ACTIVITY #3 - ENHANCEMENT OF NEUROGENETICS RESEARCH AT THE INST OF NEUROBIOLOGY

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• 批准号: 8357162
• 负责人: JOSHUA J.C. ROSENTHAL
• 金额: $ 20.21万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2012-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8357162
• 关键词: Area; Collaborations; Communication; Core Facility; Development; Environment; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Grant; Head; Housing; Institutes; Internet; Investigation; Link; Medical; Molecular; Molecular Biology; Molecular Neurobiology; National Center for Research Resources; Neurobiology; Neurosciences; Neurosciences Research; Participant; Principal Investigator; Process; Puerto Rico; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Institute; Research Personnel; Research Training; Resources; Science; Scientist; Source; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; cost; health disparity; improved; instrumentation; meetings; neurogenetics; operation; public health research

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. A major long-term objective of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus is to expand and improve the environment for molecular neuroscience. To help meet that goal, this project will establish a Neurogenetics Core Facility at the Institute of Neurobiology (Specific Aim 1). This facility will be used to enhance the research capabilities of the present faculty and will serve as a resource for the further development of the Institute. A key feature of this aim will be to recruit a neurogeneticist to head the facility. Funds will be used to remodel lab space, obtain major instrumentation, support collaborations in the areas of neurogenetics or neurogenomics, and for the recruitment process. They will also be used to develop collaborative research teams between the Institute of Neurobiology and outside researchers. The operation of the Molecular Neurobiology Core Facility, established under the last RCMI initiative, will also be continued (Specific Aim 2). This facility is adjacent to the space that is being proposed to house the Neurogenetics Core. It has been used extensively by the participants in this proposal and is considered a vital asset for their research. All molecular biology at the Institute centers on this facility, and it is anticipated that it will also be an essential resource for investigation in neurogenetics. In addition, improvements will be made in communications between the Institute and research groups outside of Puerto Rico (Specific Aim 3). This will be accomplished by improving the internet connections, video conferencing capabilities and by implementing a mechanism to support collaborations with outside scientists. Taken together, these changes will add powerful new research and training capabilities to the Institute of Neurobiology, as well as enhance existing capabilities. They will also help create better links between current research and public health. These changes are required to meet the challenges of an evolving environment for Neuroscience research.

该子项目是利用资源的众多研究子项目之一 由 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 并且子项目的首席研究员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其他 NIH 来源。 子项目可能列出的总成本 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， NCRR 赠款不直接向子项目或子项目工作人员提供资金。 波多黎各大学医学科学校区的一个主要长期目标是扩大和改善分子神经科学的环境。 为了帮助实现这一目标，该项目将在神经生物学研究所建立一个神经遗传学核心设施（具体目标 1）。该设施将用于增强现有教师的研究能力，并将作为研究所进一步发展的资源。这一目标的一个关键特征是招募一名神经遗传学家来领导该设施。资金将用于改造实验室空间、获取主要仪器、支持神经遗传学或神经基因组学领域的合作以及招聘过程。它们还将用于发展神经生物学研究所和外部研究人员之间的合作研究团队。 根据上次 RCMI 倡议建立的分子神经生物学核心设施也将继续运行（具体目标 2）。 该设施毗邻拟议容纳神经遗传学核心的空间。 它已被该提案的参与者广泛使用，并被认为是他们研究的重要资产。 该研究所的所有分子生物学都以该设施为中心，预计它也将成为神经遗传学研究的重要资源。 此外，还将改善研究所与波多黎各以外的研究小组之间的沟通（具体目标 3）。这将通过改善互联网连接、视频会议能力以及实施支持与外部科学家合作的机制来实现。总而言之，这些变化将为神经生物学研究所增添强大的新研究和培训能力，并增强现有能力。 它们还将有助于在当前研究和公共卫生之间建立更好的联系。这些变化是应对不断变化的神经科学研究环境的挑战所必需的。