Vision Research Training Grant at the University of Utah

项目摘要 通过这项申请，我们建议继续莫兰眼科中心T32视力研究培训资助 (VRTG)将于2018年结束。大学研究生和博士后VRTG教育的基本原则 犹他州的学生体验到了强大的跨学科、跨部门的合作，涵盖了这两个方面 视觉科学的基础研究和应用途径。我们的项目提供博士后和博士后 基础领域的培训--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--这些都是实现成功职业生涯的关键 视觉神经科学。该项目结合了以批判性思维为重点的系统教学培训， 沟通技能，分析严谨，研究培训，利用核心优势 犹他大学莫兰眼科中心和视力研究社区：由来已久，续 在尖端实践分子生物学、生理学和连接学方面的卓越记录，以及 研究人类疾病。NIH/NEI或NSF资助的23名教职员工在五大领域内结盟 视觉研究领域：分子生物学/生物化学、细胞与发育科学、眼科学 疾病/动物模型、转化干预和计算科学。反映了该计划的 广度，这些领域为目前符合条件的44名博士后和博士后提供了绝佳的机会 学员人数(表1)。本申请申请资助两名博士后和两名博士后实习生。这个 上期计划成果列于(表8A，8C)。《莫兰之眼》的应届毕业生 中心获得了顶尖的博士后奖学金(印第安纳大学、德克萨斯大学布鲁明顿) 西南大学和盐湖城犹他大学)，我们的博士后实习生已经发表了 并且正在成功地竞争NIH R01的资金。更新建立在保持 与视觉研究中正在进行的发现保持同步，特别是在最近扩大的分子和 视觉的遗传模型、疾病的基因组方法和计算数据分析 犹他州。该项目的良好记录表明，犹他大学的实习生将继续 作为视觉研究的未来领导者而出类拔萃。

Project Summary With this application, we propose to continue the Moran Eye Center T32 Vision Research Training Grant (VRTG) ending in 2018. The principle underlying graduate and postdoctoral VRTG education at the University of Utah is that students experience strong interdisciplinary, interdepartmental collaborations that cover both basic research and applied approaches to vision science. Our program offers predoctoral and postdoctoral training in fundamental areas -- molecular biology, electrophysiology, developmental neuroscience, retina connectomics, translational science and visual behavior – that are critical to achieve a successful career in visual neuroscience. The program combines systematic didactic training that focuses on critical thinking, communication skills, and analytic rigor with research training that takes advantage of the core strengths of the Moran Eye Center and the vision research community at the University of Utah: a long-standing, continued track record of excellence in the cutting-edge praxis molecular biology, physiology and connectomics, and the study of human disease. Twenty-three NIH/NEI- or NSF-funded faculty members are aligned in five broad areas of vision research: Molecular Biology/Biochemistry, Cellular and Developmental Science, Ocular Disease/Animal Models, Translational Interventions, and Computational Science. Reflecting the program’s breadth, these areas provide exceptional opportunities to the 44 currently eligible predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees (Table 1). This application requests funding for two predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees. The program outcomes from the previous period are listed in (Table 8A, 8C). Recent graduates of the Moran Eye Center have been placed in top-notch postdoctoral fellowships (at Indiana University, Bloomington, at UT Southwestern and at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City), and our postdoctoral trainees have published widely and are competing successfully for NIH R01 funding. The renewal builds on coursework that keeps pace with ongoing discoveries in vision research, especially in the recently expanding areas of molecular and genetic models of vision, genomic approaches to disease, and computational data analysis at the University of Utah. The strong track record of the program suggests that trainees from the University of Utah will continue to excel as future leaders in vision research.