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The clocks around &
within us

Enter the archive and follow the trails of dolphins sleeping with one side of the brain, dig into the wiring diagram of circadian clocks, ask why roses can bloom in winter, and how, during evolution, life on earth has adapted to the geophysical day/night environment.

This visual representation of the history and science of chronobiology premiered at the art exhibition "Lighten Up! On Biology and Time".

Curated by Anna Wirz-Justice with Bharath Ananthasubramaniam, Steven A. Brown, Horacio O. de la Iglesia, Diego A. Golombek, Carl Johnson, Till Roenneberg, William J. Schwartz 2023.

Overview

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Being healthy: it's about time

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1.1. Why do we sleep

1.2. Enlighten your clock

1.3. Light therapy for winter depression SAD

1.4. Light sleep and other chronotherapies

1.5. Chronomedicine and chronopharmacology

1.6. Melatonin the hormone of darkness

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An owl in the morning is merely conforming

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2.1. Rhythms shaped by the environment

2.2. Rhythms shaping the environment

2.3. Biological clocks

2.4. Lighten up

2.5. Chronotype

2.6. The industrialized world

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Generating internal body time

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Circadian rhythms in different organisms.

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The light-sensing system underlying the Live Canvas response is integrated in the Neurospora circadian regulatory system. Since different levels of projected light alter clock phase in an intensity-dependent manner, bioluminescence is expressed differentially across the canvas.

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3.1. A history of circadian rhythms

3.2. A primer on circadian rhythms

3.3. Circadian rhythms are everywhere from bacteria to plants and animals

3.4. Humans also exhibit circadian rhythms

3.5. Circadian molecular clocks earn a Nobel prize

3.6. Playing art with circadian rhythms

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Revealing Circadian Clock Cells and Circuits

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4.1. The Central Clock is in the Brain

4.2. Resetting the Clock Through a Special Light Pathway

4.3. Getting the Timekeeping Message Out

4.4. Watching the Clock Tick in Real Time

4.5. A Clock Growing Up and Growing Old

4.6. Our Bodies are Veritable Clock Shops

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How and why do we have clocks?

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5.1. What are clocks good for

5.2. How did clocks evolve

5.3. Are clocks adaptive

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Lunar and Seasonal Clocks

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6.1. Lunar and Semilunar Rhythms

6.2. Tidal Rhythms

6.3. Annual and Seasonal Rhythms

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Learning from Virtual Clocks

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7.1. The Language of Virtual Clocks

7.2. Lessons from Virtual Reality

7.3. From the Virtual to the Real

7.4. Alternate Realities