Neurobiology Training Program

神经生物学培训计划

• 批准号: 10189719
• 负责人: Richard D Mooney
• 金额: $ 29.55万
• 依托单位: DUKE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-07-15 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10189719
• 关键词: Neurobiology; Training Programs

Abstract This application seeks support for early stage training of doctoral students in the neurosciences at Duke University. The goal of this comprehensive, broad-based, interdisciplinary Neurobiology Training Program (NBTP) is to train top-level neurobiologists for research-oriented positions in academia, industry, and related arenas. The application seeks funding for 6 predoctoral trainees each year, typically 3 in their first year and 3 in their second year. Richard Mooney, PhD directs the program in concert with the NBTP Steering Committee comprising select faculty and students. Preceptors are drawn from many departments across the School of Medicine, the School of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences and represent a broad diversity of fields including molecular, cellular, circuits, systems, computational, translational and cognitive neuroscience. Preceptors include scientists with long and distinguished records of achievement as well as recently recruited, talented young faculty. A large applicant pool - approaching close to 200 candidates per year - permits recruitment of a talented, diverse class of ~7 new students each fall. Close to half of the matriculants will be supported in their first two years by the Duke Graduate School, which enables the program to pull from international as well as domestic pools. Students undergo extensive training including demanding coursework addressing the depth and breadth of fundamental and translational neuroscience, including experimental design, technical implementation, data analysis, and interpretation. Required course work emphasizes molecular and cellular neuroscience; circuits and systems neuroscience; the neurobiology of disease; quantitative, statistical and computational neuroscience methods; scientific writing; written and oral presentation; teaching and career development. Their thesis committees and the Program Steering Committee carefully monitor students' progress throughout the entire period of graduate training. Students in our program are expected to obtain their doctoral degree within 5 to 6 years and to publish original research articles stemming from their doctoral studies. Upon completion of postdoctoral fellowships and clinical training (where applicable), we expect that our graduates will secure tenure-track faculty positions in research institutions, obtain neuroscience-related jobs in industry, use their neuroscience training to practice medicine, and teach and train the next generation of neuroscientists at the graduate and undergraduate levels. The Training Program makes extensive efforts to recruit and retain students from underrepresented groups. The goal of the program is to train a new and diverse generation of scientists equipped with the knowledge, imagination and insight needed to cross disciplinary boundaries in search of a new and deeper understanding of the basis of nervous system function in health and disease.

抽象的 该应用程序寻求支持杜克大学神经科学中博士生的早期培训 大学。这个全面，基于广泛的跨学科神经生物学培训计划的目标 （NBTP）将培训顶级神经生物学家，以在学术界，工业及相关的研究中以研究为导向的职位 竞技场。该申请每年寻求6位前学员的资金，通常在第一年，3个 他们的第二年。理查德·穆尼（Richard Mooney）博士与NBTP指导委员会共同指示该计划 包括精选的教职员工。受体来自学校的许多部门 医学，工程学院和艺术与科学学院，代表了广泛的多样性 包括分子，细胞，电路，系统，计算，翻译和认知神经科学在内的领域。 主持人包括具有长期和杰出成就记录的科学家以及最近招募的科学家， 才华横溢的年轻教师。一个大型申请人游泳池 - 每年接近200名候选人 - 许可证 招募一个有才华的，多样化的班级，造成〜7个新学生。接近一半的母亲将 在杜克大学研究生院的头两年中，他们能够从 国际和国内游泳池。学生接受广泛的培训，包括苛刻的课程 解决基本和转化神经科学的深度和广度，包括实验设计， 技术实施，数据分析和解释。必需的课程工作强调分子和 细胞神经科学；电路和系统神经科学；疾病的神经生物学；定量，统计 和计算神经科学方法；科学写作；书面和口头表现；教学和职业 发展。他们的论文委员会和计划指导委员会仔细监视学生的进度 在整个研究生培训期间。期望我们计划中的学生获得博士学位 学位在5到6年内，并发表来自博士研究的原始研究文章。之上 完成博士后奖学金和临床培训（如果适用），我们希望我们的毕业生将 确保研究机构中的终身教师职位，在行业中获得与神经科学相关的工作，使用 他们的神经科学训练以练习医学，并在 毕业生和本科水平。培训计划竭尽全力招募和保留 来自代表性不足的团体的学生。该计划的目的是培训新一代 具有跨学科边界所需的知识，想象力和见识的科学家 搜索对健康和疾病中神经系统功能的基础的新的更深入的理解。