Research Training Program in Vision Science

视觉科学研究培训计划

• 批准号: 8133842
• 负责人: JOSEPH C BESHARSE
• 金额: $ 19.27万
• 依托单位: MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-30 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8133842
• 关键词: Research Training; Training Programs; vision science

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project Summary: A mentor group composed of 13 senior and mid-level investigators, each with experience in research training and each with active and competitive research programs, propose to continue a relatively new research Training Program in Vision Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MOW) for another 5 years. The request is for 5 pre-doctoral trainees annually. The objective is to prepare trainees for research careers in ocular and vision research. This requires that students have a broad, multidisciplinary appreciation of the major features of the visual system, a contemporary understanding of the diseases that impact vision, and modern research skills and technologies for experimental work in the visual system. It also requires that trainees acquire the analytical and communication skills necessary to function in a multidisciplinary research environment. The mentor group provides experience in multiple facets of the visual system, ranging from fundamental photoreceptor biology and color vision to organization of the central vision within the brain. The mentors in the program also offer a wide range of state of the art technological know-how that includes molecular genetics, confocal and multiphoton imaging, adaptive optics, optical coherence tomography, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and electron spin resonance spectroscopy. Pre-doctoral trainees will complete a core curriculum of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Neurobiology as well as required courses in "Ethics and Integrity in Science" and "The Biology of Vision" as a prelude to conducting dissertation research under the mentorship of a member of the program faculty. All trainees in mentor labs will also participate in a monthly Research Forum/Journal Club in Vision Science, a monthly Distinguished Lecture Series in Vision Science, and an annual Vision Science Colloquium. They will also attend and present papers at National meetings. Relevance: The goal of the project is to train a new generation of Vision Science researchers that are highly competent in the newest technologies and at the same time mindful of the important role of interdisciplinary and collaborative research in major scientific advances. Our challenge is to expose them to the major problems that need to be solved in vision research while providing in depth training in the technologies essential for research.

描述(申请人提供)：项目摘要：一个由13名高级和中级研究人员组成的导师小组，每个人都有研究培训经验，每个人都有积极和有竞争力的研究计划，建议在威斯康星医学院(MOW)继续一个相对较新的视觉科学研究培训计划，再持续5年。申请每年招收5名博士后实习生。其目的是为眼科和视力研究领域的研究生涯做好准备。这要求学生对视觉系统的主要特征有广泛的、多学科的欣赏，对影响视力的疾病有当代的理解，以及视觉系统实验工作的现代研究技能和技术。它还要求受训者获得在多学科研究环境中发挥作用所必需的分析和沟通技能。导师小组在视觉系统的多个方面提供经验，从基本的光感受器生物学和颜色视觉到大脑中中央视觉的组织。该项目的导师还提供广泛的尖端技术诀窍，包括分子遗传学、共焦和多光子成像、自适应光学、 光学相干层析成像、功能磁共振成像和电子自旋共振光谱。博士前实习生将完成分子遗传学、生物化学、细胞生物学和神经生物学的核心课程，以及“科学中的伦理与诚信”和“视觉生物学”等必修课，作为在项目教职员工的指导下进行论文研究的前奏。导师实验室的所有学员还将参加每月一次的视觉科学研究论坛/杂志俱乐部，每月一次的视觉科学杰出系列讲座，以及一年一度的视觉科学座谈会。他们还将出席全国会议并在会上提交论文。相关性：该项目的目标是培养新一代视觉科学研究人员，他们在最新技术方面具有很高的能力，同时铭记跨学科和协作研究在重大科学进步中的重要作用。我们的挑战是让他们接触到视觉研究中需要解决的主要问题，同时提供研究所需技术的深入培训。