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CSI Seminar Series
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 12-1 pm
Jonathan Lipton, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
"Circadian mechanisms in synapses"
2024-25 MINS "Year of Sleep Research"
April 30, 2025, Smilow Auditorium
MINS Annual Symposium/CSI Research Retreat
MINS/CSI Symposium Program here >>

Congratulations to the poster awardees! From left to right: Misghana Gidewon (Aldeheff Lab), Andi Wasilczuk (Kelz Lab), Joe Stucynski (Chung/Weber labs), Henry Hollis (Anafi Lab), Mariela Lopez Valencia (Sehgal Lab), Milan Szuperak (Kaiser Lab)
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Latest News
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How to beat sleeplessness from holiday stress
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Short winter days and longer periods of darkness can make it more difficult to fall asleep. Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH, gives simple advice in Philly Voice to make it easier to fall asleep: wear socks. Warming your feet will help to lower core body temperature and facilitate sleep.
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Staying awake during meetings
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Amita Sehgal, Ph.D. offers advice to CNN for how to stay awake and alert during class or meetings at work.
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A Better Prescription for Good Slep
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Richard Schwab, M.D. and Michael Perlis, Ph.D. have launched a large study to investigate best practices, medication, and treatment of insomnia. Their approach is to evaluate effectiveness of sleep medications or supplements across patients in "real world conditions" for getting better sleep. For more information about the study and to participate, visit www.sleeplessinphilly.com
CSI Research Meeting
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Monday, January 26, 2026
4-5 pm
Javier Cavieres (Kayser Lab): "Interplay Between Sleep and Blood–Brain Barrier Development in Drosophila Larvae"
Henry Hollis (Anafi Lab): TBA
Location: SCTR 10-146AB
