Research Training Program in the Vision Sciences

 描述（由申请人提供）：一个广泛的计划已经设计，以培养前和博士后科学家在视觉科学的广泛领域。学员参加生物化学，计算与分子生物物理学，计算与系统生物学，发育，再生与干细胞生物学，人类和统计遗传学，免疫学，分子细胞生物学，分子遗传学和基因组学，分子微生物学和微生物发病机制以及神经科学的研究生和博士后课程。该培训计划将由33名导师提供，其中14人是NEI资助的，学习几乎所有方面的视觉功能和病理学。博士前学员将参加课程，提供有关视觉系统的神经生物学的详细信息和/或在眼睛的发育，生理学和病理学的各个方面的综合课程。我们亦鼓励博士后学员修读这些课程。我们强烈鼓励博士前和博士后学员参加华盛顿大学生物学和生物医学科学部提供的研讨会，高级课程，荣誉讲座，期刊俱乐部和务虚会的丰富环境，以及NEI赞助的课程，视觉研究的基本问题。其中许多机会涉及基础和临床科学家的参与，确保学员将了解人类眼部/视觉系统疾病的起源和治疗。该培训计划支持两名博士后学员在华盛顿大学的第一年。这使他们有足够的时间申请个人研究培训补助金。博士前培训计划支持6名研究生。这确保了有足够数量的视觉科学受训者，以丰富培训环境。培训计划的教师目前在他们的实验室有41名博士前和37名博士后学员。这表明学院致力于培训，并说明培训补助金可从众多申请者中提取。该计划的总体目标是确定最有前途的科学家，并为他们提供一个培训环境，最大限度地提高他们成为人类眼部和视觉系统疾病的理解和治疗的生产力贡献者的可能性。相关性：有才华和训练有素的科学家对于视觉研究的持续进展至关重要。该计划的目标是从华盛顿大学的研究生，MD/PhD候选人和博士后研究员中选择最好的科学家，并提供培训，使他们能够领导未来的视觉研究。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A wide-ranging program has been designed to train pre-and postdoctoral scientists in the broad area of vision science. Trainees participate in graduate and postdoctoral programs in Biochemistry, Computational & Molecular Biophysics, Computational & Systems Biology, Developmental, Regenerative & Stem Cell Biology, Human and Statistical Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, Molecular Microbiology & Microbial Pathogenesis, and Neurosciences. The training program will be delivered by 33 preceptors, 14 of whom are NEI funded, studying nearly all aspects of visual function and pathology. Predoctoral trainees will take courses that provide detailed information about the neurobiology of the visual system and/or a comprehensive course in all aspects of the development, physiology and pathology of the eye. Postdoctoral trainees are also encouraged to attend these courses. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees are strongly encouraged to participate in the rich environment of seminars, advanced courses, honorary lectures, journal clubs, and retreats offered in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University and in the NEI-sponsored course, Fundamental Issues in Vision Research. Many of these opportunities involve the participation of both basic and clinical scientists, assuring that trainees will learn about the origins and treatment of human ocular/visual system diseases. The training program supports two postdoctoral trainees for their first year at Washington University. This provides adequate time for them to apply for individual research training grant support. The predoctoral training program supports 6 graduate students. This assures that an adequate number of vision science trainees are available to enrich the training environment. The faculty members in the training program currently have 41 predoctoral and 37 postdoctoral trainees in their laboratories. This demonstrates the commitment of the faculty to training and illustrates the large size of the pool of applicants from which the trainin grant can draw. The overall goal of this program is to identify the most promising scientists and to provide them with a training environment that maximizes the probability that they will become productive contributors to the understanding and treatment of human ocular and visual system diseases. RELEVANCE: Talented and well-trained scientists are essential for continued progress in vision research. The goal of this program is to select the best scientists from the large pool of graduate, MD/PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows at Washington University and provide training that will prepare them to lead future research in vision.