Aktuelle Vortragsreihen

The Talk Series "Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health" is organized by the Assistant Professorship of Chronobiology & Health at the Technical University of Munich and the Max Planck Research Group Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics led by Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan. The 60-minute (45 min. talk + 15 min. Q&A/discussion) seminars are free to join and take place via Zoom.

Registration:

Registration is required. Click here for registration.

Hosts:

Dr. Maydel Fernandez Alonso & Dr. Anna Biller

Program:

• 23 October 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Kathryn Roecklein: Melanopsin-driven photosensitivity in seasonal depression and healthy controls

• 30 October 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Charlotte Rae: Diurnal dips in impulsivity and interoception; and a discussion on how researchers can tackle the climate crisis

• 6 November 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Rae Silver: Sex differences and steroid hormone influences on the circadian timing systems: Why do we care?

• 13 November 2023 17:00 (Munich) | TBC

• 20 November 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Susann Görlinger: Flight reduction in academia

• 27 November 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Megan Mahoney: Biological rhythms and estrogen signaling

• 4 December 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Fiona Baker: Sleep and the menstrual cycle

• 11 December 2023 17:00 (Munich) | TBC

• 18 December 2023 17:00 (Munich) | Hans Van Dongen: Individual differences in sleep and waking performance; new insights from cognitive and genetic studies

• 8 January 2024 17:00 (Munich) | Pierre Alexis Geoffroy: Light, mood and mental health

• 15 January 2024 17:00 (Munich) | Jennifer Evans: Sex differences in neural circuits that program daily rhythms

• 22 January 2024 17:00 (Munich) | Nayanthara Santhi: Sex differences in the circadian regulation of sleep and cognition

• 29 January 2024 17:00 (Munich) | Eva Schernhammer: Night work and breast cancer risk: from the beginnings to what we know today

• 5 February 2024 17:00 (Munich) | Kelton Minor: Sleep in a warming world