Neuroscience Graduate Training Program

描述(由申请人提供)： 加州大学圣地亚哥分校神经科学研究生培训计划的目的是为有兴趣从事神经科学职业的学生提供广泛的培训。这笔培训补助金将支持神经科学研究生计划的一年级和二年级学生，该计划汇集了 来自加州大学圣地亚哥分校和索尔克研究所的杰出研究人员团队。加州大学圣地亚哥分校和索尔克研究所都提供了大量的人力和财力资源，以确保项目的蓬勃发展。在过去的20年里，这个项目已经发展成为美国最顶尖的神经科学项目之一，并吸引了一批特殊的研究生。该项目的特点是教师的广泛参与和学生的积极参与。根据培训计划，学生将参加一个严格和多方面的培训计划，其中包括一个入门的‘新兵训练营’、核心课程序列(细胞和分子神经科学、系统神经科学、认知和临床神经科学)、统计学和神经解剖学课程、科学行为和伦理学课程，以及基础和临床神经科学选修课。此外，学生将在第一年进行三次研究轮换，以接触神经科学的不同领域，并将这些经验作为选择论文实验室的基础。课程和研究将与各种活动相辅相成，以加强学生的科学培训，并促进与其他神经科学家的互动。这些活动包括参加神经科学系列研讨会(学生每周主持一位杰出的神经学家)，每周的期刊俱乐部(学生讨论来访科学家的论文)，以及每周的研究回合(在那里 学生展示他们目前的研究)，以及年度静修(包括为期两天的研究讲座，来自神经科学所有领域的教职员工和学生)。将根据学员在课程、轮换评估和年度评估中的表现来评估学员的进展情况。对实习生的监督将 将在多个层面提供建议，包括轮换和论文顾问的直接建议，与单独分配的预备顾问的互动，预备委员会和论文委员会的反馈，以及与项目主任的定期会议。该培训计划将为以下人员提供卓越、广泛的培训 神经科学研究生在他们的论文前几年。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of the Neurosciences Graduate Training Program at University of California San Diego is to provide broad-based training for students interested in pursuing a career in neuroscience. This training grant will support 1st and 2nd year students in the Neurosciences Graduate Program, which brings together an outstanding group of investigators from UCSD and the Salk Institute. Both UCSD and The Salk Institute provide substantial human and financial resources to ensure a thriving program. During the past 20 years this program has evolved into one of the top neuroscience programs in the country and attracts an exceptional group of graduate students. The program is characterized by broad faculty participation and active student involvement. Under the training program students will participate in a rigorous and multifaceted training plan, which includes an introductory 'boot camp', a core course sequence (cellular and molecular neuroscience, systems neuroscience, and cognitive and clinical neuroscience), courses in statistics and neuroanatomy, a course on scientific conduct and ethics, and elective courses in basic and clinical neuroscience. In addition the students will carry out three research rotations during their first year to gain exposure to different areas of neuroscience and will use that experience as the basis of selecting a thesis lab. The coursework and research will be complemented by various activities to enhance the scientific training of the students and to facilitate interaction with other neuroscientists. These include participation in the Neuroscience seminar series (in which students host a distinguished neuroscientist each week), a weekly journal club (where students discuss papers by visiting scientists), and weekly research rounds (where students present their current research), and an annual retreat (which features two days of research talks from faculty and students working in all areas of neuroscience). The progress of trainees will be evaluated based on performance in courses, rotation evaluations, and annual evaluations. Oversight for trainees will be provided at multiple levels, including direct advice from rotation and thesis advisors, interactions with an individually assigned prethesis advisor, feedback from the prethesis and thesis committees, and regular meetings with the program director. This training program will provide outstanding, broad-based training to neuroscience graduate students during their pre-dissertation years.