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Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12-1 pm

May 5, 2026, Smilow Auditorium

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Conversation on sleep, brain lipids, and oxidative stress Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Amita Sehgal, Ph.D. is interviewed by Nick Jikomes in the "Mind&Matter" podcast and discusses how sleep protects the brain by facilitating clearance of damaged fat by immune cells, based on a new article published in Nature with Bumsik Cho, Diane Youngstrom, and other colleagues. Congratulations! Podcast is subscriber only, but also check out the Naked Scientist for a related interview.
How sleep impacts every aspect of your health Monday, March 23, 2026
Indira Gurubhagavatula, M.D. describes the importance of a good night's sleep for maintaining health and how daily habits can interfere on a Yoga with Jake Podcast.
Application of circadian metabolic rhythms to "cyborg" pancreatic cultures allows cells mature and function properly Thursday, February 19, 2026
Juan Alvarez, Ph.D. and colleagues used nanoelectronics to monitor growth and function of pancreatic organoids, published in Science. Synchronizing to daily metabolic cycles enabled proper maturation and function. Results have important implication for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Congratulations!