Author: bioclock

In the night of November 22nd to 23rd, NPO Radio 1 made a long program about BioClock. Lighttherapy in depression, day and night rhythms on the IC, the importance of light and darkness for biodiversity, and a night hike through the animal facilities of Artis Royal ZOO. The science-radio program Focus spoke with different BioClock researchers on the importance of the project. You can listen to the episode here (in Dutch).

Laura Kervezee (coordinator of BioClock) has, together with Marijke Gordijn (Chrono@Work) and Eus van Someren (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience) translated a comic book named Enlighten your clock made by Coline Weinzaepflen en Manuel Spitchan. The book is freely accessible.

On October 30th, the yearly event Night of the Night was organised. This event raises awareness for the importance of darkness. That darkness is essential for many animals, people often know. But that darkness is important for people, is less well known. The effects of light at night – light pollution – are one of the focus points of BioClock. Kamiel Spoelstra, BioClock researcher, explained in a large interview with NRC Handelsblad (dutch national newspaper) how light...

BioClock coordinator Joke Meijer, explained in RTL News, national tv news channel, that closing bars and restaurants early is a good idea for you biological clock. Due to the COVID rules, bars and restaurants need to close their doors at midnight. Therefore, many bars start their festivites earlier during the day. Joke Meijer explained that this could be a good thing for many people as they will be able to prioritize their sleep and to a lesser extent disrupt their biological...

We are happy to announce that the recruitment of BioClock PhD students and postdocs has officially started. With the biological clock as common denominator, we will be looking for a wide variety of backgrounds: from ecology and biology to psychology and immunology. You can check out the available positions here [link to vacancy page]. Some projects have already published their vacancies, others will follow over the next few months. New positions will be advertised on the vacancy...

Dutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our modern 24-hour society. The BioClock consortium will receive a research grant of no less than 9.7 million euros for this. It is one of the projects that receive funding within the program of the Dutch National Research Agenda of the Dutch National Research Council (NWO), to which the public could submit their questions. Prof. Joke...