Welcome to COBRAS

The Center on Biological Rhythms and Sleep (COBRAS) enables researchers across diverse specialties and departments to readily investigate the impact of sleep and circadian rhythms on their disease of interest. COBRAS also serves as a platform for development of new collaborative projects and grants and can serve as a core for existing programs.

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Upcoming Events

COBRAS Speaker Series: Aaron Norris, MD PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Washington University
“Integrating Timing and Feeding in the Hypothalamus to Regulate Metabolism”
March 28, 2025
12:00 – 1:00
FLTC, Classroom 204

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COBRAS Speaker Series: Paula Desplats, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Pathology 
University of California, San Diego
“Time’s Ticking: Circadian Disruption as a Pathway to Neurodegeneration in Aging”
April 25, 2025
12:00 – 1:00
Holden Auditorium, FLTC


COBRAS Annual Symposium: Gina Poe, PhD (Keynote Speaker)
Eleanor Leslie Professor of Innovative Brain Research
University of California, Los Angeles
May 19, 2025
1:00 – 5:00
Holden Auditorium

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Funding Opportunities

COBRAS Feldman Fellowship

The Feldman Fellowship supports trainees at the undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral level (including medical residents and fellows) to perform sleep- or circadian-related research under supervision of a mentor. Feldman Fellowship Mentors must be COBRAS Members and Washington University faculty (any department/school) at Instructor or higher level. Preference will be given to research on neurodegenerative diseases, but any research with high potential impact on human diseases will be prioritized. Each Feldman Fellow must engage in full-time (40+ hrs/week) research activities for at least 8 weeks, or its equivalent (i.e., 320 hrs), and present data from the supported research at the subsequent COBRAS Symposium.

  • 2025 Application deadline: March 15, 2025
  • Decision notifications: April 15, 2025
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