Vision Science Training Program

项目摘要/摘要： 视觉科学培训计划(VSTP)的总部设在加州大学斯坦因眼科研究所(SEI) 加州大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)医学院，40多年来一直持续活跃。 在此期间，VSTP培训了近140名科学家，其中很大一部分人后来成为杰出的科学家 视觉科学方面的职业。该方案包括对博士后和博士后研究员的培训，以及 在17名教师导师的实验室里进行。这些视觉科学家拥有广泛的专业知识。 并在加州大学洛杉矶分校的11个系担任学术职务。博士后申请者 奖学金首先通过几个研究生项目之一进入加州大学洛杉矶分校，然后他们完成课程 与该计划相关联。经过一年的轮换，博士前候选人进入VSTP的实验室 门托。博士后奖学金的申请者直接向VSTP感兴趣的实验室申请。所有实习生都是 VSTP实验室和整个眼科社区的成员被邀请参加课程 这项计划的产品。这些产品旨在提供试验性和概念性 视觉科学方面的培训，因为许多受训人员以前没有视觉科学方面的经验。所有研究员都是 需要选修VSTP组织和教授的为期四分之一的课程--视觉研究基础 会员。此外，通过出席，研究员是SEI科学环境的组成部分 参加一些活动，包括每周一次的视觉科学研讨会(杰出讲师) 系列，视觉科学杂志俱乐部，以及在箭头湖举行的年度视觉科学务虚会。一个 VSTP最近的重点是加强基础科学和临床科学的整合。几个产品将 通过促进科学家和科学家之间的互动，帮助弥合这两个研究重点之间的差距 临床医生，包括一年一度的加州大学洛杉矶分校斯坦因眼科临床与研究研讨会和翻译盛会 打了几轮。这样的经历将有助于受训者将他们的研究放在视觉健康和疾病的背景下。 VSTP还建立了说明文写作的正式培训。NRSA F31或F32和K99/R00 为VSTP实验室的所有SEI学员提供独立授权撰写研讨会，以提供正式的 培训如何起草和提交一份有效的NIH研究提案。考虑到跨学科的性质 在视觉研究方面，VSTP的总体目标是将具有广泛专业知识的教师聚集在一起 (包括解剖学、生物化学、生物物理学、化学、分子生物学、生理学、药理学、细胞 生物学和发育生物学)提供跨学科的实验和概念培训，以 寻求发展视觉科学事业的博士后和博士后候选人。为增值税项目提供资金 将允许SEI继续其关键使命，即培养下一代一流的基础和临床 视觉科学家。

Project Summary/Abstract: The Vision Science Training Program (VSTP) has its home in the Stein Eye Institute (SEI), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, and has been continuously active for more than 40 years. During this period the VSTP has trained nearly 140 scientists, a large portion who have gone on to distinguished careers in vision science. The Program covers the training of both predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows, and takes place in the laboratories of 17 faculty mentors. These vision scientists possess expertise in a wide range of disciplines and hold academic appointments in 11 departments at UCLA. Applicants for predoctoral fellowships first enter UCLA through one of several graduate programs, and they complete the curriculum associated with that program. After a year of rotations, the predoctoral candidates join the laboratory of a VSTP mentor. Applicants for postdoctoral fellowships apply directly to the VSTP lab of interest. All trainees that are members of VSTP labs and of the ophthalmology community at large are invited to participate in the curricular offerings of this program. These offerings are collectively designed to provide experimental and conceptual training in vision science, as many of the trainees have no prior experience in vision science. All fellows are required to take Fundamentals of Vision Research, a quarter-long course organized and taught by VSTP members. Additionally, fellows are integral members of the scientific environment at SEI through attendance and participation in a number of events, including the weekly Vision Science Seminar (Distinguished Lecturer) Series, the Vision Science Journal Club, and the Annual Vision Science Retreat held in Lake Arrowhead. A more recent focus of the VSTP is the stronger integration of basic and clinical science. Several offerings will help bridge the gap between these two research focuses by facilitating interactions between the scientists and the clinicians, including the Annual UCLA Stein Eye Clinical and Research Seminar and Translational Grand Rounds. Such experiences will help trainees to place their research into the context of visual health and disease. The VSTP has also instituted formal training in expository writing. An NRSA F31 or F32, and K99/R00 Pathway to Independence grant writing workshop is offered to all SEI trainees in VSTP labs to provide formal training in how to craft and submit an effective NIH research proposal. Given the interdisciplinary nature of vision research, the overall goal of the VSTP is to bring together faculty with a wide range of expertise (including anatomy, biochemistry, biophysics, chemistry, molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, cell biology, and developmental biology) to provide interdisciplinary experimental and conceptual training to predoctoral and postdoctoral candidates seeking to develop careers in vision science. Funding of the VSTP will permit the SEI to carry on its critical mission of training the next generation of first-rate basic and clinical vision scientists.