Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Program in Neuroscience

神经科学跨学科博士前项目

• 批准号: 8134686
• 负责人: Karen N Gale
• 金额: $ 2.92万
• 依托单位: GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-15 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8134686
• 关键词: Neurosciences; pre-doctoral; programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Interdisciplinary Program in Neurosciences (IPN) at Georgetown University is a broad-based, transdisciplinary, non-departmental program leading to a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. The program, established in 1994, trains students in the scholarly pursuit of research in integrative neuroscience, from the cell to the intact behaving organism. The 32 core training faculty and 17 supporting faculty are drawn from 12 clinical and basic science departments on the Main Campus and Medical Center; they span a breadth of inquiry, ranging from neurotransmitter receptors and signal transduction, to behavior and human disease. Areas of research strengths include 1) neural injury, degeneration, and plasticity; 2) synaptic modulation and signal transduction; 4) neural substrates of autism, epilepsy, and addiction; and 5) telencephalic neural networks subserving sensory processing, memory and language. Students gain training in a range of approaches, including molecular, genetic, neurophysiological, cognitive testing, and imaging techniques. Training Grant funds support prethesis training (8 slots during the first 2 years); research grants and individual fellowships support thesis research. The program enrolls 40-50 thesis and prethesis students. Aggressive recruitment of underrepresented racial and ethnic applicants continues to be a top priority. The training environment fosters interactive, pandisciplinary research of both faculty and trainees. Over 40% of the core training faculty are in close proximity in the Research Building, with state-of-the-art core facilities and custom designed laboratory and office space. Faculty are highly collaborative; students are encouraged to seek co-mentorship between faculty with interfacing interests and complementary approaches. All core training faculty have research grant support and fully equipped facilities for training pre-and postdoctoral students. The recent recruitment of several neuroscience faculty into the Department of Pharmacology, and the growth of the Department of Neuroscience, has expanded the equipment, facilities and faculty expertise available to the training program. The training program includes broad-based didactic coursework, as well as rotations in laboratories of the training faculty. The trainees participate in a seminar series, national professional meetings, journal clubs, intensive laboratory research, and training in several essential professional skills (writing and reviewing manuscripts, grantsmanship, mentorship, teaching, conflict resolution, career choices, oral presentations) and their ethical dimensions. Opportunities for gaining practical teaching experience at the undergraduate and secondary school levels are abundant and encouraged.

描述（由申请人提供）：乔治敦大学神经科学的跨学科计划（IPN）是一项基于广泛的，跨学科的非部门计划，导致博士学位。在神经科学中。该计划成立于1994年，培训学生从细胞到完整的有机体进行综合神经科学研究的学术追求。 32位核心培训教师和17位支持教师来自主校园和医疗中心的12个临床和基础科学部门；它们跨越了询问的广度，从神经递质受体和信号转导到行为和人类疾病。研究优势领域包括1）神经损伤，变性和可塑性； 2）突触调制和信号转导； 4）自闭症，癫痫和成瘾的神经底物； 5）端脑神经网络可扩散感觉处理，记忆和语言。学生在各种方法中获得培训，包括分子，遗传，神经生理学，认知测试和成像技术。培训赠款资金支持prethesis培训（在最初两年内8个插槽）；研究补助金和个人奖学金支持论文研究。该计划招募了40-50个论文和prethesis学生。积极招募代表性不足的种族和种族申请人仍然是重中之重。培训环境促进了教师和学员的互动，大脚学科研究。超过40％的核心培训教师在研究大楼附近，最先进的核心设施以及定制设计的实验室和办公空间。教师是高度协作的；鼓励学生在教职员工之间寻求兴趣与互补方法之间的同学。所有核心培训教师都有研究赠款支持和设施齐全的设施，用于培训博士后学生。最近将几个神经科学教师招募到药理学系，以及神经科学系的成长，扩大了培训计划可用的设备，设施和教师专业知识。培训计划包括广泛的教学课程，以及培训教师实验室的轮换。学员参加了一个研讨会系列，全国专业会议，期刊俱乐部，强化实验室研究以及几种基本专业技能的培训（写作和审查手稿，赠款，指导，教学，教学，冲突解决，职业选择，口头陈述）和道德维度。在本科和中学阶段获得实践教学经验的机会是丰富的和鼓励的。