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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><img width="522" height="174" style="width:5.4375in;height:1.8125in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01DCC083.4631CD70"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" 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 Visual & Circadian Neuroscience (Spring/Summer 2026)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Seminar Series "Current Topics in Visual & Circadian Neuroscience" is organised by the
<a href="https://www.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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/HvdOiZ8-Q9uIbOvnWpf5mw">Register now</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recorded talks will become available on the
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@tscnlab/videos">Unit’s YouTube channel</a>, subject to the speaker’s approval.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">13 April 2026, 17:00 CEST | Stephen Eglen, University of Cambridge<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">CODECHECK </span>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">–</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> a process for the independent execution of computations underlying research articles<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">20 April 2026, 17:00 CEST | Lorna Lopez, Maynooth University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Genetic insights into sleep and circadian disruption in neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric conditions<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">27 April 2026, 17:00 CEST | Amy Ferguson, University of Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mental health and the body clock: A priority setting partnership<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">4 May 2026, 17:00 CEST | Maydel Fernandez-Alonso, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Two eyes, one clock: binocular combination in circadian photoreception<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11 May 2026, 17:00 CEST | Carlyn Patterson Gentile, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The relationship between daily light exposure and migraine burden in youth<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">18 May 2026, 17:00 CEST | Oliver Stefani, University of Applied Sciences Lucerne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Too dark to work? Insights from wearable light sensors<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Alberto Urrutia-Moldes, University of Westminster<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Non-visual effects of light in prison settings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">8 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Mandana Sarey Khanie, University College London<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Gaze behaviour and spatially resolved measurements in the non-visual effects of light<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">15 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Niko Gentile, Lund University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Energy and environmental impact associated with integrative lighting<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">22 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Michael Smith, University of Gothenburg<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Impact of environmental stressors on sleep<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">29 June 2026, 17:00 CEST | Rebecca Robbins, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tools and techniques for advancing population health: From individual-tailored interventions to policy-level changes<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 lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">6 July 2026, 11:00 CEST | Julia Stone, University of Melbourne<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Physiological and behavioural mechanisms for non-24 hour sleep–wake disorder in sighted individuals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Monday,
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">23 July 2026, 17:00 CEST | Rebecca Cox, Washington University in St. Louis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sleep and circadian rhythm disruption in anxiety-related disorders: Opportunities for sleep and circadian medicine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Manuel Spitschan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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