Recordings of talks are available to registered attendees. It's not too late to register to gain access. Most of our speakers have participated in sharing their talks, but the recordings will be available only until June 30, 2022.
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The aims of the conference are to:
- Provide participants with a comprehensive view of modern circadian biology.
- Exchange a broad spectrum of ideas and techniques in circadian biology.
- Promote interactions among the faculty and lab personnel of UC San Diego, Circadian Biology Center, the invited speakers, and other participants.
- Further acquaint the speakers, their groups, and other registrants with the depth and breadth of circadian biology research conducted at UC San Diego.
Confirmed Speakers
Gad Asher (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
John Brooks (Princeton University)
Joanna Chiu (UC Davis)
Chiara Cirelli (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Jason DeBruyne (Morehouse School of Medicine)
Karyn Esser (University of Florida, College of Medicine)
Samer Hattar (National Institute of Mental Health)
Girardin Jean-Louis (University of Miami, School of Medicine)
Alex Keene (Texas A&M University)
Ryan Logan (Boston University School of Medicine)
Michael McCarthy (UC San Diego)
Alessandra Porcu (UC San Diego)
Connie Phong (Stanford Medicine)
Benjamin Smarr (UC San Diego)
Jeff Swan (UC Santa Cruz)
Kristin Tessmar-Raible (University of Vienna)
Amir Zarrinpar (UC San Diego)
Schedule
Meeting times are Pacific Standard Time
The virtual symposium will begin on Monday at 8:00am (PST) with 3 half-day sessions on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.
MONDAY - February 7, 2022
Theme: Diversity of Clock (8:00am - 11:45am)
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Welcome and opening remarks Amir Zarrinpar (Assistant Professor, |
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8:10 am |
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Kristin Tessmar-Raible (Professor, Talk: Timing reproduction by the rhythms of |
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8:50 am |
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Joanna Chiu (Professor, UC Davis) Talk: Metabolic regulation of circadian physiology |
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9:30 am |
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Connie Phong (Postdoc Fellow, Stanford Talk: Temperature compensation versus |
Break - (15 minutes) |
10:10am - 10:25am |
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10:25 am |
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Benjamin Smarr (Assistant Professor, Talk: Chronobiology in the time of COVID |
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11:05 am |
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Jeff Swan (Sr. Graduate Student, Talk: Why is KaiC an ATPase? A deep dive |
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11:25 am |
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Alessandra Porcu (Postdoc, Davide Dulcis lab, Talk: Seasonal changes in day length induce |
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TUESDAY - February 8, 2022
Theme: Performance & Physiology (8:00am - 11:45pm)
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Welcome and opening remarks Benjamin Smarr (Assistant Professor, |
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8:10 am |
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Gad Asher (Professor, Weizmann Institute Talk: Clock proteins and training modify |
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8:50 am |
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Karyn Esser (Professor, University of Florida) Talk: Muscle clocks and systemic health |
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9:30 am |
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Talk: The microbiota coordinates diurnal |
Break - (15 minutes) |
10:10am - 10:25am |
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10:25 am |
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Talk: Bacterial Bile Acid Biotransformations |
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11:05 am |
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Samer Hattar (Senior Investigator, National Talk: Retinal and brain circuits driving several |
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WEDNESDAY - February 9, 2022
Theme: Sleep & Mood (8:00am - 12:25pm)
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Welcome and opening remarks Dorothy Sears (Professor, |
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8:10 am |
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Chiara Cirelli (Professor, University of Talk: Sleep and synaptic homeostasis |
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Jason DeBruyne (Professor, Morehouse Talk: Asking “little angels” to demystify how |
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9:30 am |
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Ryan Logan (Associate Professor, Boston Talk: Novel sleep and circadian mechanisms |
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10:10am - 10:25am |
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10:25 am |
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Alex Keene (Professor, Texas A&M University) Talk: The evolution of sleep loss in Mexican |
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11:05 am |
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Talk: Circadian rhythms in bipolar disorder |
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11:45 am |
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Talk: Improving sleep & circadian health to |
Registration
Registration is open!
$40 - Regular (virtual event fee)
$25 - Student / Postdoc (virtual event fee)
Speakers and Network Award recipients who have been notified of an award: do not use the link below or pay for registration. We will send you a link.
All others: register using the link above, choosing the regular registration fee if you are not an enrolled student or postodc, regardless of your academic or industry affiliation.
If you genuinely cannot pay a registration fee, use this link. You will be placed on a standby list for available space once paid registrants are counted. You will be notified about your possible admittance by February 6th.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship Information - An exciting event and opportunity
The 12th Annual Symposium, hosted by the Center for Circadian Biology (CCB), at UC San Diego, Bringing together over 150 attendees for this 3-day event.
The symposium features an unparalleled breadth and depth of leading-edge research and groundbreaking biological timing discoveries in plants, animals and humans, and spans molecular biology to clinical applications. By sponsoring, you will join the Who’s Who in circadian research in this exciting venture and help us invent the future.
To become a sponsor or learn more, please contact:
Pattie Stoughton - patties@ucsd.edu
Ana Minvielle - aminvielle@ucsd.edu
Click here for sponsorship information
- Susan Golden (CCB Director, Molecular Biology, UC San Diego)
- Amir Zarrinpar (CCB Associate Director, Gastroenterology, UC San Diego)
- Sonia Ancoli-Israel (Psychiatry, UC San Diego)
- Stu Brody (Molecular Biology, UC San Diego)
- William Joiner (Pharmacology, UC San Diego)
- Katja Lamia (Scripps Research)
- Atul Malhotra (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, UC San Diego)
- Michael McCarthy (Psychiatry, UC San Diego)
- Satchin Panda (Salk Institute)
- Jose Pruneda-Paz (Cell and Developmental Biology, UC San Diego)
- Dorothy Sears (Endocrinology & Metabolism, UC San Diego)
- Benjamin Smarr (Bioengineering, UC San Diego)
- Karen Tonsfeldt (Reproductive Medicine, UC San Diego)
- David Welsh (Psychiatry, UC San Diego)
For additional information, please contact:
Pattie Stoughton
Research Administrator
Center for Circadian Biology (CCB)
University of California, San Diego
E-mail: patties@ucsd.edu
Many thanks to our generous sponsors of 2022
