Research Training Program in the Vision Sciences

描述：（申请人摘要）设计了一个综合方案 旨在培养广泛领域的博士前和博士后科学家 视觉科学。培训计划将由26个NEI资助的 视觉科学家研究几乎所有方面的眼睛功能和病理。 博士前学员将参加课程，提供详细的信息， 视觉系统的神经生物学或各方面的综合课程 眼睛的发育、生理和病理学的研究。博士后研究生 也将被鼓励参加这些课程。博士前和博士后研究生 将大力鼓励参加研讨会的丰富环境， 高级课程，荣誉讲座，期刊俱乐部和务虚会提供的 华盛顿大学生物学和生物医学科学系。许多 这些机会涉及基础和临床的参与， 科学家，保证受训者将了解起源和 治疗人类眼部疾病。培训计划将支持两个 在华盛顿大学的第一年博士后实习生。这将 让他们有足够时间申请个别研究训练补助金 支持.在最初的两年里，培训计划将支持四个 博士预科生，第三年增加到5人，第四年增加到6人。 最近两年这将确保足够数量的视觉科学 将提供受训人员以丰富培训环境。学院 培训计划的成员目前有29名博士预科生和37名 博士后在他们的实验室。这表明了 的教师培训，并说明了大规模的游泳池， 培训补助金将从中抽取的申请人。这个项目的总体目标是 该计划旨在确定最有前途的科学家，并为他们提供 训练环境，最大限度地提高他们成为 对理解和治疗人类眼 疾病

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) A comprehensive program has been designed with the purpose of training pre-and postdoctoral scientists in the broad area of vision science. The training program will be delivered by 26 NEI-funded vision scientists studying nearly all aspects of ocular function and pathology. Predoctoral trainees will take courses that provide detailed information about the neurobiology of the visual system or a comprehensive course in all aspects of the development, physiology and pathology of the eye. Postdoctoral trainees will also be encouraged to attend these courses. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees will be strongly encouraged to participate in the rich environment of seminars, advanced courses, honorary lectures, journal clubs, and retreats offered in the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University. Many of these opportunities involve the participation of both basic and clinical scientists, assuring that trainees will learn about both the origins and treatment of human ocular diseases. The training program will support two postdoctoral trainees for their first year at Washington University. This will provide adequate time for them to apply for individual research training grant support. In the first two years the training program will support four predoctoral trainees, increasing to five in the third year and six in each of the last two years. This will assure that an adequate number of vision science trainees will be available to enrich the training environment. The faculty members in the training program currently have 29 predoctoral and 37 postdoctoral trainees in their laboratories. This demonstrates the commitment of the faculty to training and illustrates the large size of the pool of applicants from which the training grant will draw. The overall goal of this program is to identify the most promising scientists and to provide them with a training environment that maximizes the probability that they will become productive contributors to the understanding and treatment of human ocular diseases.