To catalyse any means necessary for the use of (day-)light to improve general health, quality of life and living conditions across the life span, based on biological, psychological and societal needs. For this purpose, the impact of daylight will be systematically assessed, and new tools, applications will be validated and implemented in the fields of vision science and ophthalmology, healthy ageing and clinical practice.
We would like to say goodbye to Nadja Schaubhut (MSc), our Platform Coordinator, and Béa Anderlohr, our Platform Administrator. They will both be taking on new roles in the future, and we would like to thank them and wish them all the best on behalf of the iHCDP team!
Data collection of the CIEL study, a personalized multimodal circadian intervention study in older adults with sleep problems (iHCDP module “Environmental Circadian Lighting”), was completed in May 2025.
From June 13-16, 2025, the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light, Rhythms, and Circadian Health (SLRCH) took place at Simmons University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. The iHCDP was represented by Dr. Corrado Garbazza, Dr. Mirjam Münch and Gunnar Deuring, who presented current research findings and exchanged ideas with leading experts in chronobiology and light research.
A PhD position with a workload of 90 percent for four years is available at the Center for Chronobiology of the University of Basel and the University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK) Basel from 1 October 2025 (or by arrangement).
More than 10,000 visitors and over 100 exhibitors came together at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel on 22 February 2025. A mixture of expert presentations, fitness programs, check-ups and product offerings from the lifestyle, sports and nutrition sectors created variety.
On 23 October 2024, iHCDP Prof. Dr. Christian Cajochen took part in the Gantrisch Forum 2024 in Schwarzenburg, which is held annually in October to strengthen the importance and awareness of the Gantrisch Economic Vision.
The Sleep Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) takes place every two years. This year, 3688 participants met in Seville, Spain, from September 24 to 27 to discuss the latest findings in sleep research in 42 symposia and 160 presentations.
This year's meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR) took place from June 20 to 22 in Prague, Czech Republic. The diverse scientific program consisted of five symposia, a presentation round for young researchers, three discussion rounds, annual reviews, poster sessions and a data blitz.