Pre-Doctoral Training in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience

跨学科神经科学博士前培训

• 批准号: 10441322
• 负责人: Nace L Golding
• 金额: $ 29.75万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10441322
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training; pre-doctoral

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT This proposal requests continued funding of an established Neuroscience Graduate Training Program in the Institute for Neuroscience (INS) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). This program is becoming a nationally-recognized center of excellence in neuroscience training with the creation of a new Department of Neuroscience, construction of the new Dell Medical School with Clay Johnston, a neuroscientist, as the inaugural Dean, and recruitment of outstanding Faculty. Faculty have appointments in Neuroscience, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacy, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Molecular Bioscience, and Integrative Biology, and resolutely participate in 8 prestigious centers that are part of the INS, including the Center for Learning and Memory, Center for Perceptual Systems, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Behavioral Neuroscience, Imaging Research Center, and Computational Visualization Center. The program has particular strengths in the neuroscience of perceptual systems, learning and memory, and addiction research, and Faculty provide excellent training across levels of inquiry from molecules to biochemistry, structure, physiology, behavior, neuroethology, and evolution with advanced computation and theory at all levels. This breadth provides graduate students with extensive options for training in cross-disciplinary research, and the training Faculty have substantial funding to foster their research. We propose predoctoral funding for 4 new trainees and 4 second-year trainees (totaling 8 per year). The training program requirements include: a Boot Camp, laboratory research rotations, seminar presentations, 2 principles of neuroscience courses, a science/ethics course detailing responsible scientific conduct, a course in experimental design and statistics, and 4 electives including a neuroscience of disease course. They also participate in at least 1 specialized journal club related to their project. Students join a research lab by the summer of year 1, and complete coursework and qualifying exams, including oral defense of a review paper at the beginning of year 2. Our recruitment strategies have become even more successful as reflected in the quality and diversity of the applicants. The broad interdisciplinary training uniquely prepares our trainees for research success in neuroscience, which is crucial for advancements in the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of brain diseases. Furthermore, the founding of the Dell Medical School on the UT-Austin campus will greatly facilitate our translational neuroscience research.

项目概要/摘要 该提案要求继续资助已建立的神经科学研究生培训计划 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 (UT-Austin) 神经科学研究所 (INS)。该计划正在成为 国家认可的神经科学培训卓越中心，并创建了一个新的系 神经科学，与神经科学家克莱·约翰斯顿（Clay Johnston）一起建造新的戴尔医学院 就任院长，并招聘优秀教师。教师在神经科学领域有任命， 神经病学、心理学、精神病学、药学、计算机科学、生物医学工程、机械 工程学、传播科学与疾病、分子生物科学和综合生物学，以及 坚决参加 INS 旗下 8 个享有盛誉的中心，包括学习中心和 记忆、感知系统中心、细胞和分子生物学研究所、瓦格纳中心 酒精与成瘾研究、戴尔儿科研究所、行为神经科学、影像学 研究中心和计算可视化中心。该计划在以下方面具有特殊优势 感知系统、学习和记忆以及成瘾研究的神经科学，以及教师提供 从分子到生物化学、结构、生理学、行为、 神经行为学和进化论，具有各个级别的先进计算和理论。这个宽度提供了 研究生有广泛的选择接受跨学科研究的培训，以及培训教师 有大量资金来促进他们的研究。我们提议为 4 名新学员和 4 名博士生提供博士前资助 第二年学员（每年总计8名）。培训计划要求包括：训练营、实验室 研究轮转、研讨会演讲、2 门神经科学原理课程、一门科学/伦理课程 详细介绍负责任的科学行为、实验设计和统计学课程以及 4 门选修课 包括疾病神经科学课程。他们还参加至少 1 个相关的专业期刊俱乐部 到他们的项目。学生在第一年夏天加入研究实验室，并完成课程作业和资格认证 考试，包括第二年年初复习论文的口头答辩。我们的招聘策略有 申请人的质量和多样性反映了他们变得更加成功。广义的 跨学科培训为我们的学员在神经科学领域取得成功做好了独特的准备，这一点至关重要 表彰其在脑部疾病的病因学、病理生理学和治疗方面取得的进展。此外，创立 位于德州大学奥斯汀校区的戴尔医学院将极大地促进我们的转化神经科学 研究。