Sleep and Health

Sleep and circadian abnormality can be observed in ageing process as well as various disease conditions including neurodegeneration, movement and visual disorder and cancer. We are particularly interested in exploring the the reciprocal relationship between sleep and these diseases in insect models. Using Drosophila, we are investigating roles of sleep in the vision disorder, Nystagmus as well as cancer progress. More recently, we are working with Mallon lab to establish the relationship between sleep alteration and age dependant epigenetic changes in Nasonia.