Alcohol Research Training in Neurosciences

描述（由申请人提供）：这是新墨西哥州大学（UNM-ARTN）神经科学酒精培训计划的竞争性续签申请。该计划目前正在结束第9年的支持。它对我们机构的研究生教育产生了巨大的积极影响，并提高了整个校园酒精研究的知名度。该计划提供多学科培训，包括分子生物学，生物化学，电生理学，成像和行为技术。UNM-ARTN计划的重点是提供酒精神经科学研究方面的培训。我们的研究小组在胎儿酒精谱系障碍研究的三个领域具有优势：1。乙醇神经致畸作用的基本机制; 2.产前酒精暴露的生物标志物;和3。改善FASD相关认知缺陷的治疗干预措施此外，我们正在研究乙醇对不同大脑区域成熟神经元回路的短期和长期影响。来自神经科学和心理学系的共9名教师将作为核心教师直接参与该计划。这些教师资金充足，富有成效，并在研究赠款，出版物和研究生指导方面有广泛的合作互动。学生将来自健康科学中心的生物医学科学研究生课程和心理学系的认知，大脑和行为课程。该计划将支持4博士。学生每年。该计划将由Valenzuela博士（主任）和Perrone-Bizzozero（副主任），由培训教师成员组成的指导委员会和外部咨询委员会监督。我们的学员在获得个人博士前奖学金，在科学会议上发表演讲以及在备受尊敬的期刊上发表文章方面非常成功。我们的目标是继续为高质量的研究生提供必要的培训，为他们在酒精研究的成功未来职业生涯做好准备。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a competitive renewal application for an Alcohol Training Program in Neurosciences at the University of New Mexico (UNM-ARTN). This program is currently ending Year 9 of support. It has had a tremendously positive impact on graduate education at our institution and has increased visibility of alcohol research across campus. The program provides multidisciplinary training that includes molecular biological, biochemical, electrophysiological, imaging, and behavioral techniques. The focus of the UNM-ARTN program is to provide training in alcohol neuroscience research. Our group has strengths in three areas of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder research: 1. Basic mechanisms involved in ethanol neuroteratogenesis; 2. Biomarkers of prenatal alcohol exposure; and 3. Therapeutic interventions to ameliorate FASD-related cognitive deficits. In addition, we are investigating the short- and long-term effects of ethanol on mature neuronal circuits in different brain regions. A total of 9 faculty members from the Departments of Neuroscience and Psychology will be directly involved in the program as core faculty. These faculty members are well-funded and productive, and have extensive collaborative interactions in terms of research grants, publications, and mentoring of graduate students. Students will be from the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program of the Health Sciences Center and the Cognition, Brain and Behavior Program of the Psychology Department. The program will support 4 Ph.D. students per year. The program will be overseen by Drs. Valenzuela (Director) and Perrone-Bizzozero (Associate Director), a steering committee composed of members of the training faculty, and an external advisory committee. Our trainees have been very successful in terms of obtaining individual predoctoral fellowships, presenting at scientific meetings, and publishing in well-respected journals. Our goal is to continue to provide high quality graduate students with the necessary training to prepare them for a successful future career in alcohol research.