Training in Learning and Memory

学习和记忆训练

• 批准号: 10207150
• 负责人: Alison R Preston
• 金额: $ 26.14万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2026-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10207150
• 关键词: Learning; Memory; Training

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The Center for Learning and Memory (CLM) at the University of Texas at Austin brings together researchers whose goal is to identify the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory. The CLM has grown to include eighteen faculty since its inception in 2004. The highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the CLM faculty provide the key elements for an innovative and active training program in learning and memory. The CLM faculty represent a broad range of approaches to the mechanisms of learning and memory – from the molecules of neural signaling and synaptic plasticity to cellular and systems level studies to functional neuroimaging in humans. We will leverage the strengths of this collaborative faculty to provide structured training in rigorous research design and methodologies, state-of-the-art quantitative approaches, and professional development training activities to prepare graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to become innovative leaders in the field of learning and memory research. The proposed training will support four predoctoral and two postdoctoral trainees each year. Trainees are expected to be appointed to the training program for no more than 3 years before transitioning to individual grants and fellowships. The proposed training has four important components. First, we will provide our trainees with hands-on instruction in the implementation of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of learning and memory that cross levels of analysis. Second, we will provide extensive training in advanced statistical and computational neuroscience methods that are increasingly necessary to understanding the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory. Third, the proposed activities will provide our trainees with the ability to place their research in a biomedical context, with an emphasis on the role of learning and memory processes in disorders of mental health. Finally, the proposed activities and resources provide our trainees with many opportunities for career development, including the skills necessary to obtain a tenure track position (e.g., presentation and grant writing skills) as well as research-related careers outside of academia. These components will prepare our trainees to be the next generation of leading-edge researchers dedicated to understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of learning and memory and how they are impacted in disorders of mental health.

项目摘要/摘要 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的学习与记忆中心（CLM）汇集了研究人员 其目标是确定支持学习和记忆的神经机制。 自2004年成立以来包括18名教师。高度跨学科和协作性质 CLM的教师为学习和记忆提供了关键要素 CLM教师代表了学习和记忆机制的广泛方法 - 神经信号传导和突触塑料的分子对细胞和系统水平研究的功能 人类的神经影像学。 在严格的研究设计和方法中，最先进的定量方法和专业 开发培训活动为研究生和博士后培训做好准备，以成为创新的 学习和记忆研究领域的领导者。 预计每位培训者的博士后学员应任命为培训计划，不超过 在过渡到单个赠款和奖学金之前的3年。 首先，我们将为受训者提供实习生 学习和记忆的研究方法，即交叉分析的水平。 对高级统计和计算神经科学方法的培训也越来越多 了解支持学习和记忆的神经机制。 为学员提供在生物医学背景下进行研究的能力，重点是Rolee 心理健康疾病中的学习和记忆过程。 为我们的受训者提供许多护理职业发展的机会，包括获得必要的技能 任期轨道职位（例如，演讲和授予写作技巧）以及与研究相关的职业 学术界。 致力于理解学习和记忆的神经生物学机制，它们受到影响 心理健康疾病。