TUSM/T-NEMC Center Core for Neuroscience Research

申请者描述(由申请人提供)：本申请申请资金用于建立NINDS中心核心，以增强塔夫茨医学院(TUSM)及其附属医疗中心塔夫茨-新英格兰医学中心(T-NEMC)的NINDS和其他神经科学研究人员的研究能力。在TUSM和T-NEMC的研究实验室中，有17个由NINDS资助的研究项目，涵盖了当代神经科学研究的大多数领域。我们的大多数Tuft NINDS研究人员都是Sackler School研究生神经科学培训计划的成员，这是一个由来自TUSM和T-NEMC的28名神经科学家组成的高度协作的小组。这是一个快速发展的项目，包括6名新的神经科学系教员，以及在过去6年内聘用的总共12名新的TUSM或T-NEMC神经科学家。由于我们项目的快速增长，我们已经开始关注为神经科学研究人员提供足够的研究核心设施，并举行了规划会议，以确定是否需要增加或扩大核心设施。NINDS中心核心基金的授予将使我们能够整合TUSM和T-NEMC的教师和研究设施，主要目的是为NINDS调查人员提供所需的服务。一个相关的目标是促进TUSM和T-NEMC的大量NINDS调查人员之间的合作研究。重要的是，TUSM/T-NEMC NINDS核心将向TUSM、T-NEMC和塔夫茨大学的其他研究人员提供。这些核心的建立在很大程度上得到了塔夫茨大学、TUSM和T-NEMC的支持，它们正在为建立NINDS中心核心提供援助、资金和空间。新中心核心的管理将设在TUSM神经科学部。对中心核心的监督将由P.I.F·罗布·杰克逊博士和一个咨询委员会提供，该委员会包括核心董事和具有相关专业知识的外部科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application requests funds to establish a NINDS Center Core to augment the research capabilities of NINDS and other neuroscience investigators at Tufts School of Medicine (TUSM) and the affiliated medical center Tufts-New England Medical Center (T-NEMC). Within the research labs of TUSM and T-NEMC, there are 17 NINDS-funded research projects, spanning most areas of contemporary neuroscience research. Most of our Tufts NINDS investigators are members of the Sackler School Graduate Neuroscience Training Program, a highly collaborative group of 28 neuroscientists from TUSM and T-NEMC. This is a rapidly evolving program that includes 6 new neuroscience departmental faculty and a total of 12 new TUSM or T-NEMC neuroscientists hired within the last 6 years. Due to the rapid growth of our program, we have become concerned with providing adequate research core facilities to neuroscience investigators, and have held planning meetings to determine the need for additional or expanded core facilities. The award of NINDS Center Core funds will permit us to integrate faculty and research facilities from TUSM and T-NEMC, with the primary intent of providing needed services to NINDS investigators. A related goal is to foster collaborative research among the large collection of NINDS investigators at TUSM and T-NEMC. Importantly, the TUSM/T-NEMC NINDS cores will be available to other investigators at TUSM, T-NEMC, and Tufts University. The establishment of these cores is greatly aided by the expressed support of Tufts University, TUSM, and T-NEMC, who are providing assistance, funds and space for the establishment of a NINDS Center Core. The administration of the new center core will be based in the TUSM Department of Neuroscience. Supervision for the center core will be provided by the P.I. Dr. F. Rob Jackson and an advisory committee including core directors and outside scientists with relevant expertise.