Training Program in Vision Science

描述（由申请人提供）：加州大学戴维斯分校的视觉科学跨学科培训需要持续的支持。培训由14个部门的45名视觉科学家（31名导师和14名副导师）提供，这将为一门或多项基础科学提供坚实的基础。培训计划的目标是培养能够建立独立研究项目的视觉科学家，这些研究项目将解决视觉科学中的重大问题。它将在加州大学戴维斯分校现有研究生项目的支持下运作，因为它们为实现我们的培训目标提供了广泛的灵活性。近十年来，我校培养了300名视觉科学前、博士后（其中38人获得了T32的部分资助），其中90%的人通过继续培训或在职的方式活跃在科研领域。在完成所有培训的人中，82%在大约71所不同的学院、大学基础科学系和医学院或兽医学院从事研究和/或教学工作。本项目资助4名博士生预科生（2年，8个名额）和1名博士后培训生（1年），由咨询委员会选出。内部支助机制和外部赠款将用于其他年份的培训。受训者将参与我们的训导聚集的五个重叠领域中的一个或多个：(1)分子和细胞生物学，视网膜电生理学和遗传学，(2)前段解剖学和生理学，(3)分子和细胞视网膜成像，(4)系统视觉神经科学，(5)功能成像，计算建模和感知。31位导师中的每一位都有一个积极的视觉科学研究项目，对培训的坚定承诺，以及外部资金。项目资源由强有力的机构承诺，视觉科学中心和NEI核心拨款增加。培训计划借鉴了入学计划的严格研究培训，但也需要一年的课程，涵盖更广泛的视觉科学和临床视觉科学。研究生受训人员只有在完成第一年的研究生培训后才会得到支助，因此他们将是一个经过高度筛选的群体，已经完成了大部分基础科学课程。所有受训者都将参加视觉科学、视觉科学中心专题讨论会、期刊俱乐部和研究伦理行为方面的积极系列讨论会。所有学员都将从事视觉科学研究，并将在国家会议上发表并提交给同行评议的期刊。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Continued support is requested for interdisciplinary training in the vision sciences at the University of California, Davis. Training is provided by 45 vision scientists (31 preceptors and 14 associate preceptors) across 14 departments that will provide a strong foundation in one or more basic sciences. The goal of the training program is to produce vision scientists who will be capable of establishing independent research programs that will address significant problems in vision science. It will operate under the auspices of existing graduate programs at UC Davis as they offer the broad flexibility needed to achieve our training objectives. Among our 300 pre- and postdoctoral vision science trainees in the past ten years (38 of whom were partially supported by this T32), 90% are active in research through continuing training or in career positions. Among those who have completed all training, 82% are active in research and/or teaching positions at some 71 different colleges, university basic science departments and schools of medicine or veterinary medicine. The training program requests support for 4 predoctoral students (for two years each; 8 slots) and 1 postdoctoral trainee (for one year) to be selected by an Advisory Committee. Internal support mechanisms and extramural grants will be used for the other years of training. The trainees will participate i one or more of five overlapping areas in which our preceptors are clustered: (1) molecular & cellular biology, retinal electrophysiology, and genetics, (2) anterior segment anatomy and physiology, (3) molecular and cellular retinal imaging, (4) systems visual neuroscience, and (5) functional imaging, computational modeling and perception. Each of the 31 preceptors has an active program of vision science research, a strong commitment to training, and extramural funding. Program resources are augmented by a strong institutional commitment, the Center for Visual Sciences and an NEI Core grant. The training program draws on the rigorous research training of the admitting programs, but also requires a one-year course that covers the broader vision sciences and clinical vision science. Graduate trainees will be supported only after their first year of graduate training and will thus be a highly selective group that has completed much of their basic science curriculum. All trainees will participate in an active colloquium series in he vision sciences, Center for Visual Sciences symposia, journal clubs and training in the ethical conduct of research. All trainees will be engaged in vision science research that will be presented at national meetings and submitted to peer-reviewed journals.