TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

描述：（申请人摘要） 此申请是为更新的加州大学洛杉矶分校的分子和 细胞神经生物学（MCN），1995年首次获奖。本次提交更新了 MCN计划包括来自加州大学洛杉矶分校人类遗传学新部门的教师 通过描述加州大学洛杉矶分校在实验室方面的大量新投资， 设备和人员。申请书中包括一份申请， 每一年的奖学金。MCN计划提供 分子生物学、细胞生物学和遗传学方面的培训 到第四年的神经科学预科生。此类培训涉及 需要培养一支能够帮助开发下一个 产生的治疗和治疗脑和中枢神经系统疾病 神经系统MCN计划已经证明了这一点的可行性 这一训练目标对加州大学洛杉矶分校的神经科学产生了巨大的影响。的 申请该项目的学生人数和质量不断上升 在过去的几年里。自最初提交以来，17名新教员 参与细胞和分子神经科学和MCN计划发挥了重要作用， 在帮助初级教师建立自己的研究计划方面发挥关键作用 与资深教师建立关系MCN负责一个戏剧性的 跨学科教师合作的数量增加， 在资助这些努力的研究支持的总体水平。MCN学员 我将与这些教员在新建成的最先进的 实验室设施。加州大学洛杉矶分校脑研究所管理MCN 项目以及跨部门博士学位。神经科学计划（IDP） MCN的实习生在那里攻读博士学位。IDP是一个完善的计划， 是加州大学洛杉矶分校生命科学项目中最优秀的学生。教师 来自18个学术部门参加IDP和学生：采取共同的 支持MCN目标的核心课程。MCN计划将 继续由艾伦·托宾博士指导，他拥有埃莉诺·莱斯利主席 在神经科学，并保持任命在神经科内 医学院和生理科学系 文学与科学学院许多MCN教师有联合任命， 强调了该项目的“板凳到旁边”理念。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's abstract) This application is for renewal of the UCLA Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (MCN), first awarded in 1995. This submission updates the MCN program by including faculty from UCLA's new Department of Human Genetics and by describing the substantial new investment UCLA has made in laboratories, equipment, and personnel. The application includes a request for six predoctoral fellowships for each year of the grant. The MCN program provides training in molecular biology, cellular biology, and genetics for second through fourth year predoctoral neuroscience students. Such training addresses the need to develop a cadre of researchers who can help develop the next generation of therapies and prophylaxes for diseases of the brain and central nervous system. The MCN program has demonstrated the feasibility of this training goal and has had a remarkable impact on neuroscience at UCLA. The number and quality of student applicants to the program has risen constantly over the last years. Since the original submission, 17 new faculty members are involved in cellular and molecular neuroscience and the MCN program plays a critical role in helping junior faculty establish their own research programs and build relationships with senior faculty. MCN is responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of faculty collaborations across disciplinary lines and in the overall level of funded research support for these efforts. MCN trainees will work with these faculty members in newly constructed state-of-the art laboratory facilities. The UCLA Brain Research Institute administers the MCN program as well as the Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program for Neuroscience (IDP) where MCN trainees seek PhDs. The IDP is a well-established program that draws the highest quality students among all the UCLA life science programs. Faculty from 18 academic departments participate in the IDP and students: take a common core curriculum that supports the goals of the MCN. The MCN program will continue to be directed by Dr. Allan Tobin, who holds the Eleanor Leslie Chair in Neuroscience and maintains appointments in the Neurology Department within the School of Medicine and in the Physiological Science Department in the College of Letters and Science. Numerous MCN faculty have joint appointments, underscoring the "bench to beside" philosophy of the program.