Conference Description
The Sleep Regulation and Function GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The 2024 Sleep Regulation and Function: Dynamics Across Vigilance States will be the fifth Sleep GRC. The field of sleep research has enjoyed an increase in interest across a wide range of academic research disciplines ranging from molecular biology to data science. Sleep is not studied in insolation, i.e., as a state in itself, but as part of the alternation between sleep and wakefulness. Sleep is not a homogenous state; apart from the alternation between NREM and REM sleep, there are profound dynamic changes within these two states. It is felt that a quantitative description and understanding of these dynamics at various levels of organization will provide better insights in sleep’s function and regulation.The program will cover: The dynamic life of synapses; REM sleep dynamics, models and dreams; Quantifying EEG oscillations, dynamics and their functional and physiological correlates; Molecular and functional correlates of sleep and sleep loss in rodents and flies; Activation, reactivation and the role of sleep and sleep circuits in motor learning; Extracting sleep and circadian parameters from big and longitudinal data; Modulating remembering and forgetting by sleep and neuromodulation; Microglial dynamics across the sleep-wake cycle and the Locus coeruleus, sleep and attention.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by November 4, 2023. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: The Dynamic Life of Synapses
Discussion Leaders
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Chiara Cirelli (University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, United States)
Speakers
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Seth Grant (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
REM Sleep Dynamics, Models and Dreams
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Francesca Siclari (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Netherlands Antilles)
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Giulio Bernardi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy)
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Carolina Gutierrez Herrera (University of Bern, Switzerland)
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Franz Weber (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
Quantifying EEG Oscillations, Dynamics and Their Functional and Physiological Correlates
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Ines Violante (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
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Alpar Lazar (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
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Niels Niethard (Universtity of Tuebingen, Germany)
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Róbert Bódizs (Semmelweis University, Hungary)
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Angela D'Rozario (Macquarie University, Australia)
Molecular anf Functional Correlates of Sleep and Sleep Loss in Rodents and Flies
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Vladyslav Vyazovskiy (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Leslie Griffith (Brandeis University, United States)
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Aarti Jagannath (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Dragana Rogulja (Harvard University, United States)
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Chunghun Lim (UNIST, South Korea)
Activation, Reactivation and the Role of Sleep and Sleep Circuits in Motor Learning
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Alejandro Osorio-Forero (Netherlands Institute of Neuroscience, The Netherlands)
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James Dooley (Purdue University, United States)
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Genevieve Albouy (University of Utah, United States)
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Karunesh Ganguly (UCSF, United States)
Extracting Sleep and Circadian Parameters from Big and Longitudinal Data
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Jelena Tadic (University of Graz, Austria)
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Shaun Purcell (Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States)
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Eyal Soreq (UK DRI CR&T at Imperial college London, United Kingdom)
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Andrew Phillips (Monash University, Australia)
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Anne Skeldon (University of Surrey, United Kingdom)
Modulating Remembering and Forgetting by Sleep and Neuromodulation
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Reto Huber (University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland)
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Steffen Gais (University of Tübingen, Germany)
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Lisa Genzel (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, The Netherlands)
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Yuval Nir (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Microglial Dynamics Across the Sleep-Wake Cycle
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Peter Meerlo (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
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Marie-Eve Tremblay (University of Victoria, Canada)
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Henna-Kaisa Wigren (University of Helsinki/Faculty of Medicine/SLEEPWELL Research program, Finland)
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Don van Meyel (McGill University, Canada)
Locus Coeruleus, Sleep and Attention
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Dara Manoach (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
Speakers
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Anita Luthi (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
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Celia Kjaerby (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Gilles Vandewalle (GIGA-Cyclotron Research Centre-In Vivo Imaging, Belgium)
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Bruno van Swinderen (Queensland Brain Institute, Australia)
The GRC Power Hour™
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Valerie Mongrain (Université de Montréal, Canada)
