Alun Hughes

One of my favorite science stories is just how many times plants have convergent evolved to make caffeine. The plant world just wants us all wide awake

24.01.2025 16:18 — 👍 67    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 2

BioClocks UK: driving robust cycles of discovery to impact | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the oppor...

Out today! Our article about the importance of creating impact from circadian rhythm research. A collaborative effort from the BioClocks UK volenteer team! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Published as part of a Royal Society special issue on circadian rhythms in infection and immunity.

23.01.2025 13:42 — 👍 16    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 1

Call for postdoc candidates interested in applying for an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in Hibernation, Torpor, Tanycytes, Seasonal biology UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established «The Arctic MSCA-PF program» (uit.no/project/arcticmsca) to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowsk

Why not apply to write a MSCA fellowship with me on hibernation, tanycytes and seasonality:
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/309304

17.01.2025 13:51 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

Inspired by artist Tauber-Arb and the discoveries of @mariafelicita.bsky.social, @oliviawalch.bsky.social made this to show how brain cancers grow in response to morning hormonal signals. What do you see?

15.01.2025 09:28 — 👍 17    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Excellent resource for data visualisation in R with ggplot2.

16.12.2024 19:47 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

I finally got around to setting this up...!

05.12.2024 10:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Timed exercise stabilizes behavioral rhythms but not molecular programs in the brain’s suprachiasmatic clock Molecular biology; Neuroscience; Behavioral neuroscience

Hi Nicholas, could you add me please? Cheers

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04.12.2024 22:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sleep Groove Sleep Groove is Why We Sleep meets what if?—an accessible, engaging tour of sleep and circadian science from an expert. With a sleep-wonk’s attenti...

Everyone* should preorder my book, Sleep Groove (out 1/28)

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*especially people who like comics, physics, math, and analogies involving water coolers on swings

04.12.2024 01:11 — 👍 13    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 2

Loss of neuropeptide signalling alters temporal expression of mouse suprachiasmatic neuronal state and excitability You have to enable JavaScript in your browser's settings in order to use the eReader.

Really pleased to have this out - lovely work led by Sven Wenger, Mino Belle and Hugh Piggins

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04.12.2024 20:48 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0