Rresearch Training Program in Vision Science

描述(由申请人提供)：由10名高级和中级研究人员组成的导师小组，每个人都有研究培训经验，每个人都有由国家眼科研究所资助的积极和有竞争力的研究项目，在威斯康星医学院(MCW)提出一个新的视觉科学研究培训计划。申请每年招收3名博士后和2名博士后。其目的是为眼科和视力研究领域的研究生涯做好准备。这要求学生对视觉系统的主要特征有广泛的、多学科的欣赏，对影响视力的疾病有当代的理解，以及用于视觉系统实验工作的现代研究技能和技术。它还要求受训者获得在多学科研究环境中发挥作用所必需的分析和沟通技能。导师小组在视觉系统的多个方面提供经验，从基本的光感受器生物学和颜色视觉到大脑中中央视觉的组织。该项目的导师还提供了广泛的最先进的技术诀窍，包括分子遗传学，包括使用转基因动物，到功能磁共振成像。博士前实习生将完成分子遗传学、生物化学、细胞生物学和神经生物学的核心课程，以及“科学中的伦理和诚信”和“视觉的生物和化学”等必修课，作为在项目教职员工的指导下进行论文研究的前奏。博士后实习生将主要在项目教师的指导下进行研究。他们还将完成“科学中的伦理与诚信”课程，并将单独向美国国立卫生研究院和其他视觉相关机构申请博士后资助。博士后和博士后学员都将参加每两周一次的视觉科学研究论坛/杂志俱乐部，每月一次的视觉科学系列研讨会，以及一年一度的视觉科学座谈会。他们还将出席全国会议并在会上提交论文。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A mentor group composed of 10 senior and mid-level investigators, each with experience in research training and each with active and competitive research programs funded through the National Eye Institute, propose a new research Training Program in Vision Science at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). The request is for 3 pre- and 2 post-doctoral trainees annually. The objective is to prepare trainees for research careers in ocular and vision research. This requires that students have a broad, multidisciplinary appreciation of the major features of the visual system, a contemporary understanding of the diseases that impact vision, and modem research skills and technologies for experimental work in the visual system. It also requires that trainees acquire the analytical and communication skills necessary to function in a multidisciplinary research environment. The mentor group provides experience in multiple facets of the visual system, ranging from fundamental photoreceptor biology and color vision to organization of the central vision within the brain. The mentors in the program also offer a wide range of state of the art technological know-how that includes molecular genetics, including use of transgenic animals, to functional magnetic resonance imaging. Predoctoral trainees will complete a core curriculum of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Neurobiology as well as required courses in "Ethics and Integrity in Science" and "The Biology and Chemistry of Vision" as a prelude to conducting dissertation research under the mentorship of a member of the program faculty. Post-doctoral trainees will primarily conduct research under the mentorship of program faculty. They will also complete a course in "Ethics and Integrity in Science", and will be expected to apply for post-doctoral funding individually from the NIH and other vision related agencies. Both pre- and post-doctoral trainees will participate in a bi-weekly Research Forum/Journal Club in Vision Science, a monthly Seminar Series in Vision Science, and an annual Vision Science Colloquium. They will also attend and present papers at National meetings.