Vision Research Training Grant at the University of Utah

犹他大学视觉研究培训补助金

• 批准号: 8837020
• 负责人: ROBERT E MARC
• 金额: $ 21.8万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-05-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8837020
• 关键词: Grant; Training; Universities; Utah; Vision research

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Vision research now spans basic science (biology, chemistry, computer science, genetics, optics) but also has strong traditional links to neuroscience and newly evolving aspects of translational research in ocular disease. The principle underlying graduate education at the University of Utah is that students learn basic research and applied vision science, and experience strong interdisciplinary, interdepartmental collaborations. Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees are endowed with skills ranging over molecular biology, electrophysiology, developmental neuroscience, retinal connectomics, translational science and visual behavior. These diverse approaches are unified by training in two intellectual streams that represent the core strengths of the Moran Vision Institute and the vision research community at the University of Utah: the study of human disease, a tradition of excellence in the cutting-edge praxis molecular biology, physiology and connectomics. Eighteen NIH/NEI-funded training faculty members are aligned in five broad areas of vision research: Molecular and Cellular Science, Developmental Science, Ocular Disease, Translational Interventions, and Computational Science. These areas reflect the breadth of the program and provide exceptional opportunities to the 74 current predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. This application requests funding for 2 predoctoral and 4 postdoctoral trainees. Due to the outstanding, accredited predoctoral training programs already in place, recent graduates University of Utah have been placed in excellent postdoctoral fellowships at Yale, Stanford, Harvard, U Mass, UCSD, and UCSF. Our postdoctoral trainees have published widely, taken faculty positions, received Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Awards, and are competing successfully for NIH RO1 funding. We believe that trainees from our Vision Research Training Program will become future leaders in vision research.

描述（由申请人提供）：视觉研究现在跨越基础科学（生物学，化学，计算机科学，遗传学，光学），但也与神经科学和眼科疾病转化研究的新方面有着密切的传统联系。犹他大学的基本研究生教育原则是，学生学习基础研究和应用视觉科学，并体验强大的跨学科，跨部门的合作。催血前和博士后学员的技能涵盖了分子生物学，电生理学，发育神经科学，视网膜连接，转化科学和视觉行为。这些多样化的方法是通过在两个智力流的培训中统一的，这两个知识流是代表莫兰视觉研究所的核心优势和犹他大学视觉研究界的核心优势：人类疾病的研究，这是卓越PRAXIS分子生物学，生理学，生理学和连接组学的卓越传统。十八位NIH/NEI资助的培训教师在五个广泛的视力研究领域保持一致：分子和细胞科学，发育科学，眼部疾病，翻译干预措施和计算科学。这些领域反映了该计划的广度，并为74名目前的博士后和博士后学员提供了出色的机会。该申请要求为2个占主导地位和4名博士后学员提供资金。由于已经实施了出色的，获得认可的培训前培训计划，犹他大学最近的毕业生已在耶鲁大学，斯坦福大学，哈佛大学，UMASS，UCSD和UCSF的良好博士后研究金处。我们的博士后学员已经广泛发表，担任教师职位，接受了研究以防止失明职业发展奖，并成功争夺NIH RO1资助。我们认为，我们视力研究培训计划的学员将成为视力研究的未来领导者。