Research Training Program in the Vision Sciences

描述（由申请人提供）：一个全面的计划已经设计与培训前和博士后科学家在视觉科学的广泛领域谁是参与研究生和博士后课程在神经科学，发育生物学，分子细胞生物学，分子遗传学，生物化学和分子生物物理学的目的。该培训计划将由29名导师提供，其中23人是NEI资助的，学习几乎所有方面的眼功能和病理学。博士前学员将参加课程，提供有关视觉系统的神经生物学的详细信息，或在眼睛的发育，生理和病理的各个方面的综合课程。我们亦鼓励博士后学员修读这些课程。将强烈鼓励博士前和博士后学员参加研讨会，高级课程，荣誉讲座，期刊俱乐部，并在华盛顿大学生物学和生物医学科学部提供的务虚会，并在NEI赞助的课程，在视觉研究的基本问题丰富的环境。其中许多机会涉及基础和临床科学家的参与，确保学员将了解人类眼部疾病的起源和治疗。培训计划将支持两名博士后学员在华盛顿大学的第一年。这将使他们有足够时间申请个人研究培训补助金。博士前培训计划将支持6名研究生。这将确保有足够数量的视觉科学受训人员，以丰富培训环境。培训计划的教师目前在他们的实验室有45名博士前和59名博士后学员。这表明学院致力于培训，并说明培训补助金将从大量申请者中抽取。该计划的总体目标是确定最有前途的科学家，并为他们提供一个培训环境，最大限度地提高他们成为人类眼科疾病的理解和治疗的富有成效的贡献者的可能性。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A comprehensive program has been designed with the purpose of training pre-and postdoctoral scientists in the broad area of vision science who are participating in graduate and postdoctoral programs in Neuroscience, Developmental Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biophysics. The training program will be delivered by 29 preceptors, 23 of whom are NEI funded, studying nearly all aspects of ocular function and pathology. Predoctoral trainees will take courses that provide detailed information about the neurobiology of the visual system or a comprehensive course in all aspects of the development, physiology and pathology of the eye. Postdoctoral trainees are also encouraged to attend these courses. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees will be strongly encouraged to participate in the rich environment of seminars, advanced courses, honorary lectures, journal clubs, and retreats offered in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University and in the NEI sponsored course, Fundamental Issues in Vision Research. Many of these opportunities involve the participation of both basic and clinical scientists, assuring that trainees will learn about both the origins and treatment of human ocular diseases. The training program will support two postdoctoral trainees for their first year at Washington University. This will provide adequate time for them to apply for individual research training grant support. The predoctoral training program will support 6 graduate students. This will assure that an adequate number of vision science trainees will be available to enrich the training environment. The faculty members in the training program currently have 45 predoctoral and 59 postdoctoral trainees in their laboratories. This demonstrates the commitment of the faculty to training and illustrates the large size of the pool of applicants from which the training grant will draw. The overall goal of this program is to identify the most promising scientists and to provide them with a training environment that maximizes the probability that they will become productive contributors to the understanding and treatment of human ocular diseases.