Training in Learning and Memory

学习和记忆训练

• 批准号: 9303453
• 负责人: MICHAEL D MAUK
• 金额: $ 19.84万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9303453
• 关键词: Learning; Memory; Training

 DESCRIPTION: The Center for Learning and Memory (CLM) at the University of Texas at Austin is an organized research unit that brings together researchers whose goal is to identify the neural mechanisms of learning and memory. The CLM has grown to include fifteen faculty, all hired since its inception in 2005. Given this growth, the highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the CLM faculty, and the major University commitment to this research field, we believe all key elements are in place to implement an innovative and active training program in learning and memory. The CLM faculty represent a broad range of approaches to the mechanisms of learning and memory - from the molecules of neural information processing and synaptic plasticity to cellular and systems level studies to functional neuroimaging in humans. We will leverage the strengths of this collaborative faculty along with innovative and comprehensive training activities to implement a program that prepares graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to become innovative leaders in the future of learning and memory research. The proposed training has four important components. First, we will provide our trainees with hands-on instruction in the implementation of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of learning and memory that cross levels of analysis. Second, we will provide extensive training in computational neuroscience methods that are increasingly necessary to understanding the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory. Third, the proposed activities will provide our trainees with the ability to place their research in a biomedical contet, with a particular emphasis on the role of learning and memory processes in disorders of mental health. Finally, the proposed activities and resources provide our trainees with many opportunities for career development including the skills necessary to obtain a tenure track position (e.g., presentation and grant writing skills) as well as exposure to research-related careers outside of academia. These components will prepare our trainees to be the next generation of leading edge researchers dedicated to uncovering the neural mechanisms that support our ability to acquire new information and remember past experiences.

 描述：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的学习和记忆中心(CLM)是一个有组织的研究单位，将目标是确定学习和记忆的神经机制的研究人员聚集在一起。CLM已发展到包括15名教职员工，他们都是自2005年成立以来聘用的。鉴于这种增长，CLM教师的高度跨学科和协作性质，以及大学对这一研究领域的主要承诺，我们相信所有关键要素都已经到位，可以实施创新和积极的学习和记忆培训计划。从神经信息处理和突触可塑性的分子，到细胞和系统水平的研究，再到人类的功能神经成像，CLM的能力代表了学习和记忆机制的广泛方法。我们将利用这种协作教员的优势以及创新和全面的培训活动来实施一项计划，为研究生和博士后实习生准备成为未来学习和记忆研究的创新领导者。拟议的培训有四个重要组成部分。首先，我们将为我们的受训人员提供实践指导，指导他们如何采用跨学科方法来研究跨层次分析的学习和记忆。其次，我们将在计算神经科学方法方面提供广泛的培训，这些方法对于理解支持学习和记忆的神经机制越来越必要。第三，拟议的活动将使我们的受训人员能够将他们的研究放在生物医学竞赛中，特别强调学习和记忆过程在精神健康障碍中的作用。最后，拟议的活动和资源为我们的受训人员提供了许多职业发展的机会，包括获得终身教职职位所需的技能(例如，陈述和赠款写作技能)以及在学术界以外从事与研究有关的职业。这些组件将使我们的受训人员成为下一代前沿研究人员，致力于揭示支持我们获取新信息和记忆过去经验的能力的神经机制。