Training in Systems and Integrative Neuroscience

描述（由申请人提供）：这是纽约大学神经科学中心为支持综合神经科学的前期和博士后培训而重新提交的竞争性续期申请。这个提议代表了这个项目的一个新方向，因为我们将1)与纽约大学医学院萨克勒生物医学研究所的神经科学和生理学研究生项目合作，2)将培训项目集中在四个相互关联的核心研究领域：学习、记忆、发展和可塑性。我们寻求继续支持6名博士前研究员和2名博士后。我们之所以要求这么多的学员，是因为我们希望建立一个足够规模的有凝聚力的培训团队，以促进学员的跨层次发展，从博士预科到博士后，从细胞分子到系统和认知方法，跨越项目部门，并弥合转化研究和基础研究之间的差距。这种规模的小组对于为这项新的培训工作提供临界质量是很重要的。我们提出的培训计划将为神经科学领域的pre - and -博士后培训提供一个中心焦点，这对促进神经系统的发育和退化、神经疾病过程、记忆和心理健康障碍的知识至关重要。我们的学员将有机会成为世界级科学家的一员，从事与学习、记忆、发展和可塑性相关的前沿研究。我们已经编制了一个由23名培训教师组成的小组，他们将提供跨越传统学科界限、跨越分析水平和培训水平的综合协作培训体验。学员，三年级或以上的博士前研究员，以及刚获得博士后学位的博士后研究员，将得到个性化的指导，并有一位具有相关临床/转化专业知识的导师。他们还将举办特别研讨会，旨在培养转化思维和未来成功所需的重要技能。我们希望我们的学员在项目中停留大约2年，届时我们预计他们将获得独立的资助或过渡到另一个研究支持机制。我们寻求建立一个具有共同目标和兴趣的稳步增长的科学家群体，这将推进NIMH在发育和精神疾病的神经机制研究方面的目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a resubmission of a competing renewal application for funds to support pre- and postdoctoral training in Integrative Neuroscience at the Center for Neural Science at New York University. This proposal represents a new direction for this program in that we will 1) partner with the Graduate Program in Neuroscience and Physiology at the NYU School of Medicine Sackler Institute of Biomedical Sciences, and 2) focus the training program on four interrelated core areas of investigation: learning, memory, development and plasticity. We seek to renew our support at the level of 6 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral fellows. This number of trainees requested stems from our wish to create a cohesive training group of a sufficient size to foster trainee development across levels, from pre to post-doctoral and from cellular-molecular to systems and cognitive approaches, across program divisions, and to bridge the gap between translational and basic research. A group of this size is important to provide a critical mass for this new training effort. Our proposed training program will provide a central focus for pre and postdoctoral training in areas of neuroscience critical to advancing knowledge of development and degeneration of the nervous system, neural disease processes, and disorders of memory and mental health. Our trainees will have the opportunity to be a part of a cohort of world class scientists engaged in cutting-edge research related to learning, memory, development and plasticity. We have compiled a group of 23 training faculty that will provide an integrative, collaborative training experience that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries, spans levels of analysis, and levels of training. The trainees, predoctoral fellows in the third year or higher and postdoctoral fellows in the early years postdegree, will have individualized mentoring with the added benefit of a mentor with relevant clinical/translational expertise. They will also have special seminars that are designed to develop translational thinking and important skills required for future success. We expect our trainees to remain in the program for about 2 years, at which time we expect that they will have obtained independent funding or transitioned to another research support mechanism. We seek to build a steadily growing cohort of scientists with shared goals and interests, that will advance the goals of NIMH for research into the neural mechanisms of development and mental disease.