Summer School
5th Annual University of Colorado
Sleep and Circadian Summer School
Aug 4-9, 2024
Supported by 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", College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice Chancellor for Research, and the Department of Integrative Physiology at the 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录
Organizing committee: Sidney Aki, Nathan Anderson, Dr. Elizabeth Jin, Catherine Lowry, Jhair Torres, Prof. Kenneth P. Wright Jr
The 5th Annual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School will be hybrid. 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). Trainees and/or their mentors are responsible for travel to and from Boulder 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
Prof. Debra J. Skene, PhD - University of Surrey
Prof. Colleen A. McClung, PhD - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Dr. Chandra L. Jackson, Ph.D. - National Institutes of Health
Prof. Alec J. Davidson, PhD - Morehouse School of Medicine
- Dr. Kong Y. Chen, PhD - National Institutes of Health
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 open now and trainees will be admitted on rolling basis. Application - submit to kenneth.wright@colorado.edu
Register for the virtual summer school here:
Virtal componets of the summer school are provided below
ALL TIMES MOUNTAIN TIME Colorado USA (UTC/GMT -7)
Monday 5th Aug
Morning session | Introductory lectures 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Campus |
0845鈥0900&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; 0900鈥1015&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; | Ken Wright, PhD - Introduction to the summer school Ken Wright, PhD - Historical aspects and fundamentals of sleep and circadian rhythms |
1015鈥1045&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫; | Coffee break |
1045鈥1200
| Plenary Debra Skene, PhD 鈥 Metabolomics as a tool in circadian and sleep research |
1230鈥1345 | Lunch |
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 |
Tuesday 6th Aug
Morning session | Lectures - 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Campus |
0900-1015 | Plenary Kong Chen, PhD 鈥 Human thermal neutral zone mapping |
1015-1045 | Coffee break |
1045-1200 | Ed Melanson, PhD鈥 Circadian rhythms, insufficient sleep, and energy metabolism |
Wednesday 7th Aug
Morning session | Lectures 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Campus |
0900-1015 | Plenary Chandra Jackson, PhD 鈥 Sleep and climate change adaptation |
1015-1045 | Coffee break |
1045-1200 | Rachel Rowe, PhD 鈥 Sleep loss and neuroinflammation |
Thursday Aug 8th
Morning session | Lectures 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Campus |
0900-1015 | Plenary Colleen McClung, PhD 鈥 Circadian genes, rhythms and the biology of psychiatric disorders |
1015-1045 | Coffee break |
1045-1200 | Debra Skene, PhD 鈥 Non-visual photoreception |
Friday Aug 9th
Morning session | Lecture 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Campus |
0845-1000 | Robert Spencer, PhD - Prefrontal cortex regulation of emotional learning: local clocks and stress hormone interactions |
Afternoon session | 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 Campus |
1300-1700
| R25 Scholar Presentations |
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