Neuroscience Training Program at UC Berkeley

 描述(由申请人提供)：该提案请求支持加州大学伯克利分校一个广泛的、多学科的神经科学培训计划(NTP)的15个博士前培训名额。我们的培训计划提供严格的学术和研究培训，强调多学科方法和新的新兴方法，目标是推动我们研究大脑的范式转变。我们的48名培训人员来自12个系，代表着神经科学研究，从分子和基因，到细胞和电路，系统和计算，行为和认知。我们的教职员工在海伦·威尔斯神经科学研究所(HWNI)下进行了良好的整合、协作和团结，该研究所是加州大学伯克利分校神经科学的智力中心。该培训计划将主要支持神经科学博士项目的博士生，该项目提供广泛的神经科学研究培训，以及我们培训教师实验室中另外3个博士项目的较小数量的学生。所有学生都将接受相同的基础广泛的神经科学课程、研究和专业技能培训。每名学生将在1-2年的博士培训中得到支持。我们的计划提供广泛的神经科学培训，从分子到思维。我们结合了灵活的课程安排、严格的研究培训、量化技能，以及对先进研究方法的主要关注。我们的多学科神经科学方法充分利用了伯克利在分子和细胞生物学、物理和计算科学、工程学和心理学方面的深厚专业知识。我们需要基础广泛的神经科学课程，实验室轮换和论文研究，一门实验训练营课程，以及一门统计/定量方法课程。我们提供大量的专业技能培训和职业咨询。研讨会系列、期刊俱乐部和一年一度的校园静修活动提供了对现代神经科学研究的丰富接触。一个多层次的咨询系统提供广泛的科学和职业咨询。我们每年都会进行计划评估，以指导改进。这个项目建立在我们多年来在伯克利由NIH赞助的神经科学培训的基础上，并对其进行了更新。我们的学生进行创新研究，并在顶级期刊上发表文章。我们在招收和毕业不同类型的博士生方面有着良好的记录。过去的学员绝大多数都在学术、生物医学研究和行业中从事了富有成效的职业生涯。创新的新培训元素将进一步为我们的学生为尖端研究职业做好准备。我们相信，这一培训计划将培养能够将基本发现转化为人类神经疾病解决方案的科学家。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests support for 15 predoctoral training slots for a broad, multidisciplinary Neuroscience Training Program (NTP) at the University of California, Berkeley. Our training program provides rigorous academic and research training and emphasizes multi-disciplinary approaches and new, emerging methods, with the goal of fueling paradigm shifts in how we study the brain. Our 48 training faculty are from 12 departments, and represent neuroscience research from molecules and genes, to cells and circuits, systems and computation, behavior and cognition. Our faculty is well-integrated, collaborative, and united under the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI), which is the intellectual center for neuroscience at UC Berkeley. This training program will primarily support PhD students in the Neuroscience PhD Program, which offers broad-based training in neuroscience research, plus a smaller number of students in 3 additional PhD programs in our training faculty laboratories. All students will receive the same broad-based neuroscience coursework, research, and professional skills training. Each student will be supported in Years 1-2 of PhD training. Our program provides training across a wide range of neuroscience, from molecules to mind. We combine flexible coursework, rigorous research training, quantitative skills, and a major focus on advanced research methods. Our multi-disciplinary approach to neuroscience leverages Berkeley's deep expertise in molecular and cell biology, physical and computational sciences, engineering and psychology. We require broad-based neuroscience coursework, laboratory rotations and thesis research, an experimental Boot Camp course, and a Statistics/Quantitative Methods class. We provide substantial professional skills training and career advising. Seminar series, journal clubs, and an annual campus-wide retreat provide rich exposure to modern neuroscience research. A multi-tiered advising system provides extensive scientific and career advising. We conduct yearly program evaluations to guide improvements. This program builds on, and updates, our many years of NIH-sponsored Neuroscience training at Berkeley. Our students conduct innovative research and publish in top journals. We have a solid track record in recruiting and graduating diverse PhD students. The great majority of past trainees have gone on to productive careers in academic biomedical research and industry. Innovative new training elements will further prepare our students for cutting-edge research careers. We believe this training program will educate scientists who can translate basic discoveries into solutions for human neurological diseases.