Training in Visual Neuroscience

视觉神经科学培训

• 批准号: 9485718
• 负责人: J ANTHONY MOVSHON
• 金额: $ 0.26万
• 依托单位: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-12-01 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9485718
• 关键词: Training; visual neuroscience

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competing renewal application for funds to support pre- and postdoctoral training in visual neuroscience at New York University in the Center for Neural Science (CNS) and the Cognition and Perception Program in the Department of Psychology (CP). We seek to renew training support for 6 pre-doctoral and 2 postdoctoral fellows. This level of support is justified by the need for the training program to provide for the training of a diverse yet coherent group of trainees. With the help of previous NEI support, the Visual Neuroscience Training Program has become a leading center for research training and has launched and shaped the careers of many who have made important contributions to the field. The 17 faculty of the training program seek to understand the visual system from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, but all share a consistent focus on understanding visual function. The quality, experience, breadth, and productivity of the training faculty have in the past and wil in the future provide a fertile intellectual environment in which young scientists can thrive. Thre newly recruited faculties have invigorated the program and made it even better. There is ample instruction through courses and especially through mentoring in the research labs of CNS and CP that helps bring trainees to the frontiers of vision research. Many active researchers supported by NEI and other agencies provide direction, leadership, and support for students once they emerge as more independent senior scholars. Extensive shared facilities, including MRI scanners, an MEG and a TMS facility operated solely for research the two participating departments; facilitate collaborations among faculty and trainees. The students who join the CNS and CP doctoral programs are of outstanding quality and a very high proportion have historically gone on to successful and in some cases stellar careers in visual neuroscience.

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份竞争性的续签申请，以支持纽约大学神经科学中心(CNS)的视觉神经科学博士后和博士后培训，以及心理学系(CP)的认知和感知计划。我们寻求恢复对6名博士后研究员和2名博士后研究员的培训支持。这一水平的支持是合理的，因为培训计划需要提供 培训多样化而又连贯的受训者群体。在NEI以前的支持下，视觉神经科学培训计划已经成为领先的研究培训中心，并启动并塑造了许多在该领域做出重要贡献的人的职业生涯。培训计划的17名教员试图从不同的学科角度了解视觉系统，但他们都一致专注于了解视觉功能。培训教师的素质、经验、广度和生产力过去和将来都将为年轻科学家提供一个肥沃的智力环境，让他们茁壮成长。三名新招聘的教员为该计划注入了活力，并使其变得更好。通过课程，特别是通过CNS和CP的研究实验室的指导，可以帮助学员进入视觉研究的前沿。许多由NEI和其他机构支持的活跃研究人员在学生成为更独立的高级学者后为他们提供指导、领导和支持。广泛的共享设施，包括核磁共振扫描仪、脑磁共振仪和仅供两个参与系研究的TMS设施；促进教职员工和实习生之间的合作。参加CNS和CP博士项目的学生质量出众，历史上有很高的比例在视觉神经科学领域取得了成功，在某些情况下还取得了辉煌的职业生涯。