circadian clock

November 4, 2019

Sleep experts: daylight saving time has long-term brain effects

Sleep experts published a JAMA Neurology commentary in which they recap large epidemiological studies to advocate for ending the practice.

By VUMC News and Communications
March 29, 2018

Study finds broken circadian clock in human tumors

Human tumors appear to have a broken circadian clock, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center report in the journal PeerJ.

By Paul Govern
collection of vintage pocket watches
March 2, 2017

Study reveals circadian time in a blood sample

A researcher at Vanderbilt has identified a set of 15 genes that together exhibit a 24-hour gene expression pattern in human blood, constituting a circadian clock biomarker.

By Paul Govern
December 18, 2015

2015: The Year in Review

From national championship battles to breakthroughs in research, key appointments to beautiful #vandygrams, goodbyes to #VU2015 and hellos to #VU2019, take a look back at the year that was.

By Doug Campbell
yawning woman
February 2, 2015

New ‘reset’ button discovered for circadian clock

The discovery of a new “reset” button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for seasonal affective disorder, reduce the adverse health effects of working the night shift, and possibly even treat jet lag.

By VUMC News and Communications