Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School

6th AnnualUniversity of Colorado

Sleep and Circadian Summer School

Aug 3-9, 2025

Supported byNIH/NHLBI T32 “Transdisciplinary Training in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms”, NIH/NINDS R25 "Multi-Institutional Summer Undergraduate Research Program to Promote Sleep and Circadian Research Careers",College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice Chancellor for Research, andtheDepartment of Integrative Physiology at the

Organizing committee:Sidney Aki, Nathan Anderson, Dr. Erin Kishman, Andrea Lugo, Grissy Sime Mora, Jhair Torres, Dr. Dana Withrow, Prof. Ken Wright

The 6thAnnual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School will be hybrid. Approximately 50 trainees will be selected to attend the summer school in person and have access to the full program. Some educational offerings will also be made available virtual.

The 6th Annual Colorado Sleep and Circadian Summer School is free (i.e., there is no registration fee). Trainees and/or their mentors are responsible for travel to and from Boulder as well as hotel and food.

The educational program will include morning lectures, afternoon workshops, networking sessions, and professional development sessions.

The educational program is provided by Colorado faculty and visiting faculty.

In Person Visiting Professors

  • Prof. Till Roenneberg, PhD - University of Munich
  • Prof. Elizabeth Klerman, MD, PhD -Harvard Medical School
  • Prof. Paul Shaw, PhD - Washington University St. Louis
  • Danny Forger, PhD - University of Michigan

Including educational and professional development sessions provided by some of the faculty from the Colorado T32 program

Summer School Program

All times are Mountain (MDT, UTC/GMT - 6 hours)

Sessions with a * will be provided in hybrid format via webinar

Sunday 3rd Aug – Registration and welcome –

Welcome evening for students and faculty

1800 – 1930

Registration for students, welcome and networking session

Campus 111

Monday 4thAug –

Morning session

Introductory lectures

Campus 100

0845–0900

0900–1015

*Ken Wright, PhD- Introduction to the summer school

Plenary

*Mark Opp, PhD- Historical aspects sleep and immune function

1015–1045 Coffee break

1045–1200

Plenary

*Till Roenneberg, PhD - History of circadian science from neurospora to humans

1200–1230 Data blitz session 1
1230–1345Lunch
Afternoon session Campus 100
1345–1500

Plenary

*Elizabeth Klerman, MD, PhD – Adding sleep and circadian rhythms to medicine

1500–1530 Coffee break
1530–1610*Ken Wright, PhD – Circadian biomarkers
1615–1745

Poster session 1 –

Campus 111

Tuesday 5th Aug –

Morning sessionLectures - Campus 100
0900-1015

Plenary

*Daniel Forger, PhD – Wearable technologies for sleep and circadian science in real life

1015-1045 Coffee break
1045-1200*Brice McConnell, PhD– Sleep EEG and cognitive decline
1200-1230 Data blitz session 2
1230-1345Lunch
Afternoon session

Afternoon workshops

Campus 100

1345 – 1445

Chronobiology– Fundamental Concepts and Methods

Till Roenneberg PhD, Elizabeth Klerman, MD, PhD and Ken Wright, PhD

1445 – 1515 Coffee break
1515-1630

Wearable technologies and analytical tools

Danny Forger, PhD and Elizabeth Klerman. MD, PhD

1645–1815

Poster session 2 –

Campus 111

Wednesday 6th Aug

Morning session

Lectures

Campus 100

0900-1015

Plenary

*Paul Shaw, PhD – Genetics of sleep in animals and humans

1015-1045 Coffee break
1045-1200*Robert Thompson, PhD – Microbiome countermeasures to improve sleep and circadian rhythms
Afternoon sessionFree afternoon - Hike/other activities

Thursday Aug 7th

Morning session

Lectures

Campus 100

0900-1015 *Zoe Panchal, MD – State of the science on sleep and cannabis
1015-1045Coffee break
1045-1200 *Stephen Duntley, MDClinical sleepiness and fatigue
1200-1330Lunch
Afternoon session

Afternoon workshops

Campus 100

1330-1445

*Advocacy of sleep and circadian science
Allan Pack, PhD and Fred Turek, PhD
1445-1515 Coffee break

1515-1630

Sleep and wakefulness – Fundamental concepts and methods

Rachel Rowe PhD, Paul Shaw PhD, Mark Opp PhD and Ken Wright PhD

Friday Aug 8th

Morning session

Lecture

Campus 100

0845-1000 *Rachel Rowe, PhD – Sleep and traumatic brain injury
1000-1000Coffee break
1000-1145

Workshop

Future opportunities in Sleep and Circadian Science

Mark Opp PhD, Paul Shaw, PhD, Till Roenneberg, PhD Elizabeth Klerman, MD PhD, Rachel Rowe, PhD, and Ken Wright, PhD

1145-1300Lunch
Afternoon session Campus 100

1300-1715

*R25 Sleep and Circadian Scholar Presentations
  1. Kai Washington
  2. Darrell Davis
  3. Alison Santos
  4. Muaaz Khan
  5. Tiara Wilkerson
  6. Damon Jakubsen
  7. Princesa Rodriguez

15 min break

  1. Anastacia Trubetskaya
  2. Norberto Rentas
  3. Tori Graves
  4. Edwin Pulido
  5. Nina Miller
  6. Lucas Guerrero
  7. Neha Sonika
1715Closing remarks and poster prizes

Application for the in-person summer school is open and trainees will be admitted on a rolling basis. Please send a request for application to kenneth.wright@colorado.edu

for the virtual summer school now open