Mini-Symposium on Circadian Rhythms

Friday, November 13, 2009

Atkinson Pavilion, UCSD Faculty Club

8:30 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and opening remarks,
Stu Brody
9:15 Uncovering Circadian Flexibility by the Light of the Slivery Moon,
Michael Gorman, UCSD
10:00 Circadian Regulation of Kiss1 Neurons may Underlie the Timing of Ovulation,
Alexander (Sasha) Kauffman, UCSD
10:20 Break
10:35 Sleep and Activity Rhythms in Breast Cancer,
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, UCSD
11:20 A Philosopher of Science's Odyssey amongst Clock Scientists,
William Bechtel, UCSD
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Chronobiology of Mood Disorders in Women,
Barbara Parry, UCSD
1:45 Circadian and Other Performance Factors Underlying the Sleep Enhancement Effect in Motor Skill Learning,
Timothy Rickard, UCSD
2:30 Break
2:45 Genetic Clocks from Engineered Oscillations,
Jeff Hasty, UCSD
3:30 Architecture of the Circadian System in Neurospora: Downstream Effectors,
Stu Brody, UCSD
4:00 Concluding remarks,
Susan Golden
4:10 Reception
Stu Brody
Sonia Ancoli Israel