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Sleep in focus: Lecture and roadshow on the internal clock in Lübeck!
Public lecture by Prof. Jan Born on sleep research on August 26, 2025 at the UNI Lübeck, part of an international symposium.
Sleep in focus: Lecture and roadshow on the internal clock in Lübeck!
On August 26, 2025, Prof. Jan Born's public lecture will take place in the AM 1 lecture hall of the Audimax. This is entitled “Learning in your sleep, not a dream”. The event is part of the important Leopoldina symposium “Sleep and Clocks in Health and Disease”, which will be held as part of the 18th Congress of the European Society for Chronobiology (EBRS) from August 24th to 28th, 2025 in Lübeck. Prof. Dr. Horst-Werner Korf from Düsseldorf will chair this lecture, which deals with the fascinating topic of learning while sleeping.
The Max Planck Society's science roadshow will also take place on this day directly in front of the Audimax. Under the title “Night owl or early riser?” Visitors can expect interactive experiences on chronobiology and light processing. The aim of this roadshow, which will travel through Germany in 2025, is to inform the audience about the effects of light on the internal clock and its importance for perception, health and everyday life.
Science project on chronobiology
The project starts on May 10, 2025 and deals with the influence of light on the sleep-wake rhythm and eating behavior. The mobile research laboratory will offer interactive experiments, exhibitions and lectures. Visitors have the opportunity to actively participate in data collection as citizen researchers. The roadshow period extends from May to July 2025 and will take place at various science, music and art festivals, consumer fairs and public places.
Accompanying specialist lectures and panel discussions are offered in many cities to shed light on the topic from different perspectives. The Max Planck Foundation and private sponsors support the project, which is supported by the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. A second tour is also planned for the following year, which will focus particularly on smaller towns, rural regions and schools.
Research at St. Hedwig Hospital
The Sleep Research & Clinical Chronobiology group at the St. Hedwig Hospital, under the direction of PD Dr. med. D. Kunz, is intensively dedicated to researching light and its influence on health. The main focus is on the clinical application of chronobiological methods and the treatment of behavioral disorders in REM sleep, which can be precursors to synucleinopathies such as Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease.
In the area of 'Light and Health', led by PD Dr. phil. M. Münch, research is being pushed forward to explore the effects of light on the psyche and health. Basic experiments and applied studies are carried out under semi-naturalistic conditions. The working group works closely with other departments at the Charité, such as Prof. Dr. Achim Kramer from the Institute for Medical Immunology.