Starting the day with an overview of SIESTA and achievements to date from CI Sharon Naismith Woolcock Institute of Medical Research Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney Brain & Mind Centre

Hearing from Rick Wassing about the neurophysiological correlates of LC activity in sleep 🔵💤

An exciting update from Diana Trickett of our SLEAP (SIESTA lived experience advisory panel) group!

Happening now at SIESTA Research Program All-Hands Workshop: keynote speaker Dr Rick Wassing from Woolcock Institute of Medical Research presents new perspectives and findings on how neurophysiological correlates of LC activity determines arousals and sleep 💤

Aaron Lam running us through the incredible multidisciplinary Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney cohort data!

Terrific to hear from SIESTA Research Program CI Stephanie Rainey-Smith on her novel CBT-I study examining effects on cognitive and Alzheimer’s biomarker outcomes

Exciting update from Stephanie Rainey-Smith about data exploring the effect of improved sleep on cognition and neuroimaging biomarkers!! Centre for Healthy Ageing

A topical discussion about the glymphatic system from Dr Nathan Cross Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney

SIESTA CI Camilla Hoyos explains the different targets of the Clinical Trials stream ✨⭐️

Should we treat OSA? A hilarious and informative debate betweeen Aaron Lam and #juliachapman going on now. Who will win? 🥇 💤

SIESTAR #MahnooshKholgi presenting her research in sleep monitoring in older adults! 💤 ⌚️ 🌟

Continuing on the ECR DataBlitz, SIESTAR Isabella Orlando presents her research about the LC and sleep spindles 🧠 💤 ⭐️

SIESTAR Louise Pivac presents hot off the press results of data from the Sleep Improvement Study! Keep an eye out for this paper to be published soon 🚨 ⭐️ 😴

Human deep sleep facilitates faster cerebrospinal fluid dynamics linked to brain oscillations for sleep homeostasis and memory biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

Exciting research from SIESTArs committee member Louise Pivac's first PhD paper!!! Louise Pivac Stephanie Rainey-Smith 💤🧠 murdoch.edu.au/news/articles/…

abc.net.au/news/health/20… Macquarie University Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

🎉 Congratulations to the SIESTA Research Program investigators for securing the prestigious USYD Equipment Grant! This will fund our EyeLink 1000 Plus, the world's most precise eye tracker, boosting our research at the Brain and Mind Centre! Sharon Naismith Shawn Kong Mac Shine

Dementia with Lewy bodies is an aggressive form of dementia. Although research may offer hope in the future, early diagnosis and holistic management is the most important aspects of care. Read more: zurl.co/9ONh Simon Lewis Macquarie Group University sydneyuni

Want to know how to treat sleep disturbance in older adults with and without cognitive impairment? Check out our latest review, led by Anastasia Suraev SIESTA Research Program Shawn Kong Dr. Zoe Menczel Schrire Elie Matar Bonnie Tran Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT doi.org/10.1007/s11940…

Dreams keep our brains ticking over. They wash the thoughts from the day’s events at a molecular level. They might even help us imagine what’s possible during our waking hours. @CQUni experts explain what scientists know about REM sleep and dreaming. theconversation.com/the-science-of…