The Department of Translational Medicine and Physiology and the Sleep and Performance Research Center jointly welcomes Dr. Graham Diering, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill to WSU Spokane on Thursday, Oct. 13. He will be providing his seminar at noon, “The stuff that dreams are made of: developmental sleep disruption as a risk factor for autism spectrum disorder,” in SAC 20 and via Zoom.
Dr. Diering completed his BSc and PhD in Biochemistry from the University of British Columbia, and then went on to complete a postdoc in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University.
The Diering lab is interested in understanding the molecular basis for the benefits of sleep, focusing in particular on understanding how neuronal synapses are modified during sleep. The lab’s research is revealing that sleep drives completely distinct modifications of synapses in developing and adult animals, suggesting that sleep disruption will have unique consequences during development vs. adulthood.
To learn more about the lab’s research and data, plan to join this upcoming seminar.
We look forward to you joining us in person (SAC 20) or through Zoom!
Questions/Zoom link? Contact Michelle Sanchez at michelle.r.sanchez@wsu.edu.
