Hope Center Clocks & Sleep Club: Yo-El Ju (WashU Neurology), Matthew Tso (Herzog Lab, WashU Biology)

March 2, 2018
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
BJC Institute of Health 9AB (Medical Campus)

Yo-El Ju: “Effect of obstructive sleep apnea treatment on slow wave sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease biomarkers”
Matthew Tso: “Neurotransmitter switching in circadian circuit” 


The talks are based on the two following papers:

Dulcis D, Jamshidi P, Leutgeb S, Spitzer NC. Neurotransmitter switching in the adult brain regulates behavior. Science. 2013 Apr 26;340(6131):449-53. doi: 10.1126/science.1234152. Erratum in: Science. 2015 Apr 10;348(6231):aab2338.

Dulcis D, Spitzer NC. Illumination controls differentiation of dopamine neurons regulating behaviour. Nature. 2008 Nov 13;456(7219):195-201. doi: 10.1038/nature07569.


The Hope Center Clocks & Sleep Club meets the 1st Friday of every month and discusses recent publications and data related to biological timing.

Announcements to the group can be sent to the Hope Center Clocks & Sleep Club.
For inquiries, please contact Jan Konrad or questions can also be directed to Erik Herzog, Paul Shaw, Paul Taghert, Istvan Kiss, Jeff Haspel, Michael Hughes or Dmitri Nusinow.
For more information click here.