Neuroscience Research Training

神经科学研究培训

• 批准号: 9086427
• 负责人: Anthony J Ricci
• 金额: $ 65.23万
• 依托单位: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-30 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9086427
• 关键词: Neurosciences Research; Research Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goals of the Stanford Neurosciences Program are to train PhD students as leaders in neuroscience research and teaching. We request continued funding to support our integrated program that trains each student in the study of the nervous system from molecules to behavior. Our program continues to adapt to the ever changing state of the art of the science as well as preparation required for the various roles of our graduates. Teaching students how to identify approach and solve specific research problems will promote their professional development as independent scientists and will contribute new knowledge to the fight against neurological and psychiatric disease. To this end the Program provides students with the opportunity to conduct cutting edge neurobiological research in any of a broad range of disciplines including molecular and cell biology, genetics, biophysics, electrophysiology, anatomy, computational modeling, neuroimaging, and the quantitative study of behavior. Formal course work requires students to examine how the nervous system functions at all levels, during development, and in normal and diseased states. It requires students to integrate this knowledge across levels and to apply it to their specific research goals. The Program incorporates added depth and breadth via a suite of activities including a laboratory boot camp, retreats, seminar series, summer courses, and networking opportunities. All students will be enrolled in the Interdepartmental Program in Neuroscience, the only academic body at Stanford that awards a PhD in the neurosciences. The training faculty is composed of 91 researchers from 22 Departments in 3 Schools. The faculty is highly interactive, intellectually diverse, and their research efforts well-funded. Their research covers nearly every aspect of neuroscience, with concentrations in cellular/molecular, computational, developmental, systems/cognitive/behavioral neuroscience, membrane excitability and neurobiology of disease. Trainees are required to rotate through three labs before committing to a preceptor. Course requirements must be fulfilled with courses taught by different academic departments, and the members of the examination and thesis committees must be from more than one department. The Program Committee, which is the governing body, is composed of Program faculty from eight departments, along with student representatives. Admissions and curriculum issues are handled by separate committees, each composed of similarly diverse faculty/student groups. Admitted students are among the most outstanding candidates in the nation. Past trainees of the Neurosciences Program have been extremely successful in pursuing academic research careers. Maintenance of this training program is critical to neuroscience at Stanford, as this program ensures access of students to faculty at all career stages, ensures we can recruit the highest level of students to the Program and serves as the core through which a diverse and vibrant faculty can establish collaborative efforts.

描述（由申请人提供）：斯坦福神经科学计划的目标是培训博士生作为神经科学研究和教学领域的领导者。我们要求继续提供资金，以支持我们的综合计划，该计划培训每个学生从分子到行为的神经系统研究。我们的计划继续适应不断变化的科学艺术状态，以及我们毕业生各种角色所需的准备工作。教学生如何识别方法和解决特定的研究问题将促进其作为独立科学家的专业发展，并将为反对神经和精神病的斗争提供新知识。为此，该计划为学生提供了在包括分子和细胞生物学，遗传学，生物物理学，电生理学，解剖学，计算建模，神经影像学和行为定量研究的任何一系列学科中进行尖端神经生物学研究的机会。正式的课程工作要求学生检查神经系统在发育期间以及正常和患病状态的各个层面的功能。它要求学生将这些知识跨越层次整合在一起，并将其应用于其特定的研究目标。该计划通过一系列活动结合了深度和广度，包括实验室新兵训练营，务虚会，研讨会系列，夏季课程和网络机会。所有学生都将入学神经科学的部门间计划，这是斯坦福大学唯一授予神经科学博士学位的学术机构。培训学院由来自3所学校的22个部门的91位研究人员组成。该教师具有高度互动，智力上的多样性，他们的研究工作充分资金。他们的研究几乎涵盖了神经科学的各个方面，并具有细胞/分子，计算，发育，系统/认知/行为神经科学，膜兴奋性和疾病神经生物学的浓度。要求受训者在提交教员之前旋转三个实验室。必须通过不同的学术部门教授的课程来满足课程要求，考试和论文委员会的成员必须来自一个以上的部门。计划委员会是理事机构，由来自八个部门的计划教师以及学生代表组成。招生和课程问题由单独的委员会处理，每个委员会由不同的教师/学生团体组成。被录取的学生是美国最杰出的候选人之一。神经科学计划的过去学员在从事学术研究职业方面非常成功。该培训计划的维护对斯坦福大学的神经科学至关重要，因为该计划可确保学生进入各个职业阶段的教师，确保我们可以招募最高水平的学生参加该计划，并作为多样化和充满活力的教师可以建立合作努力的核心。