Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health Online seminar series (October 2025 to January 2026)
The Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience Unit (MPS/TUM/TUMCREATE) is excited to announce the upcoming seminar series Current Topics in Sleep & Circadian Health, featuring international experts sharing cutting-edge research across four thematic areas:
- Innovation in light and visual exposure logging
- Emerging sleep technology and digital health
- Clocks beyond 24 hours
- Sleep and women’s health
Join us for thought-provoking talks and discussions on the latest developments in sleep and circadian research, from technology and measurement innovation to health applications and personalized prevention.
Participation and registration
All lectures will be held online via Zoom. Participation is free of charge and open to all interested researchers, students and professionals.
Registration: https://tum-conf.zoom-x.de/webinar/register/WN_Cmh088YLR9SjijGwHKupWg
Recorded talks will become available on the Unit’s YouTube channel, subject to the speaker’s approval: https://www.youtube.com/@tscnlab
Programme
Monday, 27 October 2025 1700 CET
Leonie Maurer, mementor DE GmbH
Emerging sleep technologies in practice: Digital CBT for insomnia and the German DiGA model
Monday, 3 November 2025 1700 CET
Michael Gradisar, Sleep Cycle
Minimise the blues or enhance the ‘reds’?
Monday, 10 November 2025 1700 CET
Charlotte Helfrich-Förster, University of Würzburg
Lunar clocks in animals and humans
Monday, 17 November 2025 1700 CET
Anna Biller, Technical University of Munich
Determinants of healthy sleep and light exposure behaviour: Real-world evidence for personalised prevention
Monday, 24 November 2025 1700 CET
Sara Mednick, University of California, Irvine
Does the menstrual cycle impact sleep and memory?
Monday, 1 December 2025 1700 CET
Kai Broszio, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
TBC
Monday, 8 December 2025 1700 CET
Sietse de Vries, Eindhoven University of Technology
Can body-worn dosimeters serve as reliable proxies for measuring eye-level light exposure?
Monday, 15 December 2025 1700 CET
Eric Page, Blue Iris Labs
How light exposure data can be used to improve health and wellness
Monday, 12 January 2026 1700 CET
Ali Rahjouei, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Measuring personal light exposure: Challenges and innovations
Monday, 19 January 2026 1700 CET
Lieve van Egmond, University Clinic Tübingen
Sleep in transgender individuals
Monday, 26 January 2026 1700 CET
Suzanne Bertisch, Brigham and Women’s Hospital & Harvard Medical School
TBC
For any questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Manuel Spitschan (manuel.spitschan@tum.de).