2019 News
November 2019
CCB applauds 2019 CCB Fall Workshop trainee speaker award
Emily Manoogian received best talk entitled "Time-restricted eating and metabolic health." The award is a career-boosting speaker slot at the 2020 symposium.
Nov 15, 2019
CCB Fall Workshop on Biological Timing
120 attendees and 11 speakers enjoyed this event which included a careers in science communication panel, and poster session for Undergrads and Masters students.
October 2019
Joanne Chory wins 2019 Princess of Asturias Award
CCB member Joanne Chory received the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. Recognized for her innovative work on the regulatory mechanisms of plants, contributing to the fight against climate change, and defense of biodiversity.
September 2019
Susan Golden - Board of Governors of the American Academy of Microbiology
Susan Golden, CCB Director, Distinguished Professor, was elected to the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Microbiology. The Governors set the Academy’s strategic direction; elect Fellows; develop new topics for colloquia; and establish new programs and initiatives consistent with its overall mission.
May 2019
Atul Malhotra - Integrity Award Recipient
CCB member Atul Malhotra, Professor, School of Medicine, UCSD. This prestigious award program recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions in support of UC San Diego’s commitment to integrity.
May 2019
Joe Takahashi awarded The Gruber Neuroscience Prize
CCB Advisory Board member Joe Takahashi, received international recognition for his pioneering work on the molecular underpinnings of mammalian circadian rhythms. The Gruber Neuroscience Prize, which honors scientists for advancing our understanding of the nervous system, will be presented at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting.
Apr 23, 2019
Sold-out crowd for circadian Taste of Science
CCB members Susan Golden, Michael McCarthy and Emily Manoogian delivered an engaging program of chronobiology concepts. This scientific outreach to the wider public, at Thorn Street Brewery included fascinating research summaries, clock-themed trivia, and Q&A with each scientist.
April 2019
Steve Kay elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Congratulations to Steve Kay, CCB external board member, for his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society. CCB salutes Steve for this recognition of his many contributions to biological, and especially circadian, science.
Mar 25, 2019
Sonia Ancoli-Israel - William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award Recipient
Congratulations to CCB's Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medicine, UC San Diego. Recipient of the 2019 American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s highest honor - the William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award for exceptional initiative and progress in the areas of sleep education and academic research.
Feb 13-15, 2019
Timely 9th CCB Symposium
Nobel Prize laureate Mike Young wrapped up an exciting 3 days of talks at the CCB Symposium. With cutting-edge basic and translational research in chronobiology. Special mention goes to trainee Jennifer Fribourgh (Carrie Partch Lab), who won the prize for best poster.
Feb 13, 2019
CCB Workshop - It's about time for Health: Exercise, Light & Food
Workshop for professionals working at night. Strategies to minimize health risks. Discover 24/7 lifestyles, including timing of exercise, light exposure, and food intake will influence body clocks, sleep, and health.
February 2019
SRBR rolls out first public outreach team
Laura Kervezee, Postdoc, McGill University, will serve as the first Public Outreach Fellow for the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. Laura is joined by four other chronobiologists to form an outreach committee, dedicated to improving the visibility of the organization and highlighting the real-world importance of the field.
February 2019
Manipulating clocks through exercise
CCB members Jeff Elliott and Daniel Kripke, whose recent work revealed the power of exercise timing to advance or delay an individual’s internal clock.
