TRAINING PROGRAM IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

描述：(申请人摘要) 此申请是为了续订加州大学洛杉矶分校的分子和 细胞神经生物学奖(MCN)，首次获奖于1995年。此提交更新了 包括加州大学洛杉矶分校新的人类遗传学系的教师参加的MCN计划 通过描述加州大学洛杉矶分校在实验室方面的大量新投资， 设备和人员。申请包括六个人的申请 每一年的博士前奖学金。MCN计划提供 分子生物学、细胞生物学和遗传学方面的培训 通过四年级神经科学博士后的学习。这种培训针对的是 需要培养一支能够帮助开发下一代技术的研究队伍 脑部和中枢神经系统疾病的治疗和预防方法的产生 神经系统。MCN项目已经证明了这一点的可行性 培训目标，并对加州大学洛杉矶分校的神经科学产生了显著影响。这个 申请该项目的学生数量和质量不断上升 在过去几年里。自最初提交以来，17名新教职员工 参与了细胞和分子神经科学，而MCN计划扮演着 在帮助初级教员建立自己的研究计划方面发挥关键作用 并与资深教职员工建立关系。MCN负责一场戏剧性的 跨学科和跨学科的教员协作数量增加 在为这些努力提供资金支持的总体水平上。MCN实习生 将与这些教员一起在新建的最先进的建筑中工作 实验室设施。加州大学洛杉矶分校脑研究所负责管理MCN 以及跨部门神经科学博士计划(IDP) MCN实习生在那里攻读博士学位。IdP是一个成熟的计划，它将 加州大学洛杉矶分校所有生命科学项目中质量最高的学生。教员 来自18个学术部门参加IDP和学生：采取共同 支持千年发展目标的核心课程。MCN计划将 继续由埃莉诺·莱斯利主席艾伦·托宾博士执导 在神经科学方面，并在年内维持神经科的预约 医学院和美国大学生理科学系 文学与科学学院。许多MCN教职员工都有联合任命， 强调该计划的“板凳到旁边”的理念。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's abstract) This application is for renewal of the UCLA Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology (MCN), first awarded in 1995. This submission updates the MCN program by including faculty from UCLA's new Department of Human Genetics and by describing the substantial new investment UCLA has made in laboratories, equipment, and personnel. The application includes a request for six predoctoral fellowships for each year of the grant. The MCN program provides training in molecular biology, cellular biology, and genetics for second through fourth year predoctoral neuroscience students. Such training addresses the need to develop a cadre of researchers who can help develop the next generation of therapies and prophylaxes for diseases of the brain and central nervous system. The MCN program has demonstrated the feasibility of this training goal and has had a remarkable impact on neuroscience at UCLA. The number and quality of student applicants to the program has risen constantly over the last years. Since the original submission, 17 new faculty members are involved in cellular and molecular neuroscience and the MCN program plays a critical role in helping junior faculty establish their own research programs and build relationships with senior faculty. MCN is responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of faculty collaborations across disciplinary lines and in the overall level of funded research support for these efforts. MCN trainees will work with these faculty members in newly constructed state-of-the art laboratory facilities. The UCLA Brain Research Institute administers the MCN program as well as the Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program for Neuroscience (IDP) where MCN trainees seek PhDs. The IDP is a well-established program that draws the highest quality students among all the UCLA life science programs. Faculty from 18 academic departments participate in the IDP and students: take a common core curriculum that supports the goals of the MCN. The MCN program will continue to be directed by Dr. Allan Tobin, who holds the Eleanor Leslie Chair in Neuroscience and maintains appointments in the Neurology Department within the School of Medicine and in the Physiological Science Department in the College of Letters and Science. Numerous MCN faculty have joint appointments, underscoring the "bench to beside" philosophy of the program.