Vision Research Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：密歇根大学视觉研究培训计划（VRTP）旨在招募和培养将成为视觉研究领导者的学生。所有受训者在导师的实验室接受全面的研究培训。此外，通过一系列有组织的讲座、广泛的研讨会、众多的期刊俱乐部和与学术眼科医生的有计划的互动，VRTP提供了一个环境，帮助学生在视觉科学方面打下坚实的基础。培训学院由13人组成，每个人都专注于视觉系统，并得到NEI的支持。培训学院的成员分布在大学的六个基础科学系（生物化学、细胞与发育生物学、流行病学、人类遗传学、分子、细胞与发育生物学、分子与综合生理学）、两个学位授予培训项目（神经科学项目、细胞与分子生物学）和三个学院（医学、公共卫生、文学、科学与艺术）。通常情况下，博士生在研究生院第二年后开始他们的论文研究时加入VRTP。博士后研究员将获得一年的资助，并在未来几年申请独立资助时获得指导。为了使VRTP能够延续密歇根大学培养科学家研究视觉系统的生物学、遗传学和生理学的悠久传统，并将重点放在眼科疾病上，VRTP需要继续为4名博士预科生和2名博士后受训者提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Vision Research Training Program (VRTP) of the University of Michigan is designed to recruit and train students who will become leaders in vision research. All trainees receive comprehensive research training in their mentor's laboratory. In addition, through a structured series of lectures, a wide-range of seminars, numerous journal clubs and planned interactions with academic ophthalmologists, the VRTP provides an environment to help students obtain a strong foundation in the visual sciences. The Training Faculty consists of 13 individuals each of whom focuses on the visual system and is supported by the NEI. Members of the Training Faculty are distributed across six basic science departments (Biological Chemistry; Cell & Developmental Biology; Epidemiology; Human Genetics; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; Molecular & Integrative Physiology), two degree-granting training programs (Neuroscience Program; Cell and Molecular Biology) and three schools (Medicine; Public Health; Literature, Science & Arts) of the University. Typically, predoctoral students join the VRTP when they commence their thesis research after the second year of graduate school. Postdoctoral fellows are supported for one year while they receive guidance in applying for independent support for future years. Continued support for 4 predoctoral and 2 postdoctoral trainees is requested in order for the VRTP to continue the long tradition that the University of Michigan has in training scientists to study the biology, genetics and physiology of the visual system with an emphasis on ophthalmic diseases.