The genetics of sleep and sleep disorders
Tuesday 3 July 2012
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, LONDON, W1G 0AE
We are no longer accepting registrations for this meeting via the website. If you would like to attend this meeting please contact Victoria Caine on 020 7290 2984.
Places are still available for the meeting, however at this stage we may not be able to offer you lunch.
A meeting organised by Sleep Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Aims:
• To understand the investigation of human genetics
• To consider the genetic mechanisms behind normal sleep
• To discuss the genetic underpinnings of the common sleep disorders and the impact on treatment
• To reflect on future directions in genomics as it applies to sleep complaints (which are the commonest in medical practice
Early Bird Fees expire on 04 June 2012
9.00 am |
Registration and refreshments |
9.25 am |
Introduction |
| Adrian Williams, Professor of Sleep Medicine, King's College London | |
9.30 am |
Approaches to unravelling the genetics of sleep |
| Dr Patrick Nolan, MRC Mammalian Genetics Unit, Harwell | |
10.15 am |
Insomnia (endo) phenotyping |
| Professor Eus Van Someren, Head of Department of Sleep and Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience | |
10.45 am |
Refreshment break |
11.15 am |
Molecular neurobiology of Circadian pacemaking |
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Michael H. Hastings, FRS, FMedSci, Division of Neurobiology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge |
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12.00 pm |
Lunch + AGM |
| AGM for members of the Sleep Medicine Section only | |
1.30 pm |
Genetics of abnormal sleep |
1.30 pm |
Obstructive sleep apnoea and its Cardiovascular consequences |
| Dr Sanjay Patel, Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital. Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
2.00 pm |
Circadian rhythm disorders |
| Simon Archer, Sleep Chronobiology and Neurodisorders, University of Surrey | |
2.30 pm |
Narcolepsy |
| Ian Smith, Consultant Physician, Papworth Hospital | |
2.50 pm |
Restless legs syndrome |
| Prof Juliane Winkelmann, Klinikum Rechts de Isa, Munich Technical University | |
3.10 pm |
Sleepwalking |
| Professor Chris Idzikowski, Edinburgh Sleep Centre | |
3.20 pm |
Refreshment break |
3.45 pm |
Future directions for UK research |
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Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, Professor of Sleep and Physiology, and Director, Surrey Sleep Research Centre |
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4.15 pm |
Completion of evaluation forms |
4.20 pm |
Close of meeting |
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Meeting ref: SLC03 CPD: 5 credits |
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