2017 News
Dec 7, 2017
CCB Director Golden awarded Aschoff-Honma Prize for 2018
The Aschoff and Honma Memorial Foundation (Sapporo Symposium at Hokkaido University), was awarded CCB Director Susan Golden for her research on the mechanism and physiological consequences of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria.
Dec 5, 2017
CCB's Joanne Chory wins $3 million Breakthrough Prize
Dr. Chory, a preeminent plant biologists is leading the charge to combat global warming with plant-based solutions. Awarded this Breakthrough Prize for her pioneering work deciphering how plants optimize growth, development and cellular structure to transform sunlight into chemical energy.
November 2017
Satchin Panda's talk on YouTube
CCB's Satchin Panda's talk on "Health lies in healthy circadian habits" for TEDxBeaconStreet at the Kennedy Library, November 2017.
November 2017
CCB applauds 2017 CCB Fall Workshop trainee speaker award
Alessandra Porcu received best talk entitled "Photoperiod-induced neurotransmitter switching in the suprachiasmatic nucleus." The award is a career-boosting speaker slot at the 2018 Ipsen/Science symposium.
Nov 17, 2017
CCB Fall Workshop on Biological Timing
Another outstanding meeting, as more than 100 participants enjoyed the 10 guest speakers at the 2017 Fall Workshop on Biological Timing.
November 2017
CCB featured in UCSD newsletter
Read about the Center for Circadian Biology and highlights from our 2017 Fall Workshop with guest speakers Drs. Ruth Benca and Ketema Paul. (Photo by Erik Jepsen)
November 2017
Bioclock Studio featured in UCSD Newsletter
Featured article is all about the BioClock Studio and its innovative way to educate about circadian biology.
Oct 2, 2017
Congratulations to Mike Young, awarded Nobel Prize
CCB advisory board member Michael Young, has achieved the highest scientific honor: the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. He shares this award with Jeffrey Hall and Michael Rosbash, for their foundational work identifying the molecular machinery underpinning the circadian clock.
Oct 1, 2017
Guidelines for Genome-Scale Analysis of Biological Rhythms
Over 80 leading circadian researchers, including CCB members, produced guidelines for the analysis of large genome-scale experiments with rhythmic biological outputs. They also present CircaInSilico, a new synthetic data application for simulating circadian data sets and aiding experimental design.
September 2017
CCB highlighted in Popular Science article on human clocks
CCB faculty research is highlighted in a Popular Science article entitled "Your schedule could be killing you: Modern lifestyles are at war with the way our bodies evolved to function.” Share it with your social media platforms!
September 2017
BioClock Studio 3-part tutorial on fluence response curves and action spectra
A student team from the 2017 BioClock Studio has created a 3-part tutorial video series on generating and interpreting fluence response curves and action spectra. Explore these and other education resources at the BioClock Studio.
August 2017
CCB affiliate Carrie Partch receives Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award
Congratulations to CCB affiliate Carrie Partch, who received the 2018 Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society for her "ground-breaking combination of biophysics and cell biology that is defining how protein conformational changes control circadian clock timing."
May 2017
Collaboration reveals "missing link" photoreceptor for Drosophila clock entrainment
In the journal Nature CCB affiliate Todd Holmes, Lisa Baik, Craig Montell, and Jinfei Ni, report the discovery of a previously uncharacterized rhodopsin, Rh7. Other rhodopsins work in the eye and external photoreceptors, Rh7 operates directly in circadian neurons.
March 2017
Partch/LiWang/Golden collaboration reports clock complex structures
In the journal SCIENCE results from a collaboration among CCB members Carrie Partch, Andy LiWang, and Susan Golden. The paper reveals structures of multi-component Kai oscillator complexes of the cyanobacterial clock, with insights into interactions that contribute to 24-h timing.
Feb 2017
Downloadable clock graphics from BioClock Studio 2017
Download an editable powerpoint of fly, mammal, and plant oscillator graphics for use in your presentations and papers, compliments of the BioClock Studio 2017!
Feb 2017
BioClock Studio interactive review on bioluminescent and fluorescent reporters
BioClock Studio instructional team Takako Noguchi and Susan Golden have prepared an on-line interactive review (basic and advanced) which explains the key issues of using fluorescent and bioluminescent reporters in circadian research.
Feb 15, 2017
CCB Workshop on Sleep, Health, and Work Schedules
A workshop geared toward shiftworkers, examines and teaching strategies for people with work/sleep routines times not favored by their internal circadian clocks. With 4 world-renowned experts, 65 attendees (military, first responders, nursing/medical).
Feb 15-17, 2017
CCB 8th Center for Circadian Biology Symposium
Another successful symposium with 160 attendees and 18 featured speakers from 39 Institutions/Companies. BioClock Studio students volunteered to help during the event
