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CSI Seminar Series
Thursday, April 2, 2026, 12-1 pm
Charlotte Boccara, Ph.D.
NCMBM Group Leader, Precision Medicine EMBL Nordic Node
Univeristy of Oslo, Norway
"Hippocampal & Cortical Dynamics Across Learning & Developmental Sleep"
Thursday, April 30, 2026, 12-1 pm
Yo-El Ju, M.D., M.S.C.I.
Barbara Burton & Reuben M Morriss III Professor of Neurology, Sleep Medicine
Washington University
"From Dream Enactment to Neurodegeneration: REM sleep behavior disorder as a platform for prevention trials"
CSI Research Retreat 2026
May 5, 2026, Smilow Auditorium
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Latest News
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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.
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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.
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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!
CSI Research Meeting
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Monday, April 20, 2026
4-5 pm
Sammy Dahliwal (Gehrman Lab Lab): “Predictors of Suicidal Ideation Within the First Year Postpartum: What’s Sleep Got to Do with It?”
Michael Iannacone (Raizen Lab): “A Rhomboid/metalloprotease complex processes EGF-R ligands and triggers sickness sleep in C. elegans”
Location: SCTR 10-146AB