Paul Rand: A young scholar named Nathaniel Kleitman had just arrived on campus with a mission. Paul Rand: And the nights that sleep research began happened at the University of Chicago starting in 1925.Įmmanuel Mignot: It was kind of a house where they were doing all these experiments.
This is what Tasali’s and Mignot’s work is all about, but it’s all built on discoveries made in the earliest days, or nights, of sleep research.Įmmanuel Mignot: When I started to study sleep, of course I knew that all the story, the beginning of sleep research, happened in Chicago. Paul Rand: Today, a lot of research focuses on our problems with sleep and how we could sleep better.
Paul Rand: That’s Esra Tasali, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, where she also directs the UChicago Sleep Center.Įsra Tasali: Sleep is, to me, inextricably linked to human biology and human existence. Paul Rand: Much like our dreams, sleep is a maze with many fascinating corners.Įsra Tasali: My view is that we are still answering that fundamental question of why. You cannot be bored being a sleep researcher. Paul Rand: That’s Emanuel Mignot, professor of sleep medicine at Stanford University, where he also directs the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy.Įmmanuel Mignot: Sleep is at the core of so many things that you can go in any direction. Why do humans sleep?Įmmanuel Mignot: There is a lot of theories about sleep. It may be the most important part of our lives and yet it remains an enigma to scientists. It affects every facet of our existence, from our physical and our mental health to our happiness, to our ability to be alert and productive. Paul Rand: Every night we all fall under the spell of one of science’s greatest mysteries.
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Paul Rand: From the University of Chicago Podcast Network, this is The Day Tomorrow Began, a special Big Brains series that explores the past, present and future of some groundbreaking and breakthrough discoveries. Many of those origins happened right here at the University of Chicago. In a special series we’re calling The Day Tomorrow Began, we’ll be explaining the historical origins of some of the most important ideas that have reshaped our world and the throughlines that they may carry into our future. On Big Brains, we explain the surprising research that’s reshaping the world around us, but today, we’re going to try something new. There is always a day that tomorrow began. Tomorrow is a hypothesis, and there is nothing scientists love more, but every tomorrow has a beginning. Tomorrow is where new discoveries will be made and old discoveries might be proven wrong. It’s a word that scientists think a lot about. Learn with eminent instructors and extraordinary peers in small, interactive classes. Experience the university’s distinctive approach to inquiry through our online and in-person courses in the liberal arts, culture, science, society, and more. We open the doors of UChicago to learners everywhere. Paul Rand: Big Brains is supported by the University of Chicago Graham School.
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