Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE)
22 episodes
1 week ago
We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened. In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Contact us: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Website: https://tscnlab.org/podcast
All content for Light O'Clock is the property of Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE) and is served directly from their servers
with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.
We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened. In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Contact us: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Website: https://tscnlab.org/podcast
Season 2 – Episode 1: Cave studies and fruit flies – the history of chronobiology
Light O'Clock
25 minutes 58 seconds
1 year ago
Season 2 – Episode 1: Cave studies and fruit flies – the history of chronobiology
In this episode Prof. Orie Schafer, based at the CUNY Advanced Research Center, takes us through the history of the field of chronobiology, from its beginnings in plants, through studies in bunkers with humans, and the discovery of the clock genes thanks to the tiny but mighty fruit fly.
Links and resources related to the episode’s contentPhotos of Jürgen Aschoff’s 1960’s bunker experiment [https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/chronobiologie-schlaflabor-im-bunker-a-951188.html]
Original publication on the discovery of the period gene by Ronald Konopka and Seymour Benzer [https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.68.9.2112]
Further reading on the history of Chronobiology and the discovery of the molecular mechanisms of circadian rhythms [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6138759/]
Timestamps(00:00) Intro
(01:10) Introducing Prof. Shafer
(02:14) Beginnings in plants
(05:18) Other organisms
(06:10) Studies in humans: caves and bunkers
(09:53) Where is the circadian clock?
(11:24) Search for the clock genes
(13:22) Why are fruit flies so important?
(14:50) Discovery of the period gene
(17:38) The fly vs. the human clock
(20:19) Flies and modern life
(22:49) Outro
ContactFor feedback and questions, you can contact us at: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Follow us on social media to stay up to date with our episodes and discover related content:
Twitter/X: https://x.com/lightoclock
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lightoclockpodcast/
Website: https://www.tscnlab.org/podcast
Light O'Clock
We break down the science behind circadian rhythms so you can be enlightened. In each podcast episode, we chat with experts in the field about a variety of topics, spanning from the effects of light on our biology and how it can be used for the treatment of psychiatric disorders and beyond.
Contact us: lightoclock@tuebingen.mpg.de
Website: https://tscnlab.org/podcast
.jpg&w=3840&q=10)
