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The SCI Research Techniques course is a hands-on 3-week workshop that provides direct practical experience to students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty in the techniques of spinal cord injury research. Participants learn the surgical techniques required to produce spinal cord injuries in experimental animals, the functional outcome measures that are the current industry standards, and the practical and theoretical bases of the cellular, molecular, and morphological outcome measures used for studies of spinal cord injury.
The central theme of the course is research techniques for the investigation of neural degeneration and regeneration. Laboratory and lecture components combine state-of-the-art neurobiological, immunological and genetic techniques.
The Reeve-Irvine Research Center coordinates a postdoctoral training program in neural regeneration research. This program provides intensive research training to postdoctoral fellows in research areas related to neuronal regeneration and plasticity, especially in the injured spinal cord. Trainees carry out research in one of the laboratories of the Associates of the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. The Associates of the Center include basic scientists and physician scientists who study a broad range of problems related to nervous system injury. The strong participation by physician scientists guarantees exposure to clinical issues related to CNS injury and fosters interactions between M.D.'s and Ph.D.'s in training.
For information, please contact: Anthony Tette, ateete@uci.edu
Graduate training with researchers at the Reeve-Irvine Research Center is coordinated through UCI graduate programs, including Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Neurobiology and Behavior and the Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry (MBGB) program. Generally, graduate students rotate through multiple labs during their first year before selecting an advisor and joining a department in their second year. For more information on UCI graduate programs, please visit:
The Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) at UC Irvine coordinates graduate student recruitment and first year course work, providing a broad education in the fundamentals of neuroscience. Participating students are exposed to a variety of approaches before joining a departmental program after the first year.
The Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program is a departmental graduate program that gives students a broad foundation in neuroscience, technical proficiency in an area of interest, and an understanding of the fundamentals. Students may apply to this program directly or enter via the INP or MBGB programs.
The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Genetics & Biochemistry (MBGB) coordinates recruitment and admissions and provides the first-year curriculum for graduate students who will subsequently enter specialized Ph.D. programs in any of the seven participating academic departments: Developmental & Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (in the School of Biological Sciences), Physiology & Biophysics, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biological Chemistry, Pathology (in the College of Medicine).
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