SINEA Events
Here you can explore the past and upcoming events and seminars which you can get involved in. If you are interested in signing up to any of the events listed, please visit the link on the page of the event.
Past Events
28/06/2023: SINEA members attended the Royal Norfolk show to discuss all things sleep related.
24/05/2023: Dr Jo Bower presented at Pint of Science Festival about the ways in which sleep helps us to manage our feelings and what happens to these processes if we don’t get enough sleep.
04/05/2023: SINEA members Dr Joanna Bower and Dr Alpar Lazar presented at the Royal Institution, London as part of the UEA Lasdun Lecture series. They discussed about how sleep influences our brain, emotions and mental health.
14/02/23: SINEA joined in at the Norwich science festival to educate the public on all things sleep.
22/11/22: Does overnight memory consolidation facilitate efficient next-day learning? A seminar hosted by Dr Marcus Harrington.
07/06/2022: Sleep EEG analysis in infancy by Anna De Laet
26/04/2022: The role of sleep problems in psychosis by Dr Sarah Reeve
08/03/2022: Effect of sleep restriction and time of the day on balance control in healthy older men and women by Ziad Shabana. Ziad is a PhD candidate at UEA (HSC) studying the effect of sleep and circadian rhythmicity on postural control and sensorimotor integration in healthy adults with implications for mariners supervised by Drs Lazar, Grey (UEA) and Johannsen (RWTH Aachen). He is a navy officer graduate from the maritime academy of SUNY and SMA and assigned as the medical officer on duty. Completed masters in maritime systems related to neurotoxicants effects on postural control for mariners from Stevens Institute of Technology allied with State University of New York, Rutgers, New York University and Keiser University.
08/03/2022: Sleep in Huntington's disease: abnormal sleep period activity is associated with cognitive decline by Dr Zanna Voysey
25/01/2022: Sex differences in the deleterious effects of sleep restriction and the benefits of scheduled short naps on vigilance and cognition in healthy elderly adults by Adriana Michalak. Adriana is a cognitive neuroscientist (BSc, MSc) currently finishing her PhD in the SBRU, UEA where she has been investigating the relationship between APOE-e4 genotype, sleep, circadian rhythmicity, and cognition in healthy elderly adults. Starting with February, Adriana will join the Sleep, Plasticity and Conscious Experience (SPACE) group at the School for Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy, as a postdoc.
09/11/2021: Sleep on it, you’ll feel better in the morning: Associations between adolescent sleep, mental health, and emotion regulation by Dr. Jo Bower