PRE-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN INTERDISCIPLINARY NEUROSCIENCE

跨学科神经科学博士前培训

• 批准号: 10606255
• 负责人: Nace L Golding
• 金额: $ 19.89万
• 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 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10606255
• 关键词: Neurosciences; Training; pre-doctoral

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT 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, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Pharmacy, Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Molecular Bioscience, and Integrative Biology, 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 Boot Camp, laboratory research rotations, 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. They also participate in at least 1 specialized journal club related to their project. Students join a research lab by the summer of year 1, and complete coursework and qualifying exams, including oral defense of a review paper at the beginning 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.

项目摘要/摘要 该提案要求继续资助已建立的神经科学研究生培训计划 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校（UT-Austin）的神经科学研究所（INS）。这个程序正在成为一个 全国认可的神经科学培训卓越中心，建立了新的部门 神经科学，与神经科学家克莱·约翰斯顿（Clay Johnston）一起建设新戴尔医学院 就职院长，并招募杰出教师。教师在神经科学中任命 神经学，心理学，精神病学，药房，计算机科学，生物医学工程，机械 工程，沟通科学和疾病，分子生物科学和综合生物学以及 坚定地参加8个著名的中心，这些中心是INS的一部分，包括学习中心和 记忆，感知系统中心，细胞和分子生物学研究所，wagoner中心 酒精和成瘾研究，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。该计划在 感知系统，学习和记忆以及成瘾研究以及教师提供的神经科学 从分子到生物化学，结构，生理，行为， 神经人体体体学，以及各个级别的高级计算和理论的进化。这个广度提供 研究生有广泛的跨学科研究培训选择和培训教师 拥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个 二年级学员（每年总计8个）。培训计划要求包括：新兵训练营，实验室 研究轮换，研讨会演示，2个神经科学课程原理，科学/道德课程 详细介绍负责任的科学行为，实验设计和统计课程以及4个选修课 包括疾病病程的神经科学。他们还参加至少1个专业期刊俱乐部 到他们的项目。学生在1年级之前加入研究实验室，并完成课程和资格 考试，包括在第二年初口头辩护审查文件。我们的招聘策略已有 反映在申请人的质量和多样性中，变得更加成功。宽阔 跨学科培训独特地为我们的受训者做好了神经科学研究成功的准备，这是至关重要的 用于病因，病理生理学和脑部疾病治疗的进步。此外，建立 UT-Austin校园的Dell医学院将极大地促进我们的转化神经科学 研究。