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.

Free-Running Periods

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

Interview with Dr. Amir Zarrinpar

Hear Dr. Zarrinpar discuss circadian rhythms and the gut microbiome

Interview with Dr. Eve Van Cauter

Hear Dr. Van Cauter describe aspects of sleep research

Luciferase Reporters for Mammals in Circadian Research

Learn how luciferase reporters are used to study circadian rhythms in mammals

Understanding the Actogram

Learn how to read an actogram with Dr. Gorman

Photoperiodic Flowering Part 2

Part 2, the advanced mechanisms how plants measure night- and day-length to determine when to flower

Cyanobacterial Circadian Oscillator

Discover how three proteins interact to make a circadian oscillator mechanism in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus

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.

Time Memory in Bees

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

Luciferase Reporters for Cyanobacteria in Circadian Research

Learn how luciferase reporters are used to study circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria

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

Interview with Dr. Lance Kriegsfeld

Hear Dr. Kriegsfeld discuss circadian rhythms and neuroendocrinology

Interview with Dr. Till Roenneberg

Hear Dr. Roenneberg discuss shift work and circadian disruption

Entrainment Simulator

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

Interviews with Circadian Researchers

Watch brief interviews with circadian biology researchers

Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Reporters in Circadian Rhythm Studies

Read about the biology, application, and experimental design of fluorescent reporters in circadian studies

Interview with Dr. Phyllis Zee

Hear Dr. Zee discuss research on sleep and circadian rhythms

Daylight Saving Time Infographic

Learn about how Daylight Saving Time affects health

Properties of Entrainable Oscillators

Learn the properties that define an entrainable biological circadian oscillator

The Food Entrainable Oscillator

Learn about the discovery and characteristics of the non-canonical Food Entrainable Oscillator

The 2-Process Model of Sleep

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

The Transcriptomic Motion Picture of Marine Microbes

A blog post about understanding daily rhythms in marine microbes.

In-Lab Video Series: Rodent Wheel-Running Experiment

Learn how to design, perform, and analyze a rodent wheel-running experiment.

Cellular Oscillators

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

Interview with Dr. Ketema Paul

Hear Dr. Paul describe research on sleep and circadian rhythms

Fluence Response Curves and Action Spectra Series

Discover how action spectra are derived from fluence response curves

School Start Time Infographic

Learn why school start times matter for adolescents

Mammalian Retina and Photoreceptors

Understand the biology behind photoreception in mammals

Mammalian Molecular Entrainment to Light and Networks

Learn how light information alters the molecular circadian clock to promote entrainment

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
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