TRAINING IN NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

该计划的目标是为优秀的前博士后和博士后学员提供知识广度和当代研究技能，这对于在神经内分泌学领域开发成功的独立研究项目至关重要。申请资助四名博士预科生和两名博士后进行神经内分泌学方面的培训。这个项目的一个特点是，它联合了来自两个研究生项目的学员和教师，提供了一个远比单一研究生项目所能获得的更广阔的视角。建议的训练包括从行为，到生理，到细胞，到分子的多层次分析。博士预科生将在完成各自研究生课程的具体课程要求后，于第三年进入该项目。每位学生将选择一名主要指导老师和一名联合指导老师。主要指导老师的角色与论文指导老师的传统角色类似。联合顾问将确保培训的多学科方面。受训者将花部分时间在联合导师的实验室中，使用在他们自己的实验室中没有的技术和方法来解决与他们自己的论文研究相关的问题。资助博士后研修生2年。博士后培训的主要重点是建立一个强大的研究记录。博士后受训者也将积极指导发展口头表达技能，拨款写作和教学技能，以确保和保持独立的学术地位。所有受训者都将积极参加一系列研讨会、期刊俱乐部和每月的会议，在这些会议上，参与的实验室将展示他们的研究成果。一年一度的研讨会将使受训者接触到来自美国各地的神经内分泌学家

The goal of this program is to provide excellent pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the breadth of knowledge and contemporary research skills essential for developing successful independent research programs in the field of neuroendocrinology. Funds are requested for four predoctoral and two postdoctoral students for training in neuroendocrinology. A hallmark of this program is that it unites trainees and faculty from two graduate programs to provide a perspective far broader than what could be obtained through a single graduate program. The proposed training embraces multiple levels of analysis, from behavioral, to physiological, to cellular, to molecular. Predoctoral trainees will enter this program in their third year, after finishing the specific course requirements of their respective graduate programs. Each student will choose both a primary advisor and a co- advisor. The role of the primary advisor is similar to the traditional role of the thesis advisor. The co-advisor will ensure the multidisciplinary aspect of the training. Trainees will spend part of their time in the co-advisor's laboratory, using techniques and approaches not available in their home laboratory to address questions related to their own thesis research. Postdoctoral trainees will be supported for two years. The primary focus of the postdoctoral training is to build a strong research track record. Postdoctoral trainees will also be actively mentored to develop oral presentation skills, grant writing, and teaching skills necessary to secure and hold an independent academic position. All trainees will actively participate in a series of seminars, journal clubs, and monthly meetings where the participating laboratories present their research. An annual symposium will expose the trainees to neuroendocrinologists from across the U.S.A.