Program

The program is set to be from 09:00 to 17:15. A light reception will be followed after the semilar. 

Download the printable program: HERE. 

SESSION 1: SLEEP IN HEALTH AND DISEASE

The SmartSleep study: Smartphones, sleep and population health
Naja Hulvej Rod, Professor, Head of Section, Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen

The sleep wake physiology in health and disease exemplified by data science
Poul Jennum, Professor, Danish Center for Sleep Medicine, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup

SESSION 2: SLEEP DISORDERS

Targeting sleep and circadian rhythms in post-cancer rehabilitation
Ali Amidi, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University

Neural alterations in insomnia disorder and the effect of music for alleviating symptoms
Kira Vibe Jespersen, Assistant Professor, Center for Music in the Brain, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University

The pathogenesis of narcolepsy Type 1 - when the immune system destroys sleep
Birgitte Rahbek Kornum, Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen

SESSION 3: SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY

The circadian system of the brain - rhythmic hormonal outputs and inputs
Martin F. Rath, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen

Memory enhancing properties of sleep depend on the dynamic range of norepinephrine
Celia Kjærby, Assistant Professor, Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University of Copenhagen

MR-Detected brain pulsations and sleep
Sara Marie Ulv Larsen, MD, PhD student at the Neurobiology Research Unit, Rigshospitalet

SESSION 4: BIG DATA AND SLEEP

The data science of sleep
Sune Lehmann, Professor at DTU Compute and Professor at the Center for Social Data Science (SODAS) at University of Copenhagen

Deep learning methods for clinical sleep analysis
Alexander Neergaard, Postdoctoral Researcher, DTU Compute

Combining genetics and transcriptomics to learn more about sleep
René Lemcke, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen

Special Guest Lecture

The pineal gland, melatonin, and sleep; Scientific advances during the last century
Morten Møller, Professor Emeritus, Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen