Research Training Program in the Vision Sciences

 描述(由申请人提供)：已设计了一个范围广泛的项目，以培训视觉科学领域的博士后和博士后科学家。学员参加生物化学、计算和分子生物物理学、计算和系统生物学、发育、再生和干细胞生物学、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病理学以及神经科学的研究生和博士后课程。该培训计划将由33名导师授课，其中14名由NEI资助，学习视觉功能和病理学的几乎所有方面。博士前实习生将学习提供视觉系统神经生物学详细信息的课程和/或眼睛发育、生理学和病理学各方面的综合课程。博士后实习生也被鼓励参加这些课程。我们强烈鼓励博士后和博士后学员参加华盛顿大学生物和生物医学科学系和NEI赞助的视觉研究基础问题课程所提供的研讨会、高级课程、荣誉讲座、期刊俱乐部和务虚会等丰富的环境。其中许多机会涉及基础和临床科学家的参与，确保受训人员了解人类眼睛/视觉系统疾病的起源和治疗。该培训计划为两名博士后实习生在华盛顿大学的第一年提供支持。这为他们提供了足够的时间来申请个人研究培训资助。博士前培养计划支持6名研究生。这确保了有足够数量的视觉科学实习生来丰富培训环境。该培训项目的教职员工目前在其实验室中有41名博士后学员和37名博士后学员。这表明了教师对培训的承诺，并说明了培训补助金可以从中提取的申请者的巨大规模。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，使他们成为了解和治疗人类眼睛和视觉系统疾病的富有成效的贡献者的可能性最大化。相关性：才华横溢、训练有素的科学家对于视觉研究的持续进步至关重要。该项目的目标是从华盛顿大学大量的研究生、医学博士候选人和博士后研究员中挑选出最好的科学家，并提供培训，为他们领导未来的视觉研究做好准备。

 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.