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Summer Chronobiology course May 26-29 in Gainesville, FL.
This course will cover a wide range of topics! Lectures will offer background on molecular basis for biological rhythms in plants, insects, mammals. Photoreceptor pathways will be compared. Students will learn how researchers are working to develop biomarkers and how to assess phase resetting. Everyone will get hands-on experience analyzing rhythmic data and creating simple mathematical models. Instruction will be provided by leading researchers in the field, with class size kept small enough for personal tutoring sessions and active learning.
Here is our schedule:
2020 International Chronobiology Summer School
This course welcomes graduates students and postdoctoral fellows new to the field of Chronobiology.
Every student should come with a poster describing their current research. It is not necessary to show results; the poster can describe planned experiments. All teachers will also come with a poster describing their current major lines of research. Posters will be up all week, with a day assigned to each for presentation.
Day 1: Clock molecular mechanisms
Tuesday 26 May
| Time | Format | Teacher | Title |
| 9:00 | Lecture | Mary Harrington | What is a biological clock and how do we study it? |
| 9:30 | Lecture | Stacey Harmer | Molecular clocks in plants |
| 10:20 | Lecture | Joanna Chiu | Molecular clocks in insects |
| 11:10 | Break | ||
| 11:30 | Lecture | John Hogenesch | Molecular clocks in mammals |
| 12:20 | Discussion | Carmel Martin-Fairey | General discussion |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45 | Posters | Subset 1 of posters to be presented | |
| 14:30 | Workshop | John Hogenesch, Michelle Gumz | Using the molecular clock to create biomarkers |
| 16:30 | Workshop | John Hogenesch | Data analysis approaches in transcriptomic studies |
| 17:30 | Study Groups | Questions and discussion | |
| 18:30 | End |
Day 2: Fundamental properties of biological rhythms and photoreceptor inputs
Wednesday 27 May
| Time | Format | Teacher | Title |
| 9:00 | Lecture | The evolutionary significance of circadian phase | |
| 9:30 | Lecture | Horacio de la Iglesia | Circadian photoreception in mammals |
| 10:20 | Lecture | Luoying Zhang | Circadian photoreception in insects |
| 11:10 | Break | ||
| 11:30 | Lecture | Stacey Harmer | Circadian photoreception in plants |
| 12:20 | Discussion | Jaekyoung Kim | General discussion |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45 | Posters | Subset 2 of posters to be presented | |
| 14:30 | Workshop | Mary Harrington and Tanya Leise | PRC’s, actograms and data analysis: a circadian clocks survival kit |
| 16:30 | Workshop | Tanya Leise | Data analysis: Period and phase |
| 17:30 | Study Groups | Questions and discussion | |
| 18:30 | End |
Day 3: Clock works
Thursday 28 May
| Time | Format | Teacher | Title |
| 9:00 | Lecture | Erik Herzog | The suprachiasmatic nucleus |
| 9:30 | Lecture | Jaekyoung Kim | How can modeling help to understand the clock mechanism? |
| 10:20 | Lecture | Ilia Karatsoreos | A clock for all seasons |
| 11:10 | Break | ||
| 11:30 | Lecture | Horacio de la Iglesia | Tidal and lunar rhythms |
| 12:20 | Discussion | India Nichols | General discussion |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45 | Posters | Subset 3 of posters to be presented | |
| 14:30 | Workshop | Tanya Leise and Jaekyoung Kim
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Building a simple model of a biological clock |
| 16:30 | Workshop | India Nichols | Sleep – the Two Process Model |
| 17:30 | Study Groups | Questions and discussion | |
| 18:30 | End |
Day 4: Clock outputs
Friday 29 May
| Time | Format | Teacher | Title |
| 9:00 | Lecture | Horacio de la Iglesia | Condor Instruments Student Sleep Lab |
| 9:30 | Lecture | Karyn Esser | Clock controlled genes and peripheral clocks |
| 10:20 | Lecture | Luoying Zhang | Circadian disruption and mental health |
| 11:10 | Break | ||
| 11:30 | Lecture | Carmel Martin-Fairey | Circadian rhythms and reproduction |
| 12:20 | Discussion | Erik Herzog | General discussion |
| 13:00 | Lunch | ||
| 13:45 | PI Posters | Instructors will present posters on their current research interests | |
| 14:30 | Workshop | Stacey Harmer and Joanna Chiu | Mechanisms for seasonal timing across diverse organisms and the impacts of climate change
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| 16:30 | Workshop | Hanspeter Herzel | Understanding entrainment: seasonality and jetlag |
| 17:30 | Wrap up | Condor Instruments Student Sleep Lab: Questions and discussion | |
| 18:30 | End |
Friday 29 May – Bus transfer to Amelia Island for the SRBR meeting –
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