Colorado Sleep and Circadan Research Symposium 2014

June 10, 2014

Time/TopicSpeakerDepartmentInstitution
0815 Opening / pick up name badge
0830
Introductory RemarksKen Wright, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyUCB
InsomniaJack Edinger, PhDBehavioral Sleep MedicineNational Jewish
0900 Clocks, Sleep, Stress and Immune Function
Melanopsin & Non-Visual Responses to LightHoward Cooper, PhDChronobiologyINSERM/Lyon
Rhythm Disruption & Sensitization to StressMonika Fleshner, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyUCB
ViriOn Time: interactions between circadian rhythms & viral infectionRachel Edgar, PhDMRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceU of Cambridge
Sleep, Immune Function & Health PerceptionJohn Axelsson, PhDClinical NeuroscienceKarolinska
1000 Coffee Break
1015 Peripheral Clocks
Cellular ClocksJohn O'Neill, PhDCell BiologyU of Cambridge
Clocks in MicrogliaLaura Fonken, PhDPsychology and NeuroscienceUCB
Glucocorticoid Hormone Entrainment of Brain ClocksRobert Spencer, PhDPsychology and NeuroscienceUCB
MicrobiotaRob Knight, PhDChemistry and BiochemistryUCB
1115 Sleep, Clocks and Metabolism
Insufficient Sleep, Weight Gain & ObesityEdward Melanson, PhDEndocrinology and Geriatric MedicineUCD-Anschutz
Circadian Misalignment & Metabolic DysregulationAndrew McHill, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyUCB
Insufficient Sleep & Risk of DiabetesRobert Eckel, MDEndocrinology, Metabolism and DiabetesUCD-Anschutz
1200-1330 Lunch on your own
1330 Data blitz (short slide presentations from other faculty and trainees)
1430 Sleep, Circadian and Cardiovascular Health
Insufficient Sleep & Endothelial FunctionChristopher DeSouza, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyUCB
Clock Genes & Myocardial Adaptation to IschemiaTobias Eckle, MD, PhDAnesthesiaUCD-Anschutz
1500 Coffee Break
1515 Developmental aspects of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
Development of Circadian RhythmsMonique LeBourgeois, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyUCB
Sleep & Brain DevelopmentSalome Kurth, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyUCB
Sleep Problems & Cognitive DevelopmentNaomi Friedman, PhDBehavioral GeneticsUCB
1600 Modeling and Sleep EEG
Sleep-Wake NetworksCecilia Diniz Behn, PhDApplied Math and StatisticsCO School Mines
Adaptive Time-Frequency Analysis of Sleep EEGFrancois Meyer, PhDElectrical EngineeringUCB
Sleep EEG During Nicotine Treatment & WithdrawalJerry Stitzel, PhDInstitute for Behavioral GeneticsUCB
1645 Concluding Remarks