Summer School

 

 

 

5th Annual University of Colorado

Sleep and Circadian Summer School

Aug 4-9, 2024

Supported by NIH/NHLBI T32 “Transdisciplinary Training in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms”, 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 University of Colorado Boulder

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: REGISTER 

 

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

University of Colorado Boulder Campus

0845–0900  

0900–1015  

Ken Wright, PhD - Introduction to the summer school

Ken Wright, PhD - Historical aspects and fundamentals of sleep and circadian rhythms

1015–1045  

Coffee break

1045–1200

 

Plenary

Debra Skene, PhD – Metabolomics as a tool in circadian and sleep research

1230–1345

Lunch

Afternoon session

 

1345–1500

Plenary

Alec Davidson, PhD – Longitudinal imaging of suprachiasmatic neuromedin S-expressing (NMS+) neuronal behavior in vivo

 

 

Tuesday 6th Aug

Morning session

Lectures - University of Colorado Boulder Campus

0900-1015  

Plenary

Kong Chen, PhD – Human thermal neutral zone mapping

1015-1045  

Coffee break

1045-1200

Ed Melanson, PhD– Circadian rhythms, insufficient sleep, and energy metabolism

 

Wednesday 7th Aug

Morning session

Lectures

University of Colorado Boulder Campus

0900-1015  

Plenary

Chandra Jackson, PhD – Sleep and climate change adaptation

1015-1045  

Coffee break

1045-1200

Rachel Rowe, PhD – Sleep loss and neuroinflammation

 

Thursday Aug 8th 

Morning session

Lectures

University of Colorado Boulder Campus

0900-1015

Plenary

Colleen McClung, PhD – Circadian genes, rhythms and the biology of psychiatric disorders

1015-1045

Coffee break

1045-1200

Debra Skene, PhD – Non-visual photoreception

 

Friday Aug 9th

Morning session

Lecture

University of Colorado Boulder Campus

0845-1000  

Robert Spencer, PhD -  Prefrontal cortex regulation of emotional learning: local clocks and stress hormone interactions

Afternoon session

University of Colorado Boulder Campus

1300-1700

 

 

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