From Cells to Systems and Applications: Comp. Neurosci. Training at Emory and GT

埃默里和佐治亚理工学院稳步增加了参与计算神经科学的教职员工数量 在过去的15年里。对这些能力的研究从细胞延伸到系统和理论 接近了。1997年，这两个机构联合成立了生物医学工程系，进一步 加强两个校区研究人员之间的高度合作气氛。此外，两者都 校园在本科生和研究生教学方面都有良好的记录。拟议中的培训 计算神经科学的计划旨在通过将一个完整的 本科生和研究生的课堂作业和研究方法。强大的NIH和NSF 资助超过15名被确认为计算神经科学家的主要研究人员的研究项目 范围从神经动力学的详细细胞计算机模拟到工程方法和 癫痫和帕金森氏症等重要疾病发病机制的定量研究 疾病使用计算方法。因此，学生将接触到多个层次的方法 最终目的是解决医学问题。高素质和多样化的学生申请人才库 这项计划下的奖学金包括本科生和研究生，并将带来一些 具有主要生物科学背景的申请者将计算方法整合到 他们的研究，反之亦然，使更多面向计算或理论的申请者接触到 生物实验研究。该项目包括6名本科生和6名研究生 学生们，他们将免除神经生物学以及数学和计算方面的严格课程 方法通过必修课和个人选择的选修课的核心序列。本科生 研究员将在其三年级和四年级获得为期两年的资助，在此期间，他们将 在计算神经科学实验室进行专门的课堂作业和研究。本科实习生将被 主要从埃默里神经科学和行为生物学和佐治亚理工学院生物医学学院招募 工程学专业的学生，他们分别为该项目带来了生物学和数量上的优势。超过200人 学生每年进入这些专业，我们将只接受GPA 3.5或更高的申请者，并且 表示对未来研究型研究生培训感兴趣。参加这个项目的研究生将是 从神经科学和生物医学工程项目的申请者中招募，这两个项目加在一起 每年收到超过120份高质量的申请。为计算领域的研究员提供的特殊跟踪 神经科学将在项目网站上公布，这也将链接到广泛的独立 描述此计划的网站。研究生在教育的头两年将获得资助， 然后获得个人培训补助金或由研究补助金资助。

Emory and Georgia Tech have steadily grown the number of faculty involved in computational neuroscience over the past 15 years. The research of these faculty stretch from cellular to systems and theoretical approaches. In 1997 the two Institutions formed a joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, further strengthening the highly collaborative atmosphere between researchers on both campuses. In addition both campuses have a strong track record both in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The proposed training program in computational neuroscience aims to capitalize on these strengths by formalizing an integrated approach to class work and research on both undergraduate and graduate levels. The strong NIH and NSF funded research programs of more than 15 principal investigators identified as computational neuroscientists range from detailed cellular computer simulations of neural dynamics to engineering approaches and the quantitative study of disease mechanisms underlying important disorders such as epilepsy and Parkinson's disease using computational methods. Therefore students will be exposed to multiple levels of approaches aimed ultimately at addressing medical questions. A highly qualified and diverse applicant pool for student fellowships under this program exists on both undergraduate and graduate levels, and will bring some applicants with a primarily background in the biological sciences to integrate computational approaches into their research, and vice versa brings more computational or theoretically oriented applicants in touch with biological experimental research. The program encompasses a cohort of 6 undergraduate and 6 graduate student fellows, who will absolve a rigorous curriculum in neurobiology and mathematical and computational methods through a core sequence of required classes as well as individually chosen electives. Undergraduate fellows will be funded for a period of two years in their junior and senior years, during which they will undertake specialized class work and research in a computational neuroscience lab. Undergraduate trainees will be primarily recruited from the Emory Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and the Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering majors, who bring a biological and quantitative strength to the program, respectively. Over 200 students join these majors annually, and we will only take applicants with a GPA of 3.5 or better and expressing an interest in future research graduate training. The graduate students in this program will be recruited from the applicant pools for the Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering programs, which together receive more than 120 highly qualified applications each year. A special track for fellows in computational neuroscience will be announced on the program websites, that will also link to an extensive independent website describing this program. Graduate students will be funded for the first two years of their education, and then obtain individual training grants or be funded by research grants.