Neuroscience Training at Univ. Connecticut Health Center

描述（改编自申请人提供的摘要）：详细研究 神经系统功能的许多方面，从分子到人类 心理物理学，将是一个关键，在推进我们的知识，正常的大脑 功能、精神障碍和适应不良行为。这些研究必须 多学科的方法;年轻的研究人员考虑研究 神经科学的职业必须经过良好的培训。这是当前的目标 申请，提出了一个神经科学的培训计划。资金 寻求培养8名博士预科生，并表示有兴趣建立 在神经科学的任何学科的研究生涯，包括神经 疾病、精神健康和药物滥用。培训将包括 持续参与实验室研究，加上广泛的正式 现代细胞，分子和器官生物学课程，重点 神经系统的复杂性。招募少数族裔 申请人将是一个高度优先。培训将侧重于培养年轻人 研究人员谁将能够开始独立的研究和教学 神经科学的职业生涯除了正式的课程外，培训计划 将提供特定的期刊俱乐部和研讨会参加的所有成员的 从学生到终身教职员工。该计划还将 包括处理赠款等问题的专门组成部分， 在科学研究中的应用程序编写和负责任的行为， 在课程中，学生经常展示数据和科学推理 在年度计划务虚会上该计划由29名成员组成 生物医学科学研究生院的教职员，根据 在神经科学领域的广泛方面的研究兴趣。的 细胞和分子学院的研究专长包括起源和 神经元和神经胶质的分化，感觉系统的发育，功能 和神经递质以及受体、离子通道和 相关的信号转导过程。面向系统的教师涵盖了 听觉系统，边缘系统， 嗅觉和味觉，以及听觉心理物理学。这些研究活动是 由许多资助的赠款支持，并纳入国家的最先进的所有方面 神经解剖学，细胞生物学，先进的图像处理技术，分子 生物学、电生理学和心理声学。这是我们的首要目标。 培训计划，以确保每一个受训者获得动手研究 至少精通其中一门学科，并获得强烈的尊重， 理解每一个必须如何有助于解开复杂的功能， 的神经系统。该计划的多学科性质有利于 交叉利用研究方法、想法和培训机会 对导师和学员都是如此。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted From The Abstract Provided By Applicant): Detailed study of many aspects of nervous system function, from molecules to human psychophysics, will be a key in advancing our knowledge of normal brain function, mental disorders and maladaptive behaviors. These studies must be multidisciplinary in approach; young investigators contemplating research careers in neuroscience must be well-trained. This is the goal of the current application, which proposes a training program in Neuroscience. Funding is sought to train 8 pre-doctoral students with expressed interest in establishing research careers in any discipline within neuroscience, including neurological disease, mental health and substance abuse. The training will include continuous participation in laboratory research, plus extensive formal coursework in modern cellular, molecular and organismic biology, with emphasis on appreciating the complexity of the nervous system. Recruitment of minority applicants will be a high priority. Training will focus on developing young researchers who will be capable of starting independent research and teaching careers in neuroscience. In addition to formal coursework, the training program will offer specific journal clubs and seminars attended by all members of the Program, from students through tenured faculty. The program will also incorporate specialized components dealing with issues such as grant application writing and responsible conduct in scientific research, with frequent student presentations of data and scientific reasoning, within courses and at the annual Program retreat. The Program Faculty consists of 29 members of the Faculty of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, recruited based on research interests in broad aspects of the field of neuroscience. The research expertise of the cellular and molecular faculty includes genesis and differentiation of neurons and glia, development of sensory systems, function and plasticity of neurotransmitters as well as of receptors, ion channels and related signal transduction processes. The systems-oriented faculty cover the development, function and repair of the auditory system, limbic system, olfaction and taste, and auditory psychophysics. These research activities are supported by many funded grants and incorporate all facets of state-of-the-art neuroanatomy, cell biology, advanced image-processing techniques, molecular biology, electrophysiology and psychoacoustics. It is the primary goal of the training program to ensure that every trainee acquires hands-on research proficiency in at least one of these disciplines and gains a keen respect and appreciation for how each must contribute to unraveling the complex functions of the nervous system. The multidisciplinary nature of the program favors cross-utilization of research methodologies, ideas and training opportunities for both mentors and trainees.