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.
BioClock PhD student Demy van Gilst from @ErasmusMC presenting at #SRBR2022 on the effects of postnatal light exposure and 24h rhythms on development and health. Such a superstar already, having started her PhD only a few months ago! Presenting two posters tonight at #SRBR2022: M37 on the effect of night shift work on 24h rhythms in metabolomic profiles & M72 on the ENLIGHT consensus guidelines on reporting experiments on the non-visual effects of light (with @LokRenske & @mspitschan). BioClock researcher @KamielSpoelstra from @niooknaw presenting on the impact of artificial light at night on the temporal organization of bird activity at #SRBR2022. Having trouble sleeping well as a University student? Join the i-Sleep & BioClock program: Yes, we could finally celebrate the start of our 6-year project! Last Thursday, April 21st, the official BioClock kickoff meeting took place in the beautiful planetarium in @ARTIS. Read more on our website: https://bioclockconsortium.org/en/news/bioclock-has-started/ @LUMC_Leiden @NWONieuws Vandaag mooie kick-off in @ARTIS van het @NWA_BioClock consortium met frisse manieren van presenteren zoals korte interviews van @malouvh en pitches van de projecten. @bioklok Today was the kickoff meeting of our @NWA_BioClock consortium in @ARTIS. It was a fantastic day with @malouvh @JokeMeijer10 @RoelofHut @KamielSpoelstra @VijverMartina @ChrTudorache @GordijnMarijke @Neonatal_Brain @Heitman_lab & many others! @NWONieuws
https://bioclockconsortium.org/en/news/suffering-from-sleep-problems-as-a-student-join-the-i-sleep-bioclock-online-program/
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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).