[visionlist] Current Topics in Visual & Circadian Neuroscience (Spring/Summer 2026)

[Manuel Spitschan]

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Current Topics in Visual & Circadian Neuroscience (Spring/Summer 2026)

The Seminar Series "Current Topics in Visual & Circadian Neuroscience" is organised by the Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE)<https://www.tscnlab.org/> led by Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan. The 60-minute (45 min. talk + 15 min. Q&A/discussion) graduate-level seminars are free to join and take place via Zoom.

Register now<https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/HvdOiZ8-Q9uIbOvnWpf5mw>.

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

Schedule
Monday, 13 April 2026, 17:00 CEST | Stephen Eglen, University of Cambridge
CODECHECK – a process for the independent execution of computations underlying research articles

Monday, 20 April 2026, 17:00 CEST | Lorna Lopez, Maynooth University
Genetic insights into sleep and circadian disruption in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric conditions

Monday, 27 April 2026, 17:00 CEST | Amy Ferguson, University of Edinburgh
Mental health and the body clock: A priority setting partnership

Monday, 4 May 2026, 17:00 CEST | Maydel Fernandez-Alonso, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Two eyes, one clock: binocular combination in circadian photoreception

Monday, 11 May 2026, 17:00 CEST | Carlyn Patterson Gentile, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
The relationship between daily light exposure and migraine burden in youth

Monday, 18 May 2026, 17:00 CEST | Oliver Stefani, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne
Too dark to work? Insights from wearable light sensors

Monday, 1 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Alberto Urrutia-Moldes, University of Westminster
Non-visual effects of light in prison settings

Monday, 8 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Mandana Sarey Khanie, University College London
Gaze behaviour and spatially resolved measurements in the non-visual effects of light

Monday, 15 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Niko Gentile, Lund University
Energy and environmental impact associated with integrative lighting

Monday, 22 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Michael Smith, University of Gothenburg
Impact of environmental stressors on sleep

Monday, 29 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Rebecca Robbins, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Tools and techniques for advancing population health: From individual-tailored interventions to policy-level changes

Monday, 6 July 2026, 11:00 CEST | Julia Stone, University of Melbourne
Physiological and behavioural mechanisms for non-24 hour sleep–wake disorder in sighted individuals

Monday, 23 July 2026, 17:00 CEST | Rebecca Cox, Washington University in St. Louis
Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in anxiety-related disorders: Opportunities for sleep and circadian medicine

Please share with interested colleagues and trainees.

Best wishes,

Manuel Spitschan



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<mailto: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<mailto: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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