Neurobiology Training Program

摘要 本申请旨在为杜克大学神经科学博士研究生的早期培训提供支持。 大学。这一全面、基础广泛、跨学科的神经生物学培训计划的目标是 (NBTP)是为学术界、工业界和相关领域的研究型职位培养顶级神经生物学家 竞技场。申请申请每年为6名博士前实习生提供资金，通常是第一年3名，第二年3名 他们的第二年。理查德·穆尼博士与NBTP指导委员会共同指导该项目 由精选的教职员工和学生组成。教师来自全校多个部门。 医学院、工程学院和文理学院，代表着广泛的多样性 包括分子、细胞、电路、系统、计算、翻译和认知神经科学等领域。 导师包括有长期和杰出成就记录的科学家以及最近招募的科学家， 才华横溢的年轻教员。一大批申请者--每年接近200名申请者--许可证 每年秋季招收一个才华横溢、形形色色的班级，约7名新生。近一半的预科生将是 在头两年得到杜克研究生院的支持，这使得该计划能够从 国际和国内的泳池。学生要接受广泛的培训，包括要求苛刻的课程 解决基础神经科学和翻译神经科学的深度和广度，包括实验设计， 技术实施、数据分析和解释。必修课作业强调分子和 细胞神经科学.电路和系统神经科学.疾病的神经生物学.定量和统计学 和计算神经科学方法；科学写作；书面和口头陈述；教学和职业 发展。他们的论文委员会和项目指导委员会仔细地监测学生的进步 在整个研究生培训期间。我们计划的学生将获得博士学位。 在5至6年内获得学位，并发表来自博士研究的原创研究论文。vt.在.的基础上 完成博士后奖学金和临床培训(如果适用)，我们希望我们的毕业生将 有保障的终身教职-跟踪研究机构的教师职位，获得与神经科学相关的行业工作，使用 他们的神经科学培训是为了行医，并在 研究生和本科生。培训计划作出广泛努力，招募和留住 来自代表性不足群体的学生。该计划的目标是培养新一代多样化的 具备跨越学科界限所需的知识、想象力和洞察力的科学家 寻求对神经系统功能在健康和疾病中的基础的新的和更深入的理解。

Abstract This application seeks support for early stage training of doctoral students in the neurosciences at Duke University. The goal of this comprehensive, broad-based, interdisciplinary Neurobiology Training Program (NBTP) is to train top-level neurobiologists for research-oriented positions in academia, industry, and related arenas. The application seeks funding for 6 predoctoral trainees each year, typically 3 in their first year and 3 in their second year. Richard Mooney, PhD directs the program in concert with the NBTP Steering Committee comprising select faculty and students. Preceptors are drawn from many departments across the School of Medicine, the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences and represent a broad diversity of fields including molecular, cellular, circuits, systems, computational, translational and cognitive neuroscience. Preceptors include scientists with long and distinguished records of achievement as well as recently recruited, talented young faculty. A large applicant pool - approaching close to 200 candidates per year - permits recruitment of a talented, diverse class of ~7 new students each fall. Close to half of the matriculants will be supported in their first two years by the Duke Graduate School, which enables the program to pull from international as well as domestic pools. Students undergo extensive training including demanding coursework addressing the depth and breadth of fundamental and translational neuroscience, including experimental design, technical implementation, data analysis, and interpretation. Required course work emphasizes molecular and cellular neuroscience; circuits and systems neuroscience; the neurobiology of disease; quantitative, statistical and computational neuroscience methods; scientific writing; written and oral presentation; teaching and career development. Their thesis committees and the Program Steering Committee carefully monitor students' progress throughout the entire period of graduate training. Students in our program are expected to obtain their doctoral degree within 5 to 6 years and to publish original research articles stemming from their doctoral studies. Upon completion of postdoctoral fellowships and clinical training (where applicable), we expect that our graduates will secure tenure-track faculty positions in research institutions, obtain neuroscience-related jobs in industry, use their neuroscience training to practice medicine, and teach and train the next generation of neuroscientists at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The Training Program makes extensive efforts to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups. The goal of the program is to train a new and diverse generation of scientists equipped with the knowledge, imagination and insight needed to cross disciplinary boundaries in search of a new and deeper understanding of the basis of nervous system function in health and disease.