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.
Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan, Head of the Professorship of Chronobiology & Health at the Technical University of Munich and Research Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, was awarded the 2023 David Marr Medal by the Applied Vision Association (AVA).
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We are happy to announce that our Integrative Human Circadian Daylight Platform already turns 2 years old. In September 2021 our team started mapping out the concept and preparing the work packages for each of the 3 modules.
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Several members of the iHCDP participated in the Interdisciplinary Summer School of the Daylight Academy from 15-19 August 2022 in Chexbres, Switzerland. One of the results is this impressive booklet on Measuring Light and Illumination.
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From May 30 to June 1, 2023, we participated in the 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms (SLTBR) in Lausanne.
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A warm welcome to our new iHCDP coordinator!
We are very excited that Nadja Schaubhut joined our team as new platform coordinator. Nadja Schaubhut holds a Master of Science in Ecology from the University of Basel and has several years of expertise in website content management, translations and freelancing editorial activities. We are very much looking to working with her!
We are looking forward to our second iHCDP retreat from April 24-25, 2023. Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan will host the iHCDP Team at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany.
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On 13th March 2023, we will be part of the 26th Brain Awareness Week, organised by Neuroscience Network Basel. We will be hosting a tour of our laboratories, as well as holding talks and a podium discussion on the topic "Living in the right light". For details of this event, which will be in German, please see the programme.
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At Basel Museums Night on 20 January 2023, our researchers Carmen Frey, Johanna Otte, Sophie Reckels, Mirjam Münch and Christian Cajochen gave talks on day, night, light and chronotype, kindly hosted at the Natural History Museum in Basel.
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The iHCDP wishes you a happy new year 2023!
The above photo was taken at the first iHCDP retreat in December 2022, where our teams from Tübingen, Munich and Basel shared their research and made plans for the next steps to be taken. We are excited to continue our collaboration in the new year!
In an article in Schweiz am Wochenende (German), Prof. Dr. Christian Cajochen discusses the influence of genetics on the response to dark winters, and explains the impact of an awareness of the importance of light.
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