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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><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Current Topics in Visual & Circadian Neuroscience </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>(</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Spring/summer 2025</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US 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" title="https://www.tscnlab.org/seminar">Seminar Series "Current Topics in Visual & Circadian Neuroscience"</a> is organised by the <a href="https://tscnlab.org/" title="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-x.de/meeting/register/ajFZT7TPSeWbY2kJI96DMA" title="https://tum-conf.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5Uvc-2qrTsoHdEk9IGmELjGTcj389uwuKpc#/registration">Register now!</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Speakers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Monday, 28 April 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>Achim Kramer</b> (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)<br>Monday, 5 May 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>Takuma Morimoto</b> (University of Oxford)<br>Monday, 12 May 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>William Tuten</b> (University of California, Berkeley)<br>Monday, 19 May 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>Lisa Ostrin</b> (University of Houston)<br>Monday, 2 June 2025 10:00 CEST | <b>Pauline Kang</b> (UNSW Sydney)<br>Monday, 16 June 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>Annegret Dahlmann-Noor</b> (Moorfields Eye Hospital & UCL)<br>Monday, 23 June 2025 10:00 CEST | <b>Raymond Najjar</b> (National University of Singapore)<br>Monday, 7 July 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>Catherine Manning</b> (University of Birmingham)<br>Monday, 14 July 2025 17:00 CEST | <b>Kyriaki Papantoniou</b> (Medical University of Vienna)</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Time zone conversion (for 1700 CEST):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>0800 PDT | 1100 EDT | 1600 BST | 1700 CEST | 2300 SGT | 0000 JST | 0100 AEST<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Manuel Spitschan PhD<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-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=EN-US 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><a href="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tum.de" title="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tum.de"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>manuel.spitschan@tum.de</span></a><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><a href="https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/" title="https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>https://www.sg.tum.de/en/chronobiology/home/</span></a><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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US 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