[visionlist] Talks on light exposure and visual exposure logging (October 2025 to January 2026)

[Manuel Spitschan]

Dear colleagues,

 

I’d like to share the announcement below of our long-running seminar series. The topic cluster on light and visual exposure logging (highlighted in yellow) is relevant to a vision audience (e.g., circadian photoreception, myopia). Please share with interested colleagues and trainees.

 

Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health Online seminar series (October 2025 to January 2026)

 

The Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE) is excited to announce the upcoming seminar series Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health, featuring international experts sharing cutting-edge research across four thematic areas:
Innovation in light and visual exposure logging
Emerging sleep technology and digital health
Clocks beyond 24 hours
Sleep and women’s health
 

Join us for thought-provoking talks and discussions on the latest developments in sleep and circadian research, from technology and measurement innovation to health applications and personalized prevention.

 

Participation and registration

All lectures will be held online via Zoom. Participation is free of charge and open to all interested researchers, students and professionals.

 

Registration: https://tum-conf.zoom-x.de/webinar/register/WN_Cmh088YLR9SjijGwHKupWg

 

Recorded talks will become available on the Unit’s YouTube channel, subject to the speaker’s approval: https://www.youtube.com/@tscnlab 

 

Programme

Tuesday, 21 October 2025 1100 CEST
Altug Didikoglu, Izmir Institute of Technology
TBC

 

Monday, 27 October 2025 1700 CET
Leonie Maurer, mementor DE GmbH
Emerging sleep technologies in practice: Digital CBT for insomnia and the German DiGA model

 

Monday, 3 November 2025 1700 CET
Michael Gradisar, Sleep Cycle
Minimise the blues or enhance the ‘reds’?

 

Monday, 10 November 2025 1700 CET
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, University of Würzburg
Lunar clocks in animals and humans

 

Monday, 17 November 2025 1700 CET
Anna Biller, Technical University of Munich
Determinants of healthy sleep and light exposure behaviour: Real-world evidence for personalised prevention

 

Monday, 24 November 2025 1700 CET
Sara Mednick, University of California, Irvine
Does the menstrual cycle impact sleep and memory?

 

Monday, 1 December 2025 1700 CET
Kai Broszio, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
TBC

 

Monday, 8 December 2025 1700 CET
Sietse de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology
Can body-worn dosimeters serve as reliable proxies for measuring eye-level light exposure?

 

Monday, 15 December 2025 1700 CET
Eric Page, Blue Iris Labs
How light exposure data can be used to improve health and wellness

 

Monday, 12 January 2026 1700 CET
Ali Rahjouei, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Measuring personal light exposure: Challenges and innovations

 

Monday, 19 January 2026 1700 CET
Lieve van Egmond, University Clinic Tübingen
Sleep in transgender individuals

 

Monday, 26 January 2026 1700 CET
Suzanne Bertisch, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
TBC

 

For any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan (manuel.spitschan at tum.de).

 

 

Manuel Spitschan PhD

 

Assistant Professor for Chronobiology and Health

Technical University of Munich
TUM School of Medicine and Health

TUM-IAS Fellow

Telephone: +49 (89) 289 24544

manuel.spitschan at tum.de

https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/

 

TUMCREATE Principal Investigator

TUMCREATE Singapore

https://www.tum-create.edu.sg/ 

 

Max Planck Research Group Leader

Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Max Planck Research Group Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience

manuel.spitschan at tuebingen.mpg.de

https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/614159/translational-sensory-and-circadian-neuroscience

 

Website: https://tscnlab.org/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BXbgAZIAAAAJ

 

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