The Society for Research on Biological Rhythms is an international society established in 1986 to promote the advancement and dissemination of research in all aspects of biological rhythms.
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Celebrating Michael Twery’s Contributions to Sleep and Circadian Research
In honor of Dr. Michael Twery, past Director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, a celebration of his critical role in advancing sleep and circadian science will take place on January 12, 4:30 – 6:00 PM EST. This will be an opportunity to express our...
Introducing the Emmett Chappelle Award
The Trainee and Young Faculty Diversity Enhancement (TYDE) fellowships, first established for the 2018 SRBR meeting, have been renamed the Emmett Chappelle awards. Like the TYDE fellowships, the Emmett Chappelle awards aim to promote attendance and participation of...
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The birth of chronobiology: a botanical observation
In 1729, Jean-Jacques d’Ortus de Mairan (1678-1771) laid the foundations of modern chronobiology. A French interdisciplinary researcher, he designed an experiment that demonstrated the existence of a circadian rhythm in plants, potentially deriving from an...
CIRCADIAN ART Part 3 – The beats of circadian rhythms
Rhythm is something you either have or don’t have, but when you have it, you have it all over. Elvis Presley “The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don’t belong to any particular culture.” John McLaughlin Try this experiment: listen to...
