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（由申请人提供）：视觉研究现在跨越了基础科学（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着紧密的传统联系。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，并体验强大的跨学科、跨部门合作。博士前和博士后受训者被赋予的技能范围包括分子生物学，电生理学，发育神经科学，视网膜连接组学，转化科学和视觉行为。这些不同的方法通过两种智力流的训练统一起来，这两种智力流代表了莫兰视觉研究所和犹他大学视觉研究界的核心优势：人类疾病的研究，分子生物学、生理学和连接组学前沿实践的卓越传统。18名NIH/ nei资助的培训教师在五个广泛的视觉研究领域：分子和细胞科学、发育科学、眼病、转化干预和计算科学。这些领域反映了该计划的广度，并为74名目前的博士生和博士后学员提供了特殊的机会。本申请申请资助2名博士预科生和4名博士后。由于犹他大学优秀的、经过认证的博士前培训项目已经到位，最近的毕业生已经在耶鲁大学、斯坦福大学、哈佛大学、马萨诸塞大学、加州大学圣地亚哥分校和加州大学旧金山分校获得了优秀的博士后奖学金。我们的博士后学员发表了广泛的文章，担任教职，获得了“预防失明研究职业发展奖”，并成功地竞争了NIH RO1基金。我们相信，我们的视觉研究培训项目的学员将成为未来视觉研究的领导者。