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.

项目总结/摘要 该提案要求继续资助一个已建立的神经科学研究生培训计划， 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校神经科学研究所（INS）。该计划正在成为一个 全国公认的卓越中心，在神经科学培训与创建一个新的部门， 神经科学，由神经科学家克莱·约翰斯顿（Clay Johnston）担任新戴尔医学院的建设 首届院长，并招聘优秀的教师。教师有任命在神经科学， 神经学、心理学、精神病学、药学、计算机科学、生物医学工程、机械 工程，通信科学和疾病，分子生物科学和综合生物学，以及 坚决参加8个著名的中心，是INS的一部分，包括学习中心， 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特别的优势： 感知系统，学习和记忆，成瘾研究的神经科学，学院提供 从分子到生物化学，结构，生理学，行为， 神经行为学和进化与先进的计算和理论在各个层面。这种广度提供了 研究生在跨学科研究的培训有广泛的选择，和培训学院 有足够的资金来支持他们的研究。我们建议为4名新学员和4名 第二年学员（每年共计8人）。培训计划要求包括：一个靴子营，实验室 研究轮换，研讨会演讲，神经科学课程的2个原则，科学/伦理课程 详细介绍负责任的科学行为，实验设计和统计学课程，以及4门选修课 包括一门疾病神经科学课程。他们还参加了至少一个专业期刊俱乐部有关 他们的项目。学生在第一年的夏天加入研究实验室，并完成课程和资格认证 考试，包括第二年年初的一篇复习论文的口头答辩。我们的招聘策略有 变得更加成功，这反映在申请人的素质和多样性上。广大 跨学科培训为我们的学员在神经科学领域的研究成功做好了独特的准备，这是至关重要的 在病因学、病理生理学和脑部疾病治疗方面取得进展。此外，创始 位于德州大学奥斯汀分校的戴尔医学院将极大地促进我们的转化神经科学 research.