PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCE

跨学科神经科学博士前培训

• 批准号: 10606255
• 负责人: Nace L Golding
• 金额: $ 19.89万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10606255
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training; pre-doctoral

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This proposal requests continued funding of an established Neuroscience Graduate Training Program in the Institute for Neuroscience (INS) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). This program is becoming a nationally-recognized center of excellence in neuroscience training with the creation of a new Department of Neuroscience, construction of the new Dell Medical School with Clay Johnston, a neuroscientist, as the inaugural Dean, and recruitment of outstanding Faculty. Faculty have appointments in Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacy, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Molecular Bioscience, and Integrative Biology, and resolutely participate in 8 prestigious centers that are part of the INS, including the Center for Learning and Memory, Center for Perceptual Systems, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Behavioral Neuroscience, Imaging Research Center, and Computational Visualization Center. The program has particular strengths in the neuroscience of perceptual systems, learning and memory, and addiction research, and Faculty provide excellent training across levels of inquiry from molecules to biochemistry, structure, physiology, behavior, neuroethology, and evolution with advanced computation and theory at all levels. This breadth provides graduate students with extensive options for training in cross-disciplinary research, and the training Faculty have substantial funding to foster their research. We propose predoctoral funding for 4 new trainees and 4 second-year trainees (totaling 8 per year). The training program requirements include: a Boot Camp, laboratory research rotations, seminar presentations, 2 principles of neuroscience courses, a science/ethics course detailing responsible scientific conduct, a course in experimental design and statistics, and 4 electives including a neuroscience of disease course. They also participate in at least 1 specialized journal club related to their project. Students join a research lab by the summer of year 1, and complete coursework and qualifying exams, including oral defense of a review paper at the beginning of year 2. Our recruitment strategies have become even more successful as reflected in the quality and diversity of the applicants. The broad interdisciplinary training uniquely prepares our trainees for research success in neuroscience, which is crucial for advancements in the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of brain diseases. Furthermore, the founding of the Dell Medical School on the UT-Austin campus will greatly facilitate our translational neuroscience research.

项目摘要/摘要 这项提案要求继续为建立的神经科学研究生培训计划提供资金 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校神经科学研究所(INS)。这个项目正在成为一个 全国公认的神经科学培训卓越中心，成立了一个新的 神经科学，建造新的戴尔医学院，神经科学家克莱·约翰斯顿担任 首任院长，并招聘优秀教员。教职员工有神经科学的预约， 神经学、心理学、精神病学、药剂学、计算机科学、生物医学工程、机械 工程学、传播学和疾病、分子生物科学和综合生物学 坚决参加INS旗下的8个有声望的中心，包括学习中心和 记忆，感知系统中心，细胞和分子生物学研究所，瓦格纳中心 酒精和成瘾研究，戴尔儿科研究所，行为神经科学，成像 研究中心和计算可视化中心。该计划在以下方面具有独特的优势 感知系统的神经科学，学习和记忆，成瘾研究，以及教职员工提供 从分子到生物化学、结构、生理学、行为、 神经行为学，进化与先进的计算和理论在各个层面。这一广度提供了 在跨学科研究方面有广泛培训选择的研究生，以及培训学院 有大量的资金来促进他们的研究。我们建议为4名新学员和4名学员提供博士前资助 二年级实习生(每年共8人)。培训计划要求包括：训练营、实验室 研究轮换、研讨会演讲、神经科学原理课程、科学/伦理学课程 详细介绍负责任的科学行为，一门实验设计和统计课程，以及四门选修课 包括一门关于疾病的神经科学课程。他们还参加至少1个相关的专业期刊俱乐部 他们的项目。学生在一年级的夏天加入一个研究实验室，完成课程和资格考试。 考试，包括在二年级开始时对复习试卷进行口头答辩。我们的招聘策略有 申请者的质量和多样性反映在他们变得更加成功。《博大》 跨学科培训为我们的学员在神经科学领域取得研究成功做好了独特的准备，这一点至关重要。 在脑部疾病的病因学、病理生理学和治疗方面的进展。此外，创始 位于德克萨斯大学奥斯汀校区的戴尔医学院将极大地促进我们的翻译神经科学 研究。