Utah

犹他大学视觉研究培训补助金

• 批准号: 8664688
• 负责人: ROBERT E MARC
• 金额: $ 21.5万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8664688
• 关键词: Grant; Training; Universities; Utah; Vision research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Vision research now spans basic science (biology, chemistry, computer science, genetics, optics) but also has strong traditional links to neuroscience and newly evolving aspects of translational research in ocular disease. The principle underlying graduate education at the University of Utah is that students learn basic research and applied vision science, and experience strong interdisciplinary, interdepartmental collaborations. Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees are endowed with skills ranging over molecular biology, electrophysiology, developmental neuroscience, retinal connectomics, translational science and visual behavior. These diverse approaches are unified by training in two intellectual streams that represent the core strengths of the Moran Vision Institute and the vision research community at the University of Utah: the study of human disease, a tradition of excellence in the cutting-edge praxis molecular biology, physiology and connectomics. Eighteen NIH/NEI-funded training faculty members are aligned in five broad areas of vision research: Molecular and Cellular Science, Developmental Science, Ocular Disease, Translational Interventions, and Computational Science. These areas reflect the breadth of the program and provide exceptional opportunities to the 74 current predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. This application requests funding for 2 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees. Due to the outstanding, accredited predoctoral training programs already in place, recent graduates University of Utah have been placed in excellent postdoctoral fellowships at Yale, Stanford, Harvard, U Mass, UCSD, and UCSF. Our postdoctoral trainees have published widely, taken faculty positions, received Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Awards, and are competing successfully for NIH RO1 funding. We believe that trainees from our Vision Research Training Program will become future leaders in vision research.

描述（由申请人提供）：视觉研究现在跨越基础科学（生物学，化学，计算机科学，遗传学，光学），但也与神经科学和眼科疾病转化研究的新发展方面有很强的传统联系。犹他州大学研究生教育的基本原则是，学生学习基础研究和应用视觉科学，并体验强大的跨学科，跨部门的合作。博士前和博士后学员被赋予了分子生物学，电生理学，发育神经科学，视网膜连接组学，翻译科学和视觉行为等方面的技能。这些不同的方法通过两个知识流的培训来统一，这两个知识流代表了莫兰视觉研究所和犹他州大学视觉研究社区的核心优势：人类疾病的研究，在尖端实践分子生物学，生理学和连接组学方面的卓越传统。18名NIH/NEI资助的培训教师在视觉研究的五个广泛领域保持一致：分子和细胞科学，发育科学，眼科疾病，转化干预和计算科学。这些领域反映了该计划的广度，并为目前的74名博士前和博士后学员提供了特殊的机会。本申请要求资助2名博士前和4名博士后培训人员。由于优秀的，认可的博士前培训计划已经到位，最近的毕业生犹他州大学已被放置在耶鲁大学，斯坦福大学，哈佛，马萨诸塞州大学，加州大学圣地亚哥分校和加州大学旧金山分校优秀的博士后奖学金。我们的博士后学员广泛发表，采取教师职位，获得研究，以防止失明职业发展奖，并成功地竞争NIH RO 1资金。我们相信，我们的视觉研究培训计划的学员将成为未来视觉研究的领导者。