Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley

加州大学伯克利分校神经科学培训项目

• 批准号: 9415647
• 负责人: Daniel Feldman
• 金额: $ 0.08万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-02-01 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9415647
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training Programs

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for 15 predoctoral training slots for a broad, multidisciplinary Neuroscience Training Program (NTP) at the University of California, Berkeley. Our training program provides rigorous academic and research training and emphasizes multi-disciplinary approaches and new, emerging methods, with the goal of fueling paradigm shifts in how we study the brain. Our 48 training faculty are from 12 departments, and represent neuroscience research from molecules and genes, to cells and circuits, systems and computation, behavior and cognition. Our faculty is well-integrated, collaborative, and united under the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI), which is the intellectual center for neuroscience at UC Berkeley. This training program will primarily support PhD students in the Neuroscience PhD Program, which offers broad-based training in neuroscience research, plus a smaller number of students in 3 additional PhD programs in our training faculty laboratories. All students will receive the same broad-based neuroscience coursework, research, and professional skills training. Each student will be supported in Years 1-2 of PhD training. Our program provides training across a wide range of neuroscience, from molecules to mind. We combine flexible coursework, rigorous research training, quantitative skills, and a major focus on advanced research methods. Our multi-disciplinary approach to neuroscience leverages Berkeley's deep expertise in molecular and cell biology, physical and computational sciences, engineering and psychology. We require broad-based neuroscience coursework, laboratory rotations and thesis research, an experimental Boot Camp course, and a Statistics/Quantitative Methods class. We provide substantial professional skills training and career advising. Seminar series, journal clubs, and an annual campus-wide retreat provide rich exposure to modern neuroscience research. A multi-tiered advising system provides extensive scientific and career advising. We conduct yearly program evaluations to guide improvements. This program builds on, and updates, our many years of NIH-sponsored Neuroscience training at Berkeley. Our students conduct innovative research and publish in top journals. We have a solid track record in recruiting and graduating diverse PhD students. The great majority of past trainees have gone on to productive careers in academic biomedical research and industry. Innovative new training elements will further prepare our students for cutting-edge research careers. We believe this training program will educate scientists who can translate basic discoveries into solutions for human neurological diseases.

 描述（由申请人提供）：该提案请求为加州大学伯克利分校广泛的多学科神经科学培训计划 (NTP) 提供 15 个博士前培训名额的支持。我们的培训计划提供严格的学术和研究培训，并强调多学科方法和新兴方法，其目标是推动我们研究大脑的范式转变。我们的 48 名培训教师来自 12 个系，代表了从分子和基因到细胞和电路、系统和计算、行为和认知的神经科学研究。我们的教师在海伦威尔斯神经科学研究所 (HWNI) 的领导下高度整合、协作和团结，该研究所是加州大学伯克利分校的神经科学知识中心。该培训计划将主要支持神经科学博士项目的博士生，该项目提供神经科学研究方面的广泛培训，以及我们培训教师实验室另外 3 个博士项目的少量学生。所有学生都将接受相同的广泛的神经科学课程、研究和专业技能培训。每个学生都将在博士培训的第 1-2 年获得支持。我们的计划提供从分子到心灵的广泛神经科学培训。我们将灵活的课程作业、严格的研究培训、定量技能以及对先进研究方法的重点关注结合起来。我们的神经科学多学科方法利用了伯克利在分子和细胞生物学、物理和计算科学、工程和心理学方面深厚的专业知识。我们需要基础广泛的神经科学课程、实验室轮换和论文研究、实验性训练营课程以及统计/定量方法课程。我们提供大量的专业技能培训和职业建议。系列研讨会、期刊俱乐部和一年一度的全校务虚会为人们提供了丰富的现代神经科学研究的机会。多层次的咨询系统提供广泛的科学和职业建议。我们每年进行计划评估以指导改进。该计划建立在美国国立卫生研究院 (NIH) 资助的伯克利神经科学培训多年的基础上并对其进行了更新。我们的学生进行创新研究并在顶级期刊上发表文章。我们在招收和毕业多元化博士生方面拥有良好的记录。过去的绝大多数学员都在学术生物医学研究和工业领域从事富有成效的职业生涯。创新的新培训元素将进一步帮助我们的学生为尖端研究职业做好准备。我们相信该培训计划将培养科学家将基本发现转化为人类神经系统疾病的解决方案。