VISUAL SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAM

描述(由申请人提供)：凯斯西储大学视觉科学研究中心的28名科学家寻求对视觉科学培训计划的持续支持。该学院由多学科的视觉科学研究社区组成，包括生物医学工程、流行病学和生物统计学、遗传学、分子医学、医学、分子生物学和微生物学、神经病学、神经科学、眼科、病理学、药理学和生理学和生物物理学。视野研究领域的能力和生产力的扩大使其被选为凯斯西储大学战略规划的优先事项。NEI核心赠款支持的视觉科学研究中心扩张的势头使视觉科学家的数量急剧增加，并为他们的研究提供了外部支持。这种氛围为视觉科学家提供了理想的培训机会。视觉科学研究中心及其参与教师的合作研究为视觉科学培训计划提供了一个总体框架。此外，随着视觉研究在CASE的扩展，有五个研究/培训小组自然演变，这些研究/培训小组具有不同的身份，但参与者之间也有相当大的重叠。本次机构培训补助金续期申请围绕五个主题组组织：(A)视网膜生物学和视觉系统发展，(B)眼外肌生物学，(C)衰老和糖尿病的眼部后果，(D)眼免疫学和炎症，以及(E)翻译研究。请为所有年份的6个博士后职位和2个博士后职位提供支助。我们计划的要求是只有最有潜力的学生才能被录取。学生将在特定的部门、特定的视觉研究主题和以实验室为基础的环境中接受培训。总的来说，这种方法将确保我们的受训人员能够在视觉科学中提出与生物学和临床相关的问题，而不受学科或方法的限制。该培训计划得到了28名视觉科学家、视觉科学研究中心的核心模块以及凯斯西储大学、克利夫兰大学医院和退伍军人医学中心等更广泛资源的支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Twenty-eight scientists in the Visual Sciences Research Center at Case Western Reserve University seek continued support for a Visual Sciences Training Program. The faculty comprises a multi-disciplinary vision sciences research community encompassing the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Genetics, Molecular Medicine, Medicine, Molecular Biology & Microbiology, Neurology, Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Pathology, Pharmacology and Physiology and Biophysics. Expansion of capabilities and productivity in the field of vision research has led to its selection as a priority in strategic planning at the Case Western Reserve University. The momentum behind the expansion of the NEI Core grant-supported Visual Sciences Research Center has produced a dramatic increase in the number of vision scientists and extramural support for their research. This atmosphere affords an ideal training opportunity for vision scientists. The Visual Sciences Research Center and collaborative research of its participating faculty provides an overall framework for the Visual Sciences Training Program. In addition, as vision research has expanded at Case, there has been a natural evolution of five research/training groups that have distinct identities but also considerable overlap among participants. This Institutional Training Grant renewal application is organized around the five thematic groups (a) Retinal Biology and Visual System Development, (b) Extraocular Muscle Biology, (c) Ocular Consequences of Aging and Diabetes, (d) Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, and (e) Translational Research. Support is requested for six predoctoral student positions and two postdoctoral positions in all years. The demands of our program are such that only students of the highest potential are admitted. Students will receive training in department-specific, vision research theme-specific, and laboratory-based settings. Collectively, this approach will ensure that our trainees will be able to pose biologically and clinically relevant questions in the visual sciences without being restricted by either discipline or methodology. The training program is supported by the resources of the twenty-eight vision scientists, the Core modules of the Visual Science Research Center, and the broader resources of Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals of Cleveland and the VA Medical Center.