Projects

The luciferase project team is producing a set of videos to help students understand the overall use of reporters as tools in circadian biology, as well as their specific application in cyanobacteria and mammals.  We hope to complete an animated tutorial covering the basics of reporters, as well as a set of in lab videos that detail the use of luciferase and how data is generated from these techniques.

Everything a BIMM116/PSYC133 student will need to feel confident in the “Circadian Rhythms- Biological Clocks” course will be here!  We hope to not only provide explanations of appropriate depth that are study-friendly for all the big topics in circadian biology, but to have plenty of additional resources and content for more casual learners as well.  We're also pursuing an easily moldable index of terms so our website can grow alongside the cutting-edge accomplishments and discoveries of the field itself.

The 2-process sleep project team aims to create a short video that portrays the 2-process model of sleep regulation. This video will cover the circadian alerting signal, controlled primarily by the internal circadian clock, as well as the process of sleep homeostasis. Because the 2-process model of sleep regulation is fundamentally applicable to daily lives, this video tutorial targets the general public in addition to the BIMM116/PSYC133 students.

From basic anatomy of the mammalian retina, to the specific photoreceptors that are responsible for receiving light and relaying such an information to the brain for further interpretation, our project introduces how light can be utilized to produce graphic representation of the environment, as well as to act as a time cue of the circadian rhythm for mammals.

The goal of the cyanobacteria clock animation project is to enhance scientific understanding and accessibility of the circadian biology curriculum. Our approach for that goal is through the production of visual materials and resources in description of the oscillator process and output of the cyanobacteria circadian clock.

The focus of our team is to build and organize this web page in such a way that allows for simple and intuitive navigation. This web page was created to store and archive all of the work that has been done in the Bioclocks Studio and present them to the public to promote the circadian biology.