From the 11th to the 13th of March 2024, the 247Muscle podcast has been invited to cover the ERATO UK - Japan Joint Symposium on Circadian rhythms & Sleep, which took place at the University of Oxford. The symposium aimed to promote research exchange and collaboration in the fields of sleep and circadian clocks between the UK and Japan. In this episode, your host Frieder summarizes scientific insights from the symposium and shares short interviews conducted with speakers during the symposium.

More information about the ERATO UK - Japan Joint Symposium: https://sys-pharm.m.u-tokyo.ac.jp/erato-uk/

Chapters:

(00:00:54) Background of the ERATO symposium

(00:02:40) Introduction by Hiroki Ueda

(00:07:25) Summary of the welcome ceremony

(00:10:03) Russell Foster on EEG and large sleep databases

(00:12:19) Wearables to measure sleep

(00:15:20) Andrew Millar on plant vs. human clocks and metabolism

(00:25:05) The concept of “Arrival” for circadian research

(00:36:35) Historical perspective on sleep research

(00:39:47) Anne Skeldon on mathematical models for sleep

(00:41:12) Koji Ode on CaMK2

(00:47:14) Hiroyuki Kanaya on anesthetics

(00:49:55) Akifumi Kishi on human sleep phenotypes

(00:50:44) Amin Mottahedin on stroke time

(00:53:01) Alex Webb on chronoculture and space culturing

(00:56:15) Sleep restriction therapy

(01:00:44) Attendants and organizers sharing their highlights

(01:07:48) Future perspective

(01:13:17) Closing remarks

(01:14:23) Sponsor: Mitsui Chemicals

(01:15:54) Outro