Previous Speakers

DateSpeakerTitle of TalkInstitution
October 18, 2024Li-Feng Jiang-Xie, PhDNeuronal dynamics orchestrate cerebrospinal fluid perfusion and brain clearanceWashington University
September 20, 2024Yo-El Ju, MDREM Sleep Behavior Disorder:
A window of opportunity for neuroprotective treatments against synucleinopathies		Washington University
June 6, 2024Joseph Takahashi, PhDCircadian clocks and their role in aging and longevityUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
April 6, 2024Shannon Macauley-Rambach, PhDThe metabolic interplay of sleep and Alzheimer’s diseaseUniversity of Kentucky
March 29, 2024Yao Chen, PhDUnveiling the real-time dynamics of biochemical signals to understand sleep functionsWashington University
March 6, 2024Richard Daneman, PhDCircadian blood-brain barrier regulation in health and Alzheimer’s diseaseUniversity of California, San Diego
January 26, 2024Matthew Kayser, MD PhDUsing fruit flies to study sleep regulation and function during developmentUniversity of Pennsylvania
December 1, 2023Lea Grinberg, MD PhDNeuropathological basis of sleep dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease:  clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic implicationsUniversity of California, San Francisco
November 17, 2023Erik Musiek, MD PhDCircadian clocks, glia, and neurodegenerative diseasesWashington University
September 15, 2023Olivia Walch, PHDLeveraging consumer wearables for real-world circadian interventionsUniversity of Michigan
May 25, 2023Emmanuel Mignot, MD PhDTales of good and bad brain autoimmunityStanford University
May 5, 2023Luis de Lecea, PhDSleep/wake control in lifespanStanford University
March 10, 2023Jeffrey Iliff, PhDEvidence for sleep-active glymphatic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s diseaseUniversity of Washington
February 10, 2023Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhDCardiometabolic health effects of poor and insufficient sleepColumbia University
January 13, 2023Joan Luby, MDSleep, circadian rhythms and neurodevelopmental risk for childhood psychopathologyWashington University
December 9, 2022David Holtzman, MDBi-directional relationship between sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease pathologyWashington University
November 4, 2022Colleen McClung, PhDCircadian genes, rhythms and the biology of psychiatric disordersUniversity of Pittsburgh
September 9, 2022Jeff Haspel, MD PhDCircadian rhythms and vaccinesWashington University
May 26, 2022John Hogenesch, PhDBuilding circadian medicine in a pediatric hospitalCincinnati Children’s Hospital
April 15, 2022Paul Taghert, PhDHow the Fly Brain Tells TimeWashington University
February 17, 2022Guy Warman, PhDExploring the Effect of General Anaesthesia on Patient’s Post-Operative Sleep and Circadian RhythmsUniversity of Auckland
January 14, 2022Joke Meijer, PhDOut ancient clocks facing modern timesLeiden University Medical Center
December 10, 2021Paul Shaw, PhDInterrogating memory circuits to uncover sleep functionWashington University
November 12, 2021Chiara Cirelli, MD PhDSleep and Synaptic HomeostasisUniversity Washington
October 29, 2021Ying-Hui Fu, PhDPiecing together the SLEEP puzzle: from genes to circuitriesUniversity of California, San Francisco
September 24, 2021Ben Palanca, MD PhDTargeting sleep to promote resilience and the recovery from acute ad critical illnessWashington University
June 4, 2021Eric Lenze, MDSleep, aging, and mental healthWashington University
May 21, 2021Keith Hengen, PhDCircuit specific flickering of brain states: Applying deep learning to multisite recording to test fundamental assumptions of how sleep unfolds in space and time.Washington University
April 30, 2021Phyllis Zee, MD PhDSleeping well and staying in rhythm:  Implications for neurologic and metabolic healthNorthwestern University