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Special Seminar Event
April 24, 2025, 12-1 pm
Gaurav Chopra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry, Purdue University
“How Do Lipids Mediate Glial Cell Dysfunction in Neurodegeneration?”
2024-25 MINS "Year of Sleep Research"
April 30, 2025, Smilow Auditorium
MINS Annual Symposium/CSI Research Retreat
CSI Seminar Series
May 8, 2025, 12-1 pm
Niels Rattenborg, Ph.D.
Max Panck Institute, Germany
"A bird's-eye view of sleep"
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Podcast with Mathias Basner: How noise affects Sleep and Health. |
Latest News
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The endurance of Cory Booker
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Indira Gurubhagavatula, M.D., M.P.H., comments in the New York Times about the effects of sleep deprivation on daily function. One all-nighter can cause headaches, dizziness, and trouble concentrating. Despite the lack of food, water, and sleep, Cory Booker powered through a 25-hour long speech.
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Effectiveness of white noise on sleep
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Mathias Basner, M.D., Ph.D., suggests that there is a lack of evidence that supports the use of white noise machines (or apps) for facilitating sleep. It may instead disrupt sleep, and more studies are needed to evaluate the effects of different noise frequencies on sleep. Reported in the Mirror.
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Sleep disorders linked to aortic stenosis
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
In a recent article, Nadim El Jamal, Thomas Brooks, Carsten Skarke, and Garrett Fitzgerald report that any sleep disorder is associated with increased risk of aortic stenosis (heart valve failure) which was partially explained by dyslipidemia.
CSI Research Meeting
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Monday, June 2, 2025
4-5 pm
Sammy Dhaliwal (Gehrman Lab)
Defne Amado
Presentation titles TBA
Location: SCTR 10-146AB