Happy St. Patrick’s Day!! March 17, 2026

Join B2DG members and guests as we review the weekly update BIONews and then consider sleep and its impact on our lives.  Eric Topol leads a discussion with Yo-El Ju who is the Barbara Burton and Reuben Morris Professor of Neurology at Washington University, St. Louis. She got her AB from Harvard and MD from Columbia and actively practices sleep medicine and is a prolific researcher, one of the top sleep scientists in the country.

Here are some of the topics they discussed:

—Importance of Deep Sleep (and what happens when deep sleep is purposely disrupted, how it is modulated, effect of alcohol

—The Orexin Antagonist drugs that promote sleep and shows they can reduce p-tau217 and other neuroinflammation markers

—Link of sleep regularity with less all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer related mortality

 Master Class in Sleep

 Tuesday, March 17, 2026
8:15AM PST  — 8:30 – networking and info slides
8:30- 9:10 BIONews
9:10 – Video

 ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83593256859

Event Information

Event Topic:
Master Class in Sleep

Event Description:

Date/Time:
Date(s) - 03/17/26
8:15 am - 10:30 am

Event Location:
Zoom talk: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83593256859:

Speaker Information

Event Speaker:
Yo-El Ju

Event Speaker Title:
Barbara Burton and Reuben Morris Professor of Neurology

Event Speaker Company:
Washington University, St. Louis

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Event Details

Cost:
$0

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