About BioClock
Our biological clock is disrupted by the 24-hour society in which we now live. Within the BioClock consortium, researchers and societal partners from across the Netherlands will join forces to restore and preserve the health of the biological clock. The plans cover the whole of society: from human health and disease to the natural environment and the protection of biodiversity.
Topics such as shift work, optimal times for cancer immunotherapy and flu vaccinations, chronotherapy for depression, and the effects of light pollution on insects and other light-sensitive animals are all covered in our six-year research program.
On the news page of our website you will find updates on our projects and news articles about exciting findings and events within our projects.
The BioClock consortium is an interdisciplinary network of universities, societal partners, local governments, and other parties that all share a common goal: we want to investigate how to keep the biological clock healthy in our 24/7 society. Funded by NWO, 25 PhD students and postdocs will work on this project in the coming years, supervised by researchers from academic institutes across the Netherlands and in collaboration with the many co-financing and cooperation partners.
New year, new project! #PhDcandidate Sander has started with his research on the effects of #lightpollution on #bats. Important work because our use of light at night affects #biodiversity severely. He works at the @niooknaw and you can read more below! Are the effects of light pollution bad for bats? Sander will find out - BioClock At the Netherlands Insititute of Ecology in Wageningen will PhD candidate Sander Buddendorf investigate the effects of... bioclockconsortium.org Het is nu de tijd van de lange nachten - maar tegenwoordig zijn die veel minder donker... Waarom te veel licht gevaarlijk is voor de natuur én onszelf Het zou 's nachts pikdonker moeten zijn, maar Nederland wordt na zonsondergang juist steeds lichter. Te veel licht ... www.rtlnieuws.nl .... en zo sta je opeens in de VPRO gids met het @bioklok consortium!! PhD candidate Laura Pape has recently started working at the @UniLeiden to design an #ehealth intervention for #students to improve #sleep. Read more about Laura and her #research here: Laura designs an e-health intervention for students to sleep better - BioClock PhD candidate Laura Pape has recently started her BioClock project at the Leiden University (LU). She works on the... bioclockconsortium.org Light at night strongly affects life of insects. How does this work and how can that be improved? Questions to be answered by the #PhD candidate that @NWA_BioClock is looking for. https://nioo.knaw.nl/nl/node/15059 Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences @HvA and @NWA_BioClock are looking for a PhD candidate/teacher-researcher who will investigate how to teach children about the biological clock! Apply here: Promovendus/Docent-onderzoeker 'BioClock':Teaching and Learning about Circadian Rythms (0,6-1,0 fte) Promovendus/Docent-onderzoeker 'BioClock':Teaching and Learning about Circadian Rythms (0,6-1,0 fte) vacaturesuvahva.nl Is ook beter voor de biodiversiteit als er wat minder verlichting is @NWA_BioClock https://twitter.com/woukevscherrenb/status/1458600237350617088
Waarom te veel licht gevaarlijk is voor de natuur én onszelf:
Onderzoekers @KamielSpoelstra en @JokeMeijer10 van @bioklok @NWA_BioClock bij @RTLnieuws
@KamielSpoelstra @RoelofHut @niooknaw @CCB_UCSD
#PhDposition #teaching #vacancy
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The BioClock Consortium is funded by the NWA-ORC programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO; project number 1292.19.077).