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--></style></head><body lang=en-DE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[Apologies for cross-posting.]<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health: Non-image-forming effects of light (Spring 2024)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The <a href="https://www.tscnlab.org/seminar">Seminar Series "Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health"</a> is organised by the <a href="https://tscnlab.org/">Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE)</a> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://tum-conf.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Uvc-2qrTsoHdEk9IGmELjGTcj389uwuKpc#/registration">Register now!</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>This semester’s programme focuses on the non-image-forming effects of light:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>15 April 2024 | Johannes Zauner (TUM)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>22 April 2024 | Angus Burns (Harvard Medical School)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>29 April 2024 | Tom DeBoer (Leiden University MC)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>6 May 2024 | Samer Hattar (NIH)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>13 May 2024 | Shigekazu Higuchi (Kyushu University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>27 May 2024 | Renske Lok (Stanford University)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3 June 2024 | Timothy Brown (University of | Manchester)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>10 June 2024 | Melissa St. Hilaire (Merrimack College)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>17 June 2024 | Julia Stone (University of Melbourne)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>24 June 2024 | Cecilia Diniz Behn (Colorado Mines)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1 July 2024 | Gena Glickman (Uniformed Services)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>8 July 2024 | Siobhan Rockcastle (University of Oregon)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>15 July 2024 | Lauren Hartstein (University of Arizona)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>22 July 2024 | Diego Fernandez (Cincinnati Children's)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hosts: Anna Biller, Maydel Fernandez-Alonso & Manuel Spitschan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Flier:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><img border=0 width=561 height=794 style='width:5.8437in;height:8.2708in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA852F.6D006330" alt="A screenshot of a cell phone
Description automatically generated"></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Manuel Spitschan<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Manuel Spitschan PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Assistant Professor </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>for Chronobiology and Health</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Technical University of Munich<br>TUM </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>School of Medicine and Health</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>TUM-IAS Fellow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Telepho</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>ne: +49 (89) 289 24544</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tum.de" title="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tum.de"><span style='color:#156082'>manuel.spitschan@tum.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/" title="https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/"><span style='color:#156082'>https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>TUMCREATE Principal Investigator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>TUMCREATE Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><a href="https://www.tum-create.edu.sg/"><span style='color:#156082'>https://www.tum-create.edu.sg/</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max Planck </span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Research Group 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