| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: In Search of Biomarkers |
| This session will focus on identifying novel biomarkers of sleepiness beyond the use of EEG. |
| Discussion Leaders: Zoltan Torontali (University of Toronto, Canada) and Allison Brager (Morehouse School of Medicine, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:05 pm | Luisa de Vivo (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Can We Tell Whether a Brain Cell Has Been Asleep or Awake by Looking at the Ultrastructure of Mitochondria and Other Cellular Organelles?" |
| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Nicolette Ognjanovski (University of Michigan, USA)
"Searching for Network Mechanisms Underlying Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | In Search of Genes |
| This session will focus on molecular regulation of sleep in both invertebrate and vertebrate models. |
| Discussion Leaders: Vilma Aho (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Stephane Dissel (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Stephane Dissel (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Can Sleep Fix a Broken Brain?" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Marieke Hoekstra (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
"The Double Life of PER2" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | In Search of Function |
| This session will dissect the function of sleep in mammals with an emphasis on memory and metabolism. |
| Discussion Leaders: Chris Depner (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) and Jared Saletin (Alpert Medical School, Brown University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Jacqueline Ho (University of Washington, USA)
"Effects of Early-Life Sleep and Diet on Glycemic Control in Mice" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 10:15 am | Bryce Mander (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Prefrontal β-Amyloid Pathology Disrupts NREM Slow Waves
and Associated Hippocampus-Dependent Memory Consolidation" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:55 am | John O'Donnell (University of Rochester, USA)
"Changes in the Composition of Interstitial Ions Control Neuronal Activity in the Sleep/Wake Cycle" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: In Search of Publication in a High-Impact Journal |
| This session will largely focus on the strategy for getting a paper into a high-impact journal (e.g., one where the average paper has more than 10 citations per year in the first few years after publication) and a discussion of the philosophy of this goal. |
| Discussion Leader: Allison Brager (Morehouse School of Medicine, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | Clifford Saper (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"In Search of Publication in a High-Impact Journal" |
| 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
