Author: bioclock

Inge Snijders has recently started her PhD research at the University of Leiden. Under supervision of prof. Dr. Laura Heitman and Dr. Daan van der Es, she will look for new targets and modulators of the biological clock. Since the circadian system is involved with many diseases but also becomes more dysfunctional with age for instance, it is highly important to find drug targets that can interfere with the functioning of the clock. Inge will work on this and introduces herself...

We are proud to present the BioClock Academy! On the 21st of September, 2022, we will kickoff with a monthly online seminar aiming for an introduction to basic concepts and understanding of biological rhythms. For anyone who is relatively new to the field of chronobiology, certain concepts may be challenging to grasp. With our Academy, we will tackle those issues with seminars by experienced researchers. the first seminar will be held by professor Johanna H. Meijer, the...

Jip and the first Poplar Hawk-moth Jip Koene, research intern, worked with Hannah Broeckx in the beginning of her project on the effects of light pollution on nocturnal butterflies – better known as moths. These moths are an important chain of a food web as they serve as prey for birds and bats, but also contribute largely to pollination of all sorts of plants. Within this project, Jip and Hannah focused on the Flevopark in Amsterdam and set up different methods to investigate...

Nihal Fawzi is recent als PhD kandidaat onderzoeker begonnen aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam aan haar project: BioClock & Educatie. Onder begeleiding van dr. Marco Kragten en dr. Bert Bredeweg gaat zij onderzoeken hoe het onderwerp van de biologische klok in het middelbare onderwijsprogramma in Nederland een plek kan krijgen. Ontzettend belangrijk want hoe meer mensen er over leren, des te beter! Waar kom je vandaan en wat zijn je hobby’s? Ik ben Nihal Fawzi en woon in...

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded one of four Heineken Young Scientist Awards 2022 to BioClock co-leader Laura Kervezee. She is the winner in the Medical/Biomedical sciences section and receives 10.000 euros. Laura has been awarded the prize for her research after the effects of disturbance of biological rhythms on health. Read more about the prize here. The BioClock consortium is very proud of Laura, congratulations!

The Dutch national newspaper Trouw published a large article on the goals of the BioClock consortium. You can read it here (in Dutch).

BioClock collaborates in different projects with the Donkerte van de Wadden; this is a program in the Wadden sea area and they pursue more awareness of the importance of darkness and they invite people to experience the unique darkness of the Wadden. Within the Netherlands, this area is roughly the only place it is still really dark at night and you can be impressed by the night sky, you may see the stars and it is a place where night-nature may flourish. Truly a great...