Neural Systems and Behavior

神经系统和行为

• 批准号: 8875054
• 负责人: Rae Nishi
• 金额: $ 21.32万
• 依托单位: MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-07-01 至 2019-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8875054
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Breakthroughs in our understanding of how the brain generates simple and complex behavior and how it malfunctions in neurological disease and pyschopathology require researchers who have a strong foundation in neuroscience and a deep understanding of the evolutionary contingencies of human neurobiology and behavior. The MBL Neural Systems and Behavior (NS&B) course has been, and continues to be, the premier course for this kind of interdisciplinary training in multi-level analysis of brain-behavior relationships. NS&B is an intensive, eight-week summer course that combines lectures, laboratory exercises, and student-directed research in a unique learning environment. The 20 course students typically come from diverse disciplines including neuroscience, animal behavior, psychology, mathematics, computer science, physics, and engineering. They range in their prior training from first year Ph.D. students to the occasional faculty member who is changing fields. The rigorous lectures by some of the best teachers and researchers in the field provide a solid foundation for understanding a wide range of subjects, from the basics of molecular genetics and neurogenomics to electrophysiology and signal processing, and even cognition. Internationally recognized visiting scholars provide further exposure to the most recent breakthroughs in the study of the neural basis of behavior and cognition. During the next funding period, NS&B will place particular emphasis on recruiting excellent basic and translational scientist scholars whose research is informing advances in understanding the neurobiology of mental illness as well as increasing the integration of molecular and imaging approaches into the course exercises and research tools. Evening discussions about science, ethics, and career development constitute integral parts of the course. The laboratory exercises (modules) constitute the core of the course and occupy the majority of the students' time, providing the students with hands-on experience using state of the art equipment addressing cutting-edge problems. The course is divided into four two-week cycles with different laboratory modules and sets of faculty, each building upon the prior experiences of the course. The modules exemplify, highlight and encourage investigations at multiple levels of biological organization. To maximize learning of research concepts and techniques, the course uses a wide array of organisms and preparations to teach techniques and address questions relevant to behavior, the functioning of neural systems, and neural disease. By the end of each two-week cycle, the students have not only mastered complex techniques, they also have collected and analyzed data from a research project that they conceived and designed. The creativity and diversity of these projects are a singular feature of the NS&B course and have never been replicated in any other educational setting. Students find NS&B to be a life-changing event, not only because it is intellectually challenging and provides hands on training in a wide range of experimental systems, but also because of the uniquely supportive environment and the extensive networking opportunities.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们对大脑如何产生简单和复杂的行为的理解以及神经系统疾病和皮肤病理学中的故障如何要求研究人员在神经科学方面具有牢固的基础，并对人类神经生物学和行为的进化合故有深刻的理解。 MBL神经系统和行为（NS＆B）课程已经并且继续是对脑行为关系多层次分析的这种跨学科培训的主要课程。 NS＆B是一个密集的八周夏季课程，在独特的学习环境中结合了讲座，实验室练习和学生指导的研究。这20个课程的学生通常来自不同学科，包括神经科学，动物行为，心理学，数学，计算机科学，物理和工程。他们从一年级博士学位开始训练。偶尔会改变领域的教师的学生。该领域的一些最好的教师和研究人员的严格讲座为理解广泛的受试者提供了坚实的基础，从分子遗传学和神经基因组学的基础知识到电生理学和信号处理，甚至是认知。国际认可的访问学者在研究行为和认知基础的研究中为最新的突破提供了进一步的暴露。在下一个资金期间，NS＆B将特别着重于招募出色的基础和转化科学家学者，他们的研究正在为理解精神疾病神经生物学的进步提供信息，并将分子和成像方法的整合到课程练习和研究工具中。关于科学，道德和职业发展的晚间讨论构成了课程中不可或缺的一部分。实验室练习（模块）构成了课程的核心，并占据了大多数学生的时间，为学生提供了使用最先进的设备解决尖端问题的动手经验。该课程分为四个为期两周的周期，其中包括不同的实验室模块和一组教师，每个都基于课程的先前经验。这些模块在生物组织的多个层面上进行了体现，强调和鼓励调查。为了最大程度地学习研究概念和技术，该课程使用各种各样的生物和准备工作来教授技术并解决与行为，神经系统的功能和神经疾病有关的问题。到每个为期两周的周期结束时，学生不仅掌握了复杂技术，还从他们想到和设计的研究项目中收集和分析了数据。这些项目的创造力和多样性是NS＆B课程的单一特征，在任何其他教育环境中从未得到过复制。学生认为NS＆B是一项改变生活的活动，这不仅是因为它在智力上具有挑战性，并在广泛的实验系统中提供了培训，而且还因为具有独特的支持环境和广泛的网络机会。