Advances in Sleep and Circadian Science
Clearwater Beach, FL | February 14-17, 2025
All times below are listed in EST.
Schedule as of February 6, 2025. Subject to change.
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| Friday, February 14, 2025 | |
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| 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Check-in/Arrival |
| 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Trainee Meet and Greet View the trainee activity schedule. Grand Ballroom |
| 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Welcome Reception Grand Ballroom |
| 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM | Data Blitz Grand Ballroom |
| Saturday, February 15, 2025 | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast Island Ballroom |
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Session 1: Craving Sleep and Rhythmicity Karen Gamble, PhD | Morgan James, PhD | Ryan Logan, PhD Jonathan Reid Black, MD | Justin Verlinden, MS Grand Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Session 2: Sleep and Rhythms in Bloom: Sleep and Circadian Development Jimmy Dooley, PhD | Lauren Hartstein, PhD | Sarah Honaker, PhD Rebecca Cox, PhD | Hayle Kim Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch Island Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Trainee Activity: Hot Topics in Sleep Phillip Gehrman, PhD Grand Ballroom |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Free Time |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Session 3: LIGHT of My Life Timothy Brown, PhD | Gianluca Tosini, PhD | Kathryn Roecklein, PhD Guadalupe Rodríguez Ferrante, PhD | Audrey Stegman Grand Ballroom |
| 4:45 PM – 6:30 PM | Poster Session Grand Ballroom |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner Island Ballroom |
| 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Plenary Session 1: Balancing Act: The Crucial Roles of Wake and Sleep in Daily Life Yang Dan, PhD | Clifford Saper, MD, PhD Grand Ballroom |
| Sunday, February 16, 2025 | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast Island Ballroom |
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Session 4: Biomarkers of Circadian Clocks and Sleep Quality: Genetic, Computational, and Clinical Perspectives Jeanne Duffy, PhD | Christopher Depner, PhD | John Hogenesch, PhD Adrien Specht | Amber Zimmerman Grand Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Session 5: Making Waves: Emerging Sleep Therapeutics Lisa Marshall, PhD | Kenneth Diller, Sc. D., P.E. | Ben Julian Palanca, MD, PhD Grissy Simé-Mora | Diane Iradukunda, MS Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch Island Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | Trainee Activity: Roundtables Island Ballroom |
| 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM | Free Time |
| 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM | Session 6: Fluid Dynamics in the Brain: Multidisciplinary Insights into Neurodegeneration Ryann Fame, PhD | Jeffrey Iliff, PhD | Jennifer Strahle, MD Shelei Pan | Angele Parent, PhD Grand Ballroom |
| 4:45 PM – 6:30 PM | Poster Session Grand Ballroom |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner Island Ballroom |
| 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM | Plenary Session 2: Harnessing AI for Sleep and Circadian Science Azizi Seixas, PhD | Rosemary Braun, PhD Grand Ballroom |
| Monday, February 17, 2025 | |
| 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Session 7: Sleeping and Timing for a Long, Healthy Life Alec Davidson, PhD | Carla Green, PhD | Amita Sehgal, PhD Xinran Niu | Brooke Shafer, PhD Grand Ballroom |
| 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Break |
| 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM | Session 8: Unraveling Mechanisms of Sleep and Rhythms: Exploring Non-Neuronal Pathways Laura Fonken, PhD | Ashley Ingiosi, PhD | John O’Neill, PhD Anyara Rodriguez, Wendy Walker, PhD Grand Ballroom |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch – Island Ballroom Award Ceremony – Grand Ballroom (begins at 1:15pm) |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Plenary Session 3: Targeting Sleep Circuitry for Promoting Health Span Luis de Lecea, PhD | Lucia Peixoto, PhD Grand Ballroom |