PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCE

跨学科神经科学博士前培训

• 批准号: 9103041
• 负责人: KRISTEN M HARRIS
• 金额: $ 22.12万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-08-01 至 2020-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9103041
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training; pre-doctoral

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests continued funding of an established Neuroscience Graduate Training Program in the Institute for Neuroscience (INS) at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin). This program is becoming a nationally recognized center of excellence in neuroscience training with the creation of a new Department of Neuroscience, construction of the new Dell Medical School with Clay Johnston, a neuroscientist, as the inaugural Dean, and recruitment of outstanding Faculty. Faculty have appointments in Neuroscience, Psychology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Kinesiology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and Nutrition and resolutely participate in 8 prestigious centers that are part of the INS, including the Center for Learning and Memory, Center for Perceptual Systems, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, Behavioral Neuroscience, Imaging Research Center, and Computational Visualization Center. The program has particular strengths in the neuroscience of perceptual systems, learning and memory, and addiction research, and Faculty provide excellent training across levels of inquiry from molecules to biochemistry, structure, physiology, behavior, neuroethology, and evolution with advanced computation and theory at all levels. This breadth provides graduate students with extensive options for training in cross-disciplinary research, and the training Faculty have substantial funding to foster their research. We propose predoctoral funding for 4 new trainees and 4 second-year trainees (totaling 8 per year). The training program requirements include: a new Boot Camp and laboratory research rotations and seminar presentations, 2 principles of neuroscience courses, a science/ethics course detailing responsible scientific conduct, a course in experimental design and statistics, and 4 electives including a neuroscience of disease course. Students must also complete at least 1 semester of a graduate level course directed by an INS Faculty member that is associated with the neuroscience seminar series, where students present papers from the speaker's work and personally discuss research with the speaker. They also participate in at least 1 specialized journal club related to their project. Students join a research lab by the beginning of year 2 and complete coursework and qualifying exams, including oral defense of their research proposal written in NIH grant format by the end of year 2. Our recruitment strategies have become even more successful as reflected in the quality and diversity of the applicants. The broad interdisciplinary training uniquely prepares our trainees for research success in neuroscience, which is crucial for advancements in the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of brain diseases. Furthermore, the founding of the Dell Medical School on the UT-Austin campus will greatly facilitate our translational neuroscience research.

 描述（由申请人提供）：该提案要求继续资助德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT-奥斯汀）神经科学研究所 (INS) 的既定神经科学研究生培训项目。该项目正在成为国家认可的卓越中心。神经科学培训方面，成立了新的神经科学系，建立了由神经科学家克莱约翰斯顿担任首任院长的新戴尔医学院，并招聘了神经科学、心理学、药理学方面的优秀教员。和毒理学、计算机科学、生物医学工程、运动机能学、通讯科学与疾病以及营养学，并坚决参与 INS 下的 8 个著名中心，包括学习和记忆中心、感知系统中心、细胞和分子研究所生物学、瓦格纳酒精和成瘾研究中心、戴尔儿科研究所、行为神经科学、成像研究中心和计算可视化中心该项目在神经科学方面具有特殊优势。感知系统、学习和记忆以及成瘾研究，教师提供从分子到生物化学、结构、生理学、行为、神经行为学和进化等各个层次的优秀培训，并为研究生提供了各个层次的先进计算和理论。跨学科研究培训的广泛选择，培训学院有大量资金来促进他们的研究。我们建议为 4 名新学员和 4 名二年级学员（每年总共 8 名）提供博士前资助。新的训练营和实验室研究轮换和研讨会演示、2 门神经科学原理课程、一门详细介绍负责任的科学行为的科学/伦理课程、一门实验设计和统计课程，以及 4 门选修课，包括疾病神经科学课程。至少 1 个学期由 INS 教职人员指导的与神经科学研讨会系列相关的研究生课程，学生在其中展示演讲者的工作论文并与演讲者亲自讨论研究。他们还参加至少 1 个专业期刊俱乐部。相关于学生在第二年年初加入研究实验室，并完成课程作业和资格考试，包括在第二年年底以 NIH 拨款格式撰写的研究计划的口头答辩。正如所反映的那样，我们的招聘策略变得更加成功。广泛的跨学科培训为我们的申请者的质量和多样性做好了独特的准备。 神经科学研究的成功对于脑疾病的病因学、病理生理学和治疗的进步至关重要。此外，在德州大学奥斯汀校区建立戴尔医学院将极大地促进我们的转化神经科学研究。