2021 Sleep Science School

2021 Sleep Science School

The 3rd Edition of the ESRS Sleep Science School was the first in-person ESRS gathering since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In spite of the uncertainty about travel restrictions and safety procedures, the school proceeded as scheduled, and boasted 40 participants from 16 different countries and a faculty of 8.

Date: 26 September – 1 October, 2021
Topic: The Functions of Sleep
Organizers: Dr. Pierre-Hervé Luppi, Dr. Tom de Boer, Prof. Dr. Philippe Peigneux

Faculty Lectures

Energy conservation, thermoregulation, and adenosine function

Tom de Boer
(The Netherlands)

Neural mechanisms of memory consolidation during sleep : animal studies

Gabrielle Girardeau
(France)

The Function of REM Sleep from Birth to Adulthood

Pierre-Hervé Luppi
(France)

The Glymphatic System

Iben Lundgaard
(Sweden)

Links and dissociations between sleep, fatigue, sleepiness and cognitive functioning

Philippe Peigneux
(Belgium)

Sleep and synaptic phosphorylation

Maria Robles
(Germany)

Human Sleep and Memory Consolidation

Monika Schönauer
(Germany)

Underlying mechanisms of homeostatic sleep functions

Vladyslav Vyazovskiy
(United Kingdom)