The BioClock Studio Proudly Presents...

The BioClock Studio and BioClock Workshop were courses at the University of Californa, San Diego in which undergraduate and graduate students drawn from diverse disciplines across the arts and the sciences, worked collaboratively to develop their scientific and communication skills and produced creative educational materials.

School Start Time Infographic

Learn why school start times matter for adolescents

Time Memory in Bees

Learn about landmark experiments that established internal clocks as the source of circadian rhythms in animals

Interview with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar

Hear Dr. Zarrinpar discuss circadian rhythms and the gut microbiome

Links Between Mood Disorders and Circadian Rhythms

Learn about the behavioral assays and gene manipulations used in rodent models to explore links between circadian rhythms and mood disorders

Human Circadian Variation: Genetic Approaches

Learn how genetic manipulations in model organisms and in vitro establish circadian links to human variation in chronotype

Exploring Processes C and S Part 2: Forced Desynchrony

Learn how sleep researchers use a "forced desynchrony" protocol to separate effects of processes C and S on sleep

Interviews with Circadian Researchers

Watch brief interviews with circadian biology researchers

Naming Conventions

Understand the terms used in circadian biology

Photoperiodic Flowering Part 1

Discover how plants measure night- and day-length to determine when to flower

Structural Changes of the Cyanobacterial Clock

Watch the structural nanomachine of the cyanobacterial circadian oscillator come to life in this video made by our colleagues.

Common Clock Mechanism Graphics Tool

Use our free editable powerpoint file of mammalian, fly, and plant molecular clock mechanisms in presentations and papers

Interview with Dr. Eve Van Cauter

Hear Dr. Van Cauter describe aspects of sleep research

The 2-Process Model of Sleep

Learn how a homeostatic drive and the circadian clock control the timing of sleep

An Introduction to Chronobiology

Read our three-part introduction to basic concepts in chronobiology

Mammalian Retina and Photoreceptors

Understand the biology behind photoreception in mammals

Entrainment Simulator

Explore basic concepts of circadian entrainment, phase response curves, and phase shifts with our Entrainment Simulator

Luciferase Reporters in Circadian Research

Learn how luciferase reporters are used in circadian biology

Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Attention and Mood

Learn about the effects of sleep deprivation on attention and mood.

Cellular Oscillators

Learn about "clocks in a dish," and how in vitro mammalian clocks can be used to study circadian rhythms

Free-Running Periods

Learn about basic property of free-running periods of circadian oscillators

Interview with Dr. Lance Kriegsfeld

Hear Dr. Kriegsfeld discuss circadian rhythms and neuroendocrinology

Understanding the Actogram

Learn how to read an actogram with Dr. Gorman

The Transcriptomic Motion Picture of Marine Microbes

A blog post about understanding daily rhythms in marine microbes.

Healthy Light Exposure Infographic

Learn the do's and don'ts of light exposure that affect circadian rhythms and sleep

Phase Response Curves

Understand phase response curves, an important - but tricky! - circadian concept

Interview with Dr. Carrie Partch

Hear Dr. Partch discuss the structural underpinnings of molecular clocks

Shift Work, Sleep Deprivation, and Health

Discover the health impacts of shift work and sleep deprivation on humans

Circadian Transcriptomics Dry Lab Series

Learn the approaches and experimental design of circadian -omics studies in a “dry lab” format

Interview with Dr. Till Roenneberg

Hear Dr. Roenneberg discuss shift work and circadian disruption

Exploring Processes C and S Part 1: Napping Protocol

Learn how sleep researchers use a "napping" protocol to separate effects of processes C and S on sleep
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