TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

分子和细胞生物学的技术和概念在神经功能和发育的研究中越来越重要。未来的神经科学研究将在很大程度上依赖于受过系统神经科学和分子生物学训练的人，他们知道如何以及何时使用特定的分子或细胞技术来解决这些问题。加州大学洛杉矶分校有50多名教职员工从事分子和细胞神经生物学研究，他们积极参与培训这一领域的未来研究人员。这些教师有严格的研究项目，积极致力于研究生教育，对形成强大培训计划的那种互动有着极大的兴趣。此外，医学院和文理学院都投入了大量资源，以进一步加强神经科学的各个方面，特别是一个整合神经科学的分子/细胞元素和系统元素的培训项目。加州大学洛杉矶分校分子和细胞神经科学培训计划将侧重于博士前培训，为加州大学洛杉矶分校神经科学跨部门博士课程的优秀学生提供培训。该项目目前每年招收大约12名学生，并在神经科学的各个领域对他们进行教育。在这些人中，大约有一半主要对分子和细胞神经科学感兴趣。培训计划将允许每年增加大约14名学生。对神经科学研究的分子或细胞方法有主要兴趣的学生将在该项目第一年第二季度末被选中进行为期四年的支持。加州大学洛杉矶分校将为该项目提供额外的奖学金资源，以便每位学员将获得长达五年的支持。这个培训项目的一个主要好处是，参与要求学生保持与各种教师和学生从许多角度调查神经系统的互动。这些互动发生在课程、研讨会、博士后研究员或学生组织的活动以及年度神经科学学生静修中。分子和细胞神经科学学员将被鼓励在他们的研究生生涯中保持神经科学研究的广阔视野。

The techniques and concepts of molecular and cellular biology are increasingly important in the study of neural function and development. Future research in neuroscience will depend heavily on people trained in both systems neuroscience and molecular biology, who know how and when to use specific molecular or cellular techniques to address these problems. UCLA has over 50 faculty members working in molecular and cellular neurobiology and who are actively involved in training future researchers in this area. These faculty have rigorous research programs, active commitments to graduate education and a great interest in exactly the kind of interactions that make a strong training program. In addition, both the School of Medicine and the College of Letters and Sciences have committed significant resources to the further strengthening of all aspects of neuroscience, and in particular for a training program that integrates both the molecular/cellular elements and the systems elements of neuroscience. The UCLA Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience will focus on predoctoral training, awarding traineeships to outstanding students in the Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program for Neuroscience at UCLA. The program currently admits approximately 12 students per year and educates them in all areas of neuroscience. Of these, approximately half are primarily interested in molecular and cellular neuroscience. The Training Program will permit an increase to approximately 14 students per year. Students with a primary interest in molecular or cellular approaches to neuroscience research will be selected for four years of support at the end of the second quarter of their first year in the program. UCLA will commit additional fellowship resources to the program so that each trainee will receive up to five years of support. One major benefit of this training program is that participation requires that students maintain interactions with a variety of faculty and students investigating the nervous system from many perspectives. These interactions occur in courses, seminars, activities organized by postdoctoral fellows or students, and the annual neuroscience student retreat. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience trainees will be encouraged to retain a broad perspective of neuroscience research through their graduate careers.