CSHL Vision: A Platform for Linking Circuits, Perception and Behavior Course

项目摘要 拟议课程的主要目标是提供一个深入和现代的辅导， 视觉系统的组织、结构和功能。在过去的三次迭代中， 当然，新的焦点已经放在视觉系统的疾病和发展， 和实施新的技术和方法来研究的结构和功能， 视觉系统--无论是在细胞层面还是系统层面。课程形式不断发展 经过超过25年的努力，我们的目标是提供最全面、最有效的视觉培训。 科学，并鼓励学生发展自己的思维框架 关于视觉。每天都按主题进行组织（例如，彩色视觉、运动检测 在整个视觉系统），其中两位世界知名的专家为学生提供：1） 包括历史观点在内的子领域的全面概述; 2）描述 目前对该子领域进展的理解，关键问题和使用的新方法; 3） 前沿的介绍，往往未发表的，在子领域的研究;和4）充分 与教师互动的机会，分享想法，并收到学生的反馈 自己的研究。教师的选择是基于他们的长期和/或特别 对外地的重大贡献。每个讲师都提供深入的专业知识，在一个特定的 一个与其他区域互补的区域，讲师按沿着主题或主题“聚集” 超过1-2天的跨度，以鼓励彻底覆盖一个子领域，争议和所有。 教学能力和与学生互动的意愿也是一个认真的考虑因素， 邀请导师。学员（约22-25岁）由课程主任从一个大的人才库中挑选 的申请人。这门课程为已经在视觉领域的科学家提供了一个不寻常的机会 科学，以加深他们的知识和制定计划，为他们的工作和那些新的 系统，以加快对历史，模型和现代技术和理解， 视觉科学该课程的学生获得了上述知识的无与伦比的基础， 远远超出了研究生院的课程但也许更重要的是， 在他们未来的职业生涯中，学生们定义了他们研究视觉系统的框架，通常 根据他们的课程经验，开始新的调查和/或合作路线。 愿景课程成功的证据在于， 建立自己的独立实验室。该课程一直以来，并将继续 努力吸收不同群体的参与者，特别注意 包括妇女，美国少数民族和国内和国际学生的良好平衡 和导师。

PROJECT SUMMARY The primary objective of the proposed course is to provide an in-depth and modern tutorial on the organization, structure, and function of the visual system. In the past three iterations of the course, renewed focus has been placed on diseases of the visual system and the development and implementation of novel techniques and approaches to study the structure and function of the visual system – both on a cellular and systems level. The course format continues to evolve after >25 years in order to deliver the most comprehensive and impactful training in vision science to the students and to encourage students to develop their own framework for thinking about vision. Days are organized into thematic topics (e.g. color vision, motion detection throughout the visual system) in which two world-renowned experts provide the students: 1) a comprehensive overview of the subfield including historical perspective; 2) descriptions of current understanding of progress in the subfield, critical issues, and novel methods in use; 3) presentations of cutting edge, often unpublished, research within the subfield; and 4) ample opportunities for interaction with instructors to share ideas and receive feedback on students' own research. Instructors are chosen on the basis of their longstanding and/or particularly significant contributions to the field. Each instructor provides in-depth expertise in a specific area that complements the others and the instructors are “clustered” along themes or topics over 1-2 day spans to encourage thorough coverage of a subfield, controversies and all. Teaching ability and willingness to interact with students is also a serious consideration when inviting instructors. The trainees (~22-25) are chosen by the course directors from a large pool of applicants. This course provides an unusual opportunity for scientists already in vision science to deepen their knowledge and formulate plans for their work and for those new to the system to get up to speed on the history, models, and modern techniques and understanding in vision science. Students of the course gain an unparalleled foundation of knowledge above and beyond anything offered in a typical graduate school course. But perhaps more importantly for their future careers, students define their framework for studying the visual system, often embarking on new lines of inquiry and/or collaborations following their course experience. Evidence for success of the Vision Course lies in the large percentage of students who go on to run their own independent laboratories. The course has consistently made, and will continue to make, efforts to include a diverse group of participants, being particularly mindful of the inclusion of women, US minorities and a good balance of national and international students and instructors.