Sleep in Non-Mammalian Models
May 31 - June 2, 2009

Fish, flies—and even worms—show periods of behavioral quiescence and sensory insensitivity that resemble sleep. These sleep states likely share mechanistic and functional features with human sleep. Extensive genetic tools to identify mutations and brain regions which control sleep are available for these model organisms. This meeting will focus on recent advances and will provide a forum for discussion of current opportunities.

• ORGANIZERS:

  Amita Sehgal, HHMI/University of Pennsylvania
  
  Chiara Cirelli, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  
  

• INVITED PARTICIPANTS:

  Ravi Allada Northwestern University Guy Bloch Hebrew University of Jerusalem Chiara Cirelli University of Wisconsin–Madison Ralph Greenspan The Neurosciences Institute Leslie Griffith Brandeis University Emmanuel Mignot HHMI / Stanford University School of Medicine Eric Nofzinger University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Allan Pack University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine David Raizen University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

  Michael Rosbash HHMI / Brandeis University Alexander Schier Harvard University Amita Sehgal HHMI / University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Paul Shaw Washington University in St. Louis Paul Sternberg HHMI / California Institute of Technology Roland Strauss Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz Irene Tobler University of Zurich Giulio Tononi University of Wisconsin–Madison

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