BioClocks UK: Driving Robust Cycles of Discovery to Impact

Overview

Journal Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci

Date 2025 Jan 22

PMID 39842476

Authors

Hannah Rees

Nina M Rzechorzek

Rebecca B Hughes

Antony N Dodd

James J L Hodge

Tyler J Stevenson

Malcolm von Schantz

Robert J Lucas

Sarah E Reece

Charalambos P Kyriacou

Andrew J Millar

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Abstract

Chronobiology is a multidisciplinary field that extends across the tree of life, transcends all scales of biological organization, and has huge translational potential. For the UK to harness the opportunities presented within applied chronobiology, we need to build our network outwards to reach stakeholders that can directly benefit from our discoveries. In this article, we discuss the importance of biological rhythms to our health, society, economy and environment, with a particular focus on circadian rhythms. We subsequently introduce the vision and objectives of BioClocks UK, a newly formed research network, whose mission is to stimulate researcher interactions and sustain discovery-impact cycles between chronobiologists, wider research communities and multiple industry sectors.This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Circadian rhythms in infection and immunity'.

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