We are passionate about public outreach and engagement to increase awareness and understanding of basic sleep research. Check out any upcoming speaking engagements below.
Talking science with young students about sleep and dreams
As part of our outreach activities, we were delighted to meet with Danish middle school students during their project weeks to talk about sleep, dreams, and the brain. Students from 7th grade interviewed us about the science of dreaming as part of a theme week on “Reality and Fantasy,” while 8th-grade students from Thomasskolen in Skovlunde spoke with us about sleep habits and how sleep may influence school performance.
These conversations gave students the opportunity to ask their own questions about how the brain works during sleep, why we dream, and how sleep supports learning and memory. At the same time, they gave us a chance to share how neuroscience research connects to everyday life.
Want to learn more about sleep?
Listen to a podcast episode with Celia where she talks about “What happens in the brain while we sleep”. She will explain explains how the various sleep phases impact our memory and what happens when the rhythm of the brain waves are disturbed with aging. Available in Danish only. Listen to it here. This podcast was produced by Medicentralen in collaboration with Independent Research Fund Denmark.
Take control of your sleep – Talks by sleep scientists at Folkeuniversitetet, Copenhagen
Celia will give a lecture about what happens in the brain when we sleep at the University of CopenhagenAU this Thursday evening the 23rd of October. Learn more here about the event, registration and other upcoming sleep talks on the Folkeuniversitetet website.
Meet us at Copenhagen’s Culture Night 2025
On October 10th, the Faculty for Health and Medical Sciences opens its doors to the public. You can learn more about sleep at our mini Sleep-Lab that we will run with colleagues from the Kornum Lab group. Additionally you can explore 16 more mini-labs and, for example, take a VR roller coaster ride in the Organ Tivoli, build sugar molecules out of LEGO, or taste the sustainable food of the future. You can find us at Panum (Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 København N) between 18:00 and 23:00.
Understanding the world with scientists
On 24 February and 11 March 2025, you can listen to Celia talk about ‘While we sleep, the brain is at work’ in the lecture series ‘Latest News from Health Sciences’ and ‘The Brain For Life’ at Folkeuniversitetet in Aarhus, Emdrup & Herning.
Find more information here: https://fuau.dk/emdrup/
Brain Awareness Week 2025
‘Our Marvelous Brain’ is held as part of Brain Awareness Week 2025 together with Lundbeckfonden / Lundbeck Foundation on March 13, where Celia will talk about sleep, memory and migraine together with Mona Ameri Chalmer and Peter Christian Petersen.
Hearts & Minds festival, Aarhus
On September 24, Celia will talk about “Our Wonderful Brain” together with other bright neuroscientists.
Big thanks to Folkeuniversitetet i Aarhus, Emdrup og Herning for organising and Lundbeck Foundation for supporting this great initiative.
Bloom festival, Copenhagen
In May 2023, Celia is joining a panel debate on dream sleep with Maiken Nedergaard, Judy Gammelgaard and Nola Grace Gaardmand. Check it out, the Bloom festival is a free event about science and nature.
Neuroscience Awareness Week
Listen to Celia talk about “Sleep as a performance enhancer – sleep as prevention” at the Brain Awareness week 2023.
Interviews by the Lundbeck Foundation, KU-SUND, WebMD and Illustreret Videnskab during July-September 2022.
Forskningens Døgn:
Public lecture on “What is Good Sleep?” in April 22. Supported by Novo Nordisk and Station (station.dk/).
Public lecture on “What is Good Sleep?” at Science and Beers, Odense Studenterhus in April 2022.
