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: 9387289
• 负责人: ROBERT E MARC
• 金额: $ 0.06万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 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 2017-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9387289
• 关键词: Grant; Research 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(申请人提供)：视觉研究现在横跨基础科学(生物学、化学、计算机科学、遗传学、光学)，但也与神经科学和眼病转化研究的新发展方面有很强的传统联系。犹他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，并体验跨学科、跨部门的强大合作。博士后和博士后实习生被赋予了分子生物学、电生理学、发育神经科学、视网膜连接学、翻译科学和视觉行为方面的技能。这些不同的方法通过在代表莫兰视觉研究所和犹他大学视觉研究社区的核心优势的两个智力流中的培训得到统一：人类疾病研究，在尖端实践中的卓越传统分子生物学、生理学和连接学。NIH/NEI资助的18名培训教员在五个广泛的视觉研究领域保持一致：分子和细胞科学、发育科学、眼病、翻译干预和计算科学。这些领域反映了该计划的广度，并为74名当前的博士前和博士后实习生提供了特殊的机会。本申请申请资助2名博士后和4名博士后。由于出色的、经认可的博士后培训计划已经到位，犹他大学的应届毕业生被耶鲁大学、斯坦福大学、哈佛大学、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安排为优秀的博士后研究员。我们的博士后实习生发表了广泛的文章，担任了教师职位，获得了预防失明研究职业发展奖，并成功竞争NIH RO1基金。我们相信，我们视觉研究培训计划的学员将成为未来视觉研究的领导者。