ASEF/PASEF Luncheon

Tick-tock, time to wake up: timing of behavior and physiology by the clocks within us, Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Amita Sehgal 

Dr. Sehgal will describe the functioning of our internal circadian clocks. She will discuss how our clocks are synchronized with the environment, and are driven by various metabolic and physiological changes which determine the rhythms of sleep, wakefulness, and eating patterns. Dr. Sehgal will also discuss the molecular mechanisms effecting circadian clocks, and why daily rhythms are significant.

Dr. Amita Sehgal is Director of the Chronobiology Program, and the John Herr Musser Professor of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine. She pioneered a model which studies the regulation of sleep which has been adopted by laboratories worldwide. Dr. Sehgal received her PhD from the Graduate School of Medical Studies, Cornell University.