Wednesday Seminar Series

Come hear from Caltech faculty and JPL scientists about their exciting research! Lunch will be served to the first 100 guests.

This week features David Prober, Professor of Biology.

Genetic and neuronal regulation of sleep

A person can reject food, abstain from sex and control his or her thirst, but cannot keep from falling asleep.  Despite this irresistible drive and the fact that we spend a third of our lives in this state, we know remarkably little about why we sleep or how sleep is regulated. I will describe what is known about sleep, outline fundamental questions in sleep research, and describe how my lab is addressing these questions using zebrafish.