KIST-HMS Collaborative Workshop Neuroscience of Sleep

October 13, 2011
Convention Hall, International Building
Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea


Organizers
- Jee Hyun Choi  (Center for Neuroscience, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
- Robert Strecker  (Division of Sleep, Havard Medical School, USA)


Invited Speakers
- Radhika Basheer  (Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, US)
- Joonho Choe  (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea)
- Jee Hyun Choi  (Center for Neuroscience, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea)
- Yoo‐Sam Chung  (Asan Medical School, Korea)
- Youngsoo Kim  (Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, US)
- Tae Kim  (Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, US)
- Hee‐Sup Shin  (Center for Neuroscience, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Korea)
- Robert Strecker  (Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, US)


Program

13:00~13:10  Opening

Session I (Chair: Justine Lee, KIST)
13:10~13:40  Robert Strecker,  “Cognitive and neurobiological consequences of sleep disruption”
13:40~14:10  Mi‐Yeon Kim on behalf of Hee‐Sup Shin,  “Optogenetically induced sleep spindle rhythms modulate sleep architecture”
14:10~14:40  Youngsoo Kim,  “Sleep responses to chronic sleep restriction: homeostatic or allostatic?”
14:40~15:10  Yoo‐Sam Chung,  “Animal model of obstructive sleep apnea, pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea, treatment of obstructive sleep apnea“

15:10~15:30  Coffee Break

Session II (Chair: Robert Strecker, HMS)
15:30~16:00  Joonho Choe,  “Novel Genes of Circadian Rhythm and Their Mechanisms in Drosophila”
16:00~16:30  Radhika Basheer,  “Sleep is for a surge in brain energy”
16:30~17:00  Tae Kim,  “Optogenetic stimulation of parvalbumin‐positive basal forebrain neurons entrains gamma‐oscillations and promotes wakefulness”
17:00~17:30  Jee Hyun Choi,  “Regionally Specific Sleep Spindles Show Distinct Thalamocortical Activity Patterns in Mice”

17:30~17:40  Closing


Sponsored by
International Cooperation Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology