VISION RESEARCH CORE GRANT

愿景研究核心资助

• 批准号: 2870335
• 负责人: LEO M CHALUPA
• 金额: $ 35.55万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-01 至 2004-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2870335
• 关键词: biomedical facility; retinal bipolar neuron; visual cortex

This is a new application for NEI Core grant support from the visual scientists at UC Davis. Due to the recent expansion in neuroscience, there has been an influx of visual scientists on this campus, with a concomitant expansion in space and equipment related to visual research. Moreover, there are firm plans for a second major phase of expansion in the biological sciences. This provides another opportunity to hire additional faculty in vision research. Thus, this Core grant will serve two broad purposes. First, it will provide much needed support for the faculty currently engaged in vision and visually-related research. Second, there is good reason to believe that the Core grant would greatly increase the probability that among the faculty to be hired at UC Davis over the next five years, a significant number would be in the visual sciences. The Core is comprised of three modules designed to reflect the three major themes of research on this campus. The research themes and the corresponding modules are as follows: (i) Functional organization of the visual cortex to be supported by the Multi-Neuronal Recordings Module housed in the Center for Neuroscience; (ii) Functional organization of the retina supported by a Retinal Cell Culture Facility Module, housed in the Life Sciences Addition building; and (iii) Cellular and molecular organization of the retina supported by a Microscopic Anatomy Module, housed in the Medical Sciences Building. There is excellent space for each module, in new or recently renovated buildings on campus. Institutional support has also been provided to purchase major items of equipment available to members of the Core. An additional pledge of more than 100,000 dollars has been made by campus administrators, contingent on the funding of this application. The most pressing need of the visual scientists at UC Davis is for skilled research associates to staff each of the proposed modules, and this is the major item in the proposed budget. The funding of this application would serve to ensure that quality service is provided by these essential staff research associates. Thus, the three modules will provide a major benefit to the vision researchers at UC Davis, one which cannot be attained by any other means. The Core will would also increase collaboration among the visual scientists at UC Davis and encourage new and innovative approaches to our current and future research efforts.

这是加州大学戴维斯分校视觉科学家的NEI核心赠款支持的新应用。 由于最近在神经科学方面的扩展，该校园中有大量的视觉科学家涌入，随之而来的是与视觉研究有关的空间和设备的扩展。 此外，还计划了生物科学的第二个主要扩张阶段的计划。 这为聘请视力研究的其他教师提供了另一个机会。 因此，该核心赠款将达到两个广泛的目的。首先，它将为目前从事愿景和视觉相关研究的教师提供急需的支持。其次，有充分的理由相信，核心赠款将大大增加在未来五年内被加州大学戴维斯分校雇用的教师中的可能性，视觉科学将有很大一部分。核心由三个模块组成，旨在反映该校园的三个主要研究主题。 研究主题和相应的模块如下：（i）视觉皮层的功能组织将由神经科学中心中的多神经记录模块支持； （ii）视网膜细胞培养设施模块支持的视网膜功能组织，该设施位于生命科学添加建筑中； （iii）视网膜的细胞和分子组织，由医学科学大楼中的微观解剖模块支撑。 在校园的新建或最近翻新的建筑物中，每个模块都有很大的空间。 还提供了机构支持，以购买核心成员可用的主要设备。 校园管理员已经做出了超过100,000美元的额外承诺，取决于该申请的资金。 加州大学戴维斯分校的视觉科学家最紧迫的需求是熟练的研究协会对每个提议的模块的工作人员，这是拟议预算中的主要项目。 该申请的资金将有助于确保这些基本员工研究伙伴提供优质的服务。 因此，这三个模块将为加州大学戴维斯分校的远见研究人员带来重大好处，该模块无法通过任何其他方式获得。 核心还将增加加州大学戴维斯分校的视觉科学家之间的合作，并鼓励我们当前和未来的研究工作的新的和创新的方法。