Training in Neuroendocrinology

描述(由申请者提供)：该计划旨在为优秀的博士后和博士后提供广泛的知识和研究技能，这是发展成功的神经内分泌学独立研究计划所必需的。申请资助三名博士后和两名博士后。该项目的一个特点是，它将两个研究生项目的实习生和教职员工结合在一起，提供了比单一项目所能获得的更广阔的视角。拟议的培训包含多个层次的分析，从行为、生理、细胞到分子。博士前实习生在完成各自研究生项目的具体课程要求后，在第三年进入该项目。每个学生都会选择一名主要导师和一名副导师。主要导师的角色类似于论文导师的传统角色。联合顾问确保了培训的多学科性质。受训者将花费部分时间在合作导师的实验室中，使用他们的家庭实验室中没有的技术和方法来解决与他们自己的论文研究密切相关的问题。博士后实习生将获得为期两年的支持。博士后培训的主要重点是建立强大的研究记录。博士后实习生还将接受积极的指导，以培养口头陈述、论文写作和教学方面的技能，这些技能对于确保和保持独立的学术地位至关重要。所有受训人员都将积极参加每月一次的会议，参加会议的实验室将介绍他们的研究成果。一批教师和特邀演讲者将参加年度研讨会和期刊俱乐部，让学员了解神经内分泌研究的新发展、历史方面、伦理问题和翻译方面。实践工作坊将使学员和教职员工接触到尖端技术。最后，年度研讨会将向来自美国各地的神经内分泌学家介绍受训人员。神经内分泌学培训与人类健康相关，因为激素失调与一系列神经和行为障碍有关，例如产后抑郁症、睡眠和饮食障碍，以及阿尔茨海默氏症等退行性疾病的进展。神经内分泌学还可以解释常见的环境污染物如何扰乱激素与大脑的相互作用，从而导致生育问题、智力低下和癌症等。其中几位教授有与这些问题直接相关的研究计划。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This program aims to provide excellent pre- and postdoctoral trainees with the breadth of knowledge and research skills essential to develop successful independent research programs in neuroendocrinology. Funds are requested for three pre- and two postdoctoral students. A hallmark of this program is that it unites trainees and faculty from two graduate programs to provide a perspective far broader than what could be obtained through a single program. The proposed training embraces multiple levels of analysis, from behavioral, to physiological, to cellular, to molecular. Predoctoral trainees enter the program in their third year, after finishing the specific course requirements of their respective graduate programs. Each student chooses both a primary advisor and a co-advisor. The role of the primary advisor is similar to the traditional role of the thesis advisor. The co-advisor ensures the multidisciplinary character of the training. Trainees will spend part of their time in the laboratory of the co-advisor, using techniques and approaches not available in their home laboratory to address questions intimately related to their own thesis research. Postdoctoral trainees will be supported for two years. The primary focus of the postdoctoral training is to build a strong research record. Postdoctoral trainees will also be actively mentored to foster skills in oral presentation, grant writing, and teaching, essential to secure and hold an independent academic position. All trainees will actively participate in monthy meetings in which the participating laboratories present their research. A lineup of faculty and invited speakers will participate in annual seminars and journal clubs that will expose trainees to new developments, historical aspects, ethical issues, and translational aspects of neuroendocrine research. Hands-on workshops will expose the trainees and faculty to cutting-edge technology. Finally an annual symposium will introduce trainees to neuroendocrinologists from across the U.S.A. Training in Neuroendocrinology is relevant to human health as hormone dysfunction is linked to a host of neurological and behavioral disorders, e.g., postpartum depression, sleep and eating disorders, and progress of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer. Neuroendocrinology can also explain how common environmental pollutants disrupt hormone-brain interactions, thereby causing, e.g., fertility problems, mental retardation, and cancer. Several of the preceptors have research programs directly related to these issues.