Vision Sciences Training Grant

总结 要求支持在一个大学范围的视觉科学领域每年培训5名博士前实习生 系统、细胞和分子水平的培训计划。由36名教师导师进行的培训侧重于 分析视觉处理，以及正常和患病眼睛的细胞，分子和遗传方面， 基础科学和疾病导向的研究。25名教师在系统和计算上工作， 人类、非人类灵长类动物和其他模型系统的视觉和眼动系统， 神经生理学，心理物理学，行为分析，脑成像和计算建模（第1节）。 第2节（发育和可塑性）的六个教师专注于视网膜细胞的规格和轴突的指导，眼睛 发育，血视网膜屏障，生物物理学和可塑性的皮质树突和电路。八 教师有研究计划，触及分子/遗传方法的正常和近视眼 （第3节），主要兴趣是视网膜变性，类维生素A加工，遗传学，诊断和 治疗视网膜疾病，重点是年龄相关性黄斑变性和视网膜水肿。虽然 导师在不同的部门（生物科学，心理学，统计学，生物医学工程和 放射学，生态学，进化和环境生物学在晨边校园;神经科学在 Manhattanville校区;遗传学，眼科学，病理学和细胞生物学，神经病学，医学和 医学院校园内的儿科，跨学科主题的多个合作定期支持 培训和视力的进步导师和学员进行的研究符合 NEI的眼睛和视力研究战略计划，包括大胆的目标倡议和2020年愿景， 未来支持是寻求长达三年的博士生谁选择了他们的实验室和导师 在视觉研究中。从事与视觉科学相关的论文项目的学员是从选择性的 研究生课程，如神经生物学和行为博士课程，以及综合课程， 细胞，分子和生物医学科学，这两个主机MD-PhD学生。方法诸如 教学课程，严谨性和可复制性培训，论文委员会，专题讨论会，研讨会，以及更大的 纽约视觉俱乐部（VisioNYC），预计教师和学员将互动，合作，并产生 新一代的视觉科学家将阐明信息处理，发展和疾病， 视觉系统。

Summary Support is requested for training of 5 predoctoral trainee positions per year, in a university-wide visual science training program at the systems, cellular, and molecular level. Training by thirty-six faculty mentors focuses on analysis of visual processing, and cellular, molecular and genetic aspects of the normal and diseased eye, in both basic science and disease-oriented research. Twenty-five faculty work in Systems and Computation on the visual and oculomotor systems in humans, non-human primates, and other model systems, using neurophysiology, psychophysics, behavioral analysis, brain imaging, and computational modeling (Section 1). Six faculty in Section 2 (Development and Plasticity) focus on retinal cell specification and axon guidance, eye development, the blood-retina barrier, and biophysics and plasticity of cortical dendrites and circuitry. Eight faculty have research programs that touch on Molecular/genetic Approaches to the Normal and Diseased Eye (Section 3) with primary interests in retinal degeneration, retinoid processing, and the genetics, diagnostics and therapy of retinal disorders, with a focus on age-related macular degeneration and retinal edema. Although mentors are in different departments (Biological Sciences, Psychology, Statistics, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology on the Morningside campus; Neuroscience on the Manhattanville campus; and Genetics, Ophthalmology, Pathology & Cell Biology, Neurology, Medicine and Pediatrics on the medical school campus, multiple collaborations on interdisciplinary themes routinely support training and advances on vision The research carried out by the mentors and trainees matches the goals in NEI’s strategic plan for eye and vision research, including the Audacious Goals Initiative and 2020 Vision for the Future. Suppport is sought for up to three years for predoctoral students who have chosen their lab and mentor in vision studies. Trainees working on thesis projects related to the vision sciences are selected from selective graduate programs such as the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior, and Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, both of which host MD-PhD students. Through activities such as didactic courses, training in rigor and reproducabilty, thesis committees, symposia, seminars, and the Greater New York Vision Club (VisioNYC), it is expected that faculty and trainees will interact, collaborate, and produce a new generation of vision scientists who will elucidate information processing, development, and diseases of the visual system.