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The genetic tractability and expansive circuit mapping toolkit of Drosophila provide an ideal model system for studying sleep and other complex behaviors. Fly sleep has been shown to follow a circadian pattern and display many of the fundamental features of mammalian sleep, including homeostatic control. Over the last decade, many cellular and molecular components controlling Drosophila sleep regulation and function have been described. This small conference will bring together experts in the field to discuss the latest advances toward a comprehensive mechanistic understanding of fly sleep. For perspective, we will also include special talks on sleep behavior in various other model systems.
Matthew Kayser, University of Pennsylvania
Alex Keene, Florida Atlantic University
Kyunghee Koh, Thomas Jefferson University
Gero Miesenboeck, University of Oxford
David Prober, California Institute of Technology
Yi Rao, Peking University
Dragana Rogulja, Harvard Medical School
Michael Rosbash, HHMI/Brandeis University
Richa Saxena, Harvard Medical School
Orie Shafer, University of Michigan
Paul Shaw, Washington University in St. Louis
Divya Sitaraman, University of San Diego
Nicholas Stavropoulos, NYU School of Medicine
Paul Taghert, Washington University School of Medicine