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Sleep and Performance Research Center Seminar Series
September 22 at 12:10 pm – 1:10 pm PDT
Presented by Washington State University – Sleep and Performance Research Center
Rearrangement of the Molecular Clockwork to Regulate Seasonal Physiology
September 22, 2026
12:10–1:10 p.m. PDT
CCRS 250 or Zoom
Speaker
Sergio Hidalgo S., PhD
WSU Deptartment of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience
Dr. Hidalgo received his PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Pontifical Catholic University (Chile) in 2020. He also obtained a Ph.D. in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of Bristol (UK) in 2020 as part of a dual degree. In 2020, he joined Dr. Joanna Chiu at the University of California, Davis, as a postdoctoral fellow to investigate the role of the circadian clock in seasonal physiology. His lab studies the effect of changing seasons on brain structure and function, from molecules to physiology and behavior. To do this, his lab uses the fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as an animal model. His lab aims to understand how these brain changes occur, how environmental signals are integrated to trigger these changes, and how dysregulation of this process contributes to diseases, such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and schizophrenia, among other topics.