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5th Annual听University of Colorado
Sleep and Circadian Summer School
Aug 4-9, 2024
Supported by听NIH/NHLBI T32 鈥淭ransdisciplinary Training in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms鈥�, NIH/NINDS R25 "Multi-Institutional Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Promote Diversity and Excellence in Sleep and Circadian Research Careers",听College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice Chancellor for Research, and听the听Department of Integrative Physiology at the 麻豆影院
Organizing committee:听听Sidney Aki, Nathan Anderson, Dr. Elizabeth Jin,听Catherine Lowry,听 Jhair Torres,听Prof. Kenneth P. Wright Jr
The 5th听Annual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School will be hybrid.听 Approximately 50 trainees will be selected to attend the summer school in person and have access to the full program. Some educational offerings will also be made available virtual.
The 5th Annual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School is free (i.e., there is no registration fee).听 Trainees and/or their mentors are responsible for travel to and from 麻豆影院 as well as hotel and food.
The educational program will include morning lectures, afternoon workshops, networking sessions, and early evening professional development sessions.
The educational program is provided by Colorado faculty and visiting faculty.
In Person Visiting Professors and Plenary Lectures听
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Prof. Debra J. Skene, PhD - University of Surrey
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Prof. Colleen A. McClung, PhD -听University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Dr. Chandra L.听Jackson, Ph.D.听- National Institutes of Health
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Prof. Alec J. Davidson, PhD - Morehouse School of Medicine
- Dr. Kong Y. Chen, PhD听- National Institutes of Health听
Including educational and professional development sessions provided by some of the faculty from the Colorado T32 program
Application for the in person summer school is听open now and trainees will be admitted on rolling basis. Application听 - submit to kenneth.wright@colorado.edu听
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Register for the virtual summer school here: 听
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Virtal componets of the summer school are provided below
ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN TIME Colorado USA (UTC/GMT -7)
Monday 5th Aug听
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Morning session |
Introductory lectures 麻豆影院 Campus |
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0845鈥�0900听听 0900鈥�1015听听 |
Ken Wright, PhD - Introduction to the summer school Ken Wright, PhD - Historical aspects and fundamentals of sleep and circadian rhythms |
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1015鈥�1045听听 |
Coffee break |
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1045鈥�1200 听 |
Plenary Debra Skene, PhD 鈥� Metabolomics as a tool in circadian and sleep research |
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1230鈥�1345 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon session |
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1345鈥�1500 |
Plenary Alec Davidson, PhD 鈥� Longitudinal imaging of suprachiasmatic neuromedin S-expressing (NMS+) neuronal behavior in vivo |
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Tuesday 6th Aug
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Morning session |
Lectures - 麻豆影院 Campus |
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0900-1015听听 |
Plenary Kong Chen, PhD 鈥� Human thermal neutral zone mapping |
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1015-1045听听 |
Coffee break |
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1045-1200 |
Ed Melanson, PhD鈥� Circadian rhythms, insufficient sleep, and energy metabolism |
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Wednesday 7th Aug
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Morning session |
Lectures 麻豆影院 Campus |
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0900-1015听听 |
Plenary Chandra Jackson, PhD 鈥� Sleep and climate change adaptation |
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1015-1045听听 |
Coffee break |
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1045-1200 |
Rachel Rowe, PhD 鈥� Sleep loss and neuroinflammation |
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Thursday Aug 8th听
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Morning session |
Lectures 麻豆影院 Campus |
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0900-1015 |
Plenary Colleen McClung, PhD 鈥� Circadian genes, rhythms and the biology of psychiatric disorders |
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1015-1045 |
Coffee break |
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1045-1200 |
Debra Skene, PhD 鈥� Non-visual photoreception |
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Friday Aug 9th
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Morning session |
Lecture 麻豆影院 Campus |
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0845-1000听听 |
Robert Spencer, PhD - 听Prefrontal cortex regulation of emotional learning: local clocks and stress hormone interactions |
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Afternoon session |
麻豆影院 Campus |
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1300-1700 听 听 |
R25 Scholar Presentations |
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