Training Program in Neural Microcircuits

神经微电路培训计划

• 批准号: 7442246
• 负责人: JACK L FELDMAN
• 金额: $ 21.98万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7442246
• 关键词: Training Programs; relating to nervous system

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is for a new pre-doctoral and postdoctoral training program, entitled NEURAL MICROCIRCUIT Training Program. There are 18 faculty who have specialized expertise in different areas of the nervous system and they share a central interest in understanding the function of NEURAL MICROCIRCUITS. The training program requests funding for four high quality trainees, as judged by their academic records, letters of recommendation, personal interviews and research experience to train and conduct their doctoral or postdoctoral research in the area of NEURAL MICROCIRCUITS. Special efforts will be made to recruit underrepresented minority candidates to the training program. The overall goal of the NEURAL MICROCIRCUIT Training Program is to train a cadre of outstanding researchers who will have 1) an in-depth understanding of the theoretical principles that underlie the function of neural microcircuits in multiple systems and 2) extensive research training in modern experimental approaches to analyze NEURAL MICROCIRCUITS. This training program will thus prepare the trainees to conduct contemporary neuroscience research that bridges the gaps in understanding between synapses, single neurons, microcircuits and behavior. The program will enhance basic pre- and postdoctoral training with an advanced NEURAL MICROCIRCUIT graduate course, a biweekly journal club, a biweekly luncheon and an annual NEURAL MICROCIRCUIT symposium. We envision a vigorous training program where new techniques, findings, and ideas are freely exchanged among the faculty, postdoctoral fellows and pre-doctoral students to foster interaction and collaboration. An outstanding research environment and excellent facilities are available at UCLA for support of the program. The training faculty have vigorous research programs that are supported by significant extramural support from public and private agencies. Faculty laboratories are state-of-the-art. A broad range of common support facilities are available that offer assistance in molecular biology, cellular imaging, electron microscopy and functional genomics. This training program will provide advanced research training in NEURAL MICROCIRCUIT function, which is fundamental for an understanding of the function and behavior of the CNS and for the development of therapeutic strategies for the treatment of pathological changes in the CNS.

描述（由申请人提供）：此申请适用于新的博士后和博士后培训计划，标题为“神经微电路培训计划”。有18位教职员工在神经系统的不同领域具有专业知识，并且在理解神经微电路的功能方面具有核心兴趣。培训计划要求为四名高质量学员提供资金，根据他们的学术记录，推荐信，个人访谈和研究经验，以培训和进行神经微电路领域的博士或博士后研究。将要做出特别的努力，以招募代表性不足的少数民族候选人参加培训计划。神经微电路培训计划的总体目标是培训一群杰出的研究人员的干部，他们将对1）对理论原理进行深入了解，这些理论原理是多个系统中神经微电路功能的基础，而2）现代实验方法中广泛的研究培训，以分析神经微电路。因此，该培训计划将使受训者准备进行当代神经科学研究，从而弥合理解突触，单个神经元，微电路和行为之间的差距。该计划将通过先进的神经微电路研究生课程，每两周期刊俱乐部，每两周一次的午餐会和年度神经微电路研讨会来增强基本的前和博士后培训。我们设想了一项激烈的培训计划，在该计划中，新技术，发现和想法在教师，博士后研究员和博士后学生之间自由交流，以促进互动和协作。加州大学洛杉矶分校提供了出色的研究环境和出色的设施，以支持该计划。培训学院拥有有力的研究计划，这些研究得到了公共和私人机构的大量壁外支持的支持。教师实验室是最先进的。提供广泛的共同支持设施，可在分子生物学，细胞成像，电子显微镜和功能基因组学方面提供辅助。该培训计划将提供神经微电路功能的高级研究培训，这对于了解中枢神经系统的功能和行为以及制定治疗中枢神经系统病理变化的治疗策略的基础。