Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

描述(由申请人提供)：这是一份申请，旨在支持洛克菲勒大学神经科学的一个新的跨学科项目。神经科学的跨学科培训项目将是洛克菲勒博士项目的一个专门单位，专门为神经科学培训而设计。培训计划将包括必需的神经科学课程，包括专门为受训者开设的阅读课程，必需的统计培训，以及神经科学不同领域的研究机会，包括分子和细胞、行为、系统和临床神经科学。26名教师培训师都是有成就的神经学家，其中包括2名诺贝尔奖获得者和10名美国国家科学院成员，他们对研究生教育有着共同的兴趣和经验。该项目的跨学科性质将鼓励学员与不同的教员在不同领域开展合作工作。我们建议在研究生学习的头两年支持6名博士前实习生。申请者群体非常优秀，包括一大批本科成绩优秀、研究经验丰富、对神经科学有浓厚兴趣的学生。受训者将由项目主任指导；由选定的教员组成的项目咨询委员会提供一般课程和研究建议；以及专门为每个受训者设计的教师咨询委员会，以提供详细的实验指导。最后，该大学为研究生项目提供了广泛的支持，这将有利于神经科学培训项目。这些属性的融合定义了一个特定的培训计划，该计划将使受训人员具备教育背景、分析能力和实验专业知识，以促进神经科学的未来发展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is an application to support a new Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University. The Interdisciplinary Training Program in Neuroscience would be a specialized unit of the Ph.D. program at Rockefeller, and is specifically designed for neuroscience training. The training program would include required neuroscience coursework, including a readings course exclusively for trainees, required statistical training, and research opportunities in different areas of neuroscience including molecular and cellular, behavioral, systems, and clinical neuroscience. The 26 faculty trainers are accomplished neuroscientists, including 2 Nobel laureates and 10 members of the US National Academy of Sciences, with a shared interest and experience in graduate education. The interdisciplinary nature of the program would encourage trainees to perform collaborative work in various areas with different faculty. We propose to support 6 predoctoral trainees during the first two years of graduate study. The applicant pool is outstanding, including a large number of students with accomplished undergraduate records, extensive research experience and a strong interest in neuroscience. Trainees would be mentored by the Program Director; a Program Advisory Committee of selected faculty for general curriculum and research advice; and a Faculty Advisory Committee, specifically designed for each trainee to provide detailed experimental guidance. Finally, the University provides extensive support for the graduate program in general, which would benefit the neuroscience training program. The confluence of these attributes defines a specific training program that would equip trainees with the educational background, analytical abilities, and experimental expertise to forge future advances in neuroscience.