NSERC CREATE-IRTG: The Brain in Action

NSERC CREATE-IRTG：大脑在行动

• 批准号: 449313-2014
• 负责人: Henriques, Denise
• 金额: $ 21.86万
• 依托单位: York University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=694786
• 关键词: NSERC; CREATE; IRTG; Brain; Action

The brain enables humans to interact with the surrounding world by integrating perception with action. This comes into play in essentially all aspects of work, communication, transportation, and leisure. Canada has invested very successfully in this scientific field, so that we are now poised to develop important practical applications for neuroscience in real-world settings. The goal of the current program is to span this critical bridge, by training students to 1) translate the standard methods and technologies of systems/cognitive neuroscience laboratories to natural behaviors in real-world situations, and 2) apply these findings in non-academic sectors. To accomplish these goals, investigators from the Canadian Action and Perception Network (based at the York Centre for Vision Research, the Western Brain and Mind Institute, and the Queen's Centre for Neuroscience Studies) have linked with the German Perception and Action Group based at Philipps-Universität Marburg and Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen to form an international research training group (IRTG). Canadian students in this IRTG will participate in international research exchange projects and a rigorous academic/practical training program in topics related to the translation of neuroscience findings to real-world settings. They will also participate in industrial collaborations and knowledge mobilization workshops and courses (both at home and abroad), as well as research internships organized with partners ranging from major corporations to local research-oriented companies. This hands-on combination of experience in translating basic neuroscience to real-world discovery science and the non-academic sector will immediately accelerate the influence of neuroscience on industry and society, and will ensure that our trainees graduate with the theory, technical skills, and experience to meet a growing demand in the Canadian workforce. Our long term aim is to create a sustainable program of study and a new generation of applied neuroscientists who - unlimited by traditional academic borders - can address the big questions about integrative brain function and apply this approach to real- world problems/opportunities beyond academia.

大脑使人类能够通过将感知与行动相结合来与周围世界互动。这基本上在工作、交流、交通和休闲的各个方面都发挥着作用。加拿大在这一科学领域的投资非常成功，因此我们现在准备在现实世界中开发神经科学的重要实际应用。当前项目的目标是跨越这座关键的桥梁，通过培训学生 1）将系统/认知神经科学实验室的标准方法和技术转化为现实世界中的自然行为，2）将这些发现应用于非学术领域。为了实现这些目标，来自加拿大行动和感知网络（位于约克视觉研究中心、西方大脑和思维研究所以及女王神经科学研究中心）的研究人员与位于菲利普斯马尔堡大学和贾斯图斯李比希吉森大学的德国感知和行动小组建立了国际研究培训小组（IRTG）。该 IRTG 的加拿大学生将参加国际研究交流项目和严格的学术/实践培训计划，主题涉及将神经科学发现转化为现实世界。他们还将参加工业合作和知识动员研讨会和课程（国内外），以及与大公司和当地研究型公司等合作伙伴组织的研究实习。这种将基础神经科学转化为现实世界发现科学和非学术领域的实践经验的结合将立即加速神经科学对工业和社会的影响，并将确保我们的学员毕业时具备理论、技术技能和经验，以满足加拿大劳动力不断增长的需求。我们的长期目标是创建一个可持续的研究计划和新一代应用神经科学家，他们不受传统学术边界的限制，可以解决有关大脑综合功能的重大问题，并将这种方法应用于学术界以外的现实世界问题/机遇。