Neurobiology Training Program

摘要 本申请旨在为杜克大学神经科学博士生的早期培训提供支持 大学这个全面的，基础广泛的，跨学科的神经生物学培训计划的目标 （NBTP）是培养顶级神经生物学家在学术界，工业界和相关的研究导向的职位， 竞技场该申请每年为6名博士前学员寻求资金，通常第一年3名，第二年3名。 第二年。Richard Mooney博士与NBTP指导委员会合作指导该计划 由精选的教师和学生组成导师来自整个学院的许多部门 医学院，工程学院和艺术与科学学院，代表了广泛的多样性， 包括分子、细胞、电路、系统、计算、转化和认知神经科学。 导师包括具有长期杰出成就记录的科学家以及最近招募的科学家， 才华横溢的年轻教师一个庞大的申请人库-每年接近200名候选人-许可证 招收一个有才华的，多样化的类~7新生每年秋季。将近一半的新生 杜克研究生院在前两年提供支持，使该项目能够从 国际和国内游泳池。学生接受广泛的培训，包括要求苛刻的课程作业 解决基础和转化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。所需的课程工作强调分子和 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，统计 和计算神经科学方法;科学写作;书面和口头报告;教学和职业生涯 发展他们的论文委员会和项目指导委员会仔细监控学生的进度 在整个研究生培训期间。我们计划的学生预计将获得博士学位 在5至6年内获得学位，并发表源于博士研究的原创研究文章。后 完成博士后奖学金和临床培训（如适用），我们希望我们的毕业生将 在研究机构获得终身教职，在工业界获得神经科学相关的工作， 他们的神经科学培训，以实践医学，并教导和培训下一代的神经科学家， 研究生和本科生水平。培训计划作出了广泛的努力，以招募和留住 来自弱势群体的学生。该计划的目标是培养新的和多样化的一代 科学家们拥有跨越学科界限所需的知识、想象力和洞察力， 寻求对健康和疾病中神经系统功能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.