Topic “Pre Doctoral Training”

Overview

The UCLA Training Program in Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, directed by Dr. David Glanzman, focuses on predoctoral training, awarding traineeships to excellent Ph.D. candidates. The purpose of the Program is to educate students in all aspects of neuroscience, with a particular focus on the application of molecular and cellular techniques to specific neurobiological questions.

This training includes lecture courses, seminar courses, and one-onone interactions in the laboratory and in other program activities, including research seminars, short courses, and retreats.
One major benefit of this program is that participation requires students to maintain interaction with a variety of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and students in other Ph.D. programs who investigate the nervous system from many perspectives. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Trainees are encouraged to retain a broad perspective of neuroscience research throughout their graduate careers.Trainees are required to take a course entitled “Ethics and Accountability in Biomedical Research” as part of their instruction in the responsible conduct of science. This course is an interactive seminar designed to cover a multitude of real-life situations in the research arena. In addition, participation in workshops on ethics is required.

Overview

We offer a number of training opportunities for qualified students wishing to pursue a Ph.D., and who are interested in any of the research questions that inspire the lab. Students may apply to the Ph.D. program in the UCLA Department of Psychology which offers two relevant majors Learning & Behavior and Behavioral Neuroscience, or the UCLA Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience . Financial support for graduate students is provided by fellowships, research assistantships, and teaching assistantships. Grant funding currently supporting graduate projects comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), and the National institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Dr Fanselow is also the Program Director of the UCLA NIMH training grant in Behavioral Neuroscience. 

Some General Research Topics:

  • Neurobiology of learning and memory
  • Fear, emotion, and stress
  • Learning and contextual influences on the effects of opiate drugs 
Instructor(s): 
Michael Fanselow
Overview

The UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI), the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have joined forces in a major new educational program, the  NeuroEngineering Training (NET) Program.  This program is supported by the National Science Foundation IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Training) Program. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to facilitate the establishment of innovative, research-based graduate programs that will train a diverse group of scientists and engineers to be well-prepared to take advantage of a broad spectrum of career options. The IGERT program provides doctoral institutions with an opportunity to develop new, well-focused multidisciplinary graduate programs that transcend organizational boundaries and unite faculty from several departments or institutions to establish a highly interactive, collaborative environment for both training and research.

 

The NET Program is a joint endeavor of the Interdepartmental Ph.D. Program for Neuroscience and the Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Program in SEAS, with the active involvement of scientists from JPL. This cooperative effort is perhaps unique in that it encourages students to work at the relatively underdeveloped but fertile interface between engineering and neuroscience.

Objectives: 
To enable students with a background in biological science to develop and execute projects that make use of state-of-the-art technology, including microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS), signal processing, and photonics.
Objectives: 
To enable students with a background in engineering to develop and execute projects that address problems that have a neuroscientific base, including locomotion and pattern generation, central control of movement, and the processing of sensory information.
Objectives: 
To enable all trainees to develop the capacity for the multidisciplinary teamwork, in intellectually and socially diverse settings, that will be necessary for new scientific insights and dramatic technological progress in the 21st century.

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