#NCintroduces… Mammalian chronobiology and circadian rhythms

15 May 2017

Written by Tom Naughton, UCL Cancer Institute (London, UK)

Early Careers Opinion Sleep Structure and systems neuroscience

Welcome to the first edition of our new column, #NCintroduces, which aims to give students, early career researchers and those interested in the field an introduction to an exciting area or idea in neuroscience. In this installment, Tom Naughton, a UCL (London, UK) Biomedical Sciences graduate and now-lab technician at the UCL Cancer Institute, introduces the complex world of circadian rhythms. How a genetic feedback loop tunes biology As the Earth basks in the light of the sun, its rotation produces a 24-hour cycle of daylight and darkness. Much of life on Earth has adapted to this relentless rhythm. Single-celled...