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CSI Seminar Series
November 12, 2026
Deborah Bell-Pederson, Ph.D.
Thomas Professor, Biology, University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University
"Circadian Clock Control of Translation Fidelity & Aging"
2026 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Congratulations to Masashi Yanagasawa and Emmanuel Mignot for winning the 2026 Lasker Award in recognition of their discovery of orexin/hypocretin as the basis for causing narcolepsy!
Latest News
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Does a defect in the body clock lead to ADHD and other neuropsychiatric disorders?
Thursday, October 8, 2026
The Washington Post reports on a new idea behind ADHD that involves a disorder of clock timing and sleep. Philip Gehrman, Ph.D. comments.
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More REM sleep reduces disease risk: a UK biobank cohort study
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Mathias Basner, M.D., Ph.D. comments in Prevention magazine that many studies have supported the idea that healthy sleep reduces risk of disease. The commentary is based on a recent article in PLoS Medicine.
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How sleep (or lack of it) can impact cognitive performace
Monday, August 24, 2026
Ilene Rosen, M.D. comments on the role of sleep apnea as one causal factor leading to "brain fog", reported in Stacker.
CSI Research Meeting
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Monday, October 19, 2026
4-5 pm
Qin Zhou (Lazar Lab): "Metabolic regulation of circadian period length by circadian REV-ERB nuclear receptors"
Andrew Kwon (Sengupta Lab) "Circadian Disruption and Transcript Isoform Remodeling in the Mouse Lung"