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DPAG HoD Seminar: 'Sleep, wake, torpor and other states: from definition to mechanisms'

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Date & Time

Fri, 1 May 2026

13:00 - 14:00

Venue

Sherrington Building - Sherrington Library

Sherrington Library Sherrington Building off Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PT United Kingdom

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About this event

Explore the biological mechanisms underlying sleep and wakefulness.

Why you should come

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• Learn how Vladyslav Vyazovskiy challenges existing definitions of sleep

• Discover the neural mechanisms of sleep and wakefulness from a leading expert

• Understand sleep homeostasis and its evolutionary significance

Event Highlights

  • •Exploration of brain states beyond traditional definitions
  • •Insights from electrophysiology, behaviour, and metabolism
  • •Discussion on the relationship between sleep and torpor

Speaker

Vladyslav Vyazovskiy

Professor of Sleep Physiology at University of Oxford

Programme

13:00-14:00

DPAG HoD Seminar: 'Sleep, wake, torpor and other states'

Organized by: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics

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