ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Sleep and Circadan Research Symposium 2016

June 10, 2016

Time/TopicSpeakerDepartmentInstitution
0815 Registration / Name Badge pick-up
0825 Opening
Introductory RemarksKen Wright, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder
0830 International Keynote
Rai1 haplo-insufficiency greatly exacerbates suppression of locomotor activity by light in a murine SMS modelPaul Franken, PhDIntegrative GenomicsUniversité de Lausanne
0900 Of Brains, Emotion and Muscle
Knockdown of prefrontal cortex Period1 gene expression impairs diurnal-dependent conditioned fear extinction learningElizabeth Woodruff, MSPsychology and NeuroscienceÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder
Sleep is of the muscle, by the muscle, and for the muscleAllison Brager, PhDNeurobiologyMorehouse School of Med.
0930 Sleep Countermeasures
Novel methods to improve adherence to CPAPMark Aloia, PhDDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep MedicineNational Jewish Health
Impact of Sustained Sleep Loss and Weekend Recovery Sleep on Vigilance Performance and Subjective SleepinessHannah Ritchie, MSIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder
1000 Coffee Break
1030 Circadian Rhythms, Light, and Development
Adolescent circadian responses to lightStephanie Crowley, PhDDepartment of Behavioral SciencesRush University
Longitudinal Assessment of Circadian Phase and Chronotype Across Early ChildhoodKaty Thellman, MSIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder
Evening Bright Light Suppresses Melatonin in Preschool Age ChildrenLameese Akacem, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder
Impact of childcare attendance on weekly sleep patterningKaren Thorpe, PhDPsychology and CounselingQueensland University of Tech Brisbane
Impact of Weekend Exposure to the Modern versus Natural Light-Dark Cycle on Circadian Timing in HumansEllen Stothard, MSIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder
1145 Basic Research Data Blitz (short slide presentations from other faculty and trainees)
1200-1300 Lunch on your own
1300 Sleep, Metabolism and Cognition

Epidemiological investigation of self-report sleep duration and waist-to-height ratio

Matt McQueen, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder

Effects of sleep loss versus a high fat diet on insulin sensitivity

Josiane Broussard, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder

Insufficient sleep, metabolomics and insulin sensitivity

Christopher Depner, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder

Prebiotic diet and sleep

Monika Fleshner, PhDIntegrative PhysiologyÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder

The shiftwork and health agenda: The moment is now for microbes

Amy Reynolds, PhDHuman, Health and Social SciencesAppleton Institute
1415 Translational Research Data Blitz (short slide presentations from other faculty and trainees)
1445 Concluding Remarks and adjourn