Chrono@Work received the good news that funding was granted for a project in the topic PCH (personalized & connected health) Ecosystem from the University Medical Center Groningen. This is a European funded project under the umbrella of SNN. In the project, Chrono@Work, supported by the University of Groningen, will develop a mobile application to use…
Chrono@Work is proud to participate in the EU Horizon2020 Research Project “ENLIGHTENme”: Exploring the Impact of Urban Lighting and Indoor Lighting on Health and Wellbeing, which started with a kick-off meeting on March 4th– 5th, 2021. For the full press release please read more here: 210224_EnlightenME_Press_Release_C@W
The time of day that an Olympic swimming race takes place may affect athletes’ performance and could mean the difference between gold, silver and bronze, according to a study published in Scientific Reports. Countries selected to host the Olympics may adjust race times to accommodate broadcast across continents, requiring athletes to compete at different, sometimes…
After the official approval on 26 June 2019, we organized the kick-off meeting on 4 July of our new project funded by FOOD2020. Together with Food Professionals and C24 we will develop a food concept for employees in night shifts. See the announcement after our pitch in Wageningen: https://www.instazu.com/media/2009642964058772207
Chrono@Work will be present at several symposia, classes and congresses in the upcoming period. Please have a look and subscribe if you are interested in the topic. 16th April 20:00h in Leeuwarden: Studium Generale Het Einde van de Zomertijd en Dan? 18th April whole day in Zeist: Medilex symposium on ‘Slaapproblemen en -stoornissen bij mensen met…
Chrono@Work published a paper on the role of the biological clock in safety and health in the Dutch journal for health and safety officers: Safety! magazine. In this paper, we explain why we perform so badly during the night and how we can keep our biological clock in synch with the natural rhythm of light…
Linda Geddes, journalist in the UK, published an article in the Guardian titled “No more snooze button: a complete guide to waking up feeling fantastic“. “Now the clocks have gone back and the days are getting shorter, it can be hard to get out of bed. But, from dawn simulators to a regular wakeup time,…
In August, the European Union voted to abolish the bi-annual change in clock time. `Whether the continent will be in constant ‘wintertime’ or ‘summertime’ remains to be decided and this imposes a lot of debate in the various countries of the European Union. Chrono@Work is actively involved in international and national discussion. International and Dutch…
Marijke Gordijn from Chrono@Work co-authors a paper, published in Scientific Reports, about how the eye uses natural light information to synchronize the biological clock to the outdoor light, even when clouds are covering the sky. The mammalian circadian system encodes both absolute levels of light intensity and color to phaselock (entrain) its rhythm to the…
Chrono@Work B.V. Groningen is the first company this year to receive a grant of € 25,000 of SNN. The innovation grant for the Groningen company is intended for research into the feasibility of a sensor system that teaches poor sleepers to sleep according to their biological clock. Read more on the site of SNN. With…
In the Dutch Television program ‘Dokters van Morgen‘ on October 17th, Antoinette Herzenberg pays attention to the importance of a healthy sleep. As part of the program, five volunteers went camping during one weekend. Chrono@Work supported the program with scientific input and the analysis of light exposure, rest-activity rhythms and melatonin patterns. Following up on…
Van der Heijden, K.B., Vermeulen M.C.M., Donjacour, C., Gordijn M., Hamburger, H., Meijer, A.M., Van Rijn, K. Chronic sleep reduction predicts academic achievement and study concentration in higher education students. J. Sleep Res. 2017
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jsr.12596/abstract
Woelders T., Beersma D.G.M., Gordijn M.C.M., Hut R.A. & Wams E.J. Daily light exposure patterns reveal phase and period of the human circadian clock. J. Biol. Rhythms 2017
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0748730417696787
Gaspas L., Van de Werken M., Johansson A.S., Moriggi E., Owe-Larsson B., Kocks J.W.H, Lundkvist G.B., Gordijn M.C.M., Brown S.A. Human cellular differences in cAMP – CREB signaling correlate with light-dependent melatonin suppression and bipolar disorder. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40: 2206-2215 (2014).
Van de Werken M., Booij S.H., van der Zwan J.E., Simons M.J.P, Gordijn M.C.M, & Beersma D.G.M. The biological clock modulates the human cortisol response in a multiplicative fashion. Chronobiology International, 31:572-580. (2013)
