Training in Learning and Memory

学习和记忆训练

• 批准号: 9303453
• 负责人: MICHAEL D MAUK
• 金额: $ 19.84万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-07-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9303453
• 关键词: Learning; Memory; Training

 DESCRIPTION: The Center for Learning and Memory (CLM) at the University of Texas at Austin is an organized research unit that brings together researchers whose goal is to identify the neural mechanisms of learning and memory. The CLM has grown to include fifteen faculty, all hired since its inception in 2005. Given this growth, the highly interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the CLM faculty, and the major University commitment to this research field, we believe all key elements are in place to implement an innovative and active training program in learning and memory. The CLM faculty represent a broad range of approaches to the mechanisms of learning and memory - from the molecules of neural information processing and synaptic plasticity to cellular and systems level studies to functional neuroimaging in humans. We will leverage the strengths of this collaborative faculty along with innovative and comprehensive training activities to implement a program that prepares graduate students and postdoctoral trainees to become innovative leaders in the future of learning and memory research. The proposed training has four important components. First, we will provide our trainees with hands-on instruction in the implementation of interdisciplinary approaches to the study of learning and memory that cross levels of analysis. Second, we will provide extensive training in computational neuroscience methods that are increasingly necessary to understanding the neural mechanisms that support learning and memory. Third, the proposed activities will provide our trainees with the ability to place their research in a biomedical contet, with a particular emphasis on the role of learning and memory processes in disorders of mental health. Finally, the proposed activities and resources provide our trainees with many opportunities for career development including the skills necessary to obtain a tenure track position (e.g., presentation and grant writing skills) as well as exposure to research-related careers outside of academia. These components will prepare our trainees to be the next generation of leading edge researchers dedicated to uncovering the neural mechanisms that support our ability to acquire new information and remember past experiences.

 描述：德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校的学习与记忆中心（CLM）是一个有组织的研究部门，将研究人员汇集在一起​​，其目标是确定学习和记忆的神经机制。 CLM已成长为包括15位教职员工，自2005年成立以来就被雇用。鉴于这种增长，CLM教职员工的高度跨学科和协作性质，以及对该研究领域的主要大学承诺，我们相信所有关键要素都是为了实施学习和记忆力的创新和积极培训计划。 CLM教师代表了学习和记忆机制的广泛方法 - 从神经学处理和突触可塑性的分子到细胞和系统级别的研究到人类的功能神经影像学。我们将利用这一合作教师的优势以及创新和全面的培训活动来实施一项计划，使研究生和博士后学员为学习和记忆研究的未来成为创新的领导者。拟议的培训有四个重要组成部分。首先，我们将向受训者提供实践指示，以实施跨学科方法，以进行学习和记忆的研究。其次，我们将提供有关计算神经科学方法的广泛培训，这些培训越来越多地了解支持学习和记忆的神经机制。第三，拟议的活动将使我们的受训者能够将研究置于生物医学孔特（Cortet）中，并特别着重于学习和记忆过程在心理健康疾病中的作用。最后，拟议的活动和资源为学员提供了许多职业发展的机会，包括获得任期轨道职位所需的技能（例如，演讲和授予写作技巧），以及在学术界以外的与研究相关的职业的接触。这些组成部分将使我们的学员成为下一代领先的研究人员，致力于揭示支持我们获得新信息并记住过去经验能力的神经机制。