Our new paper is out today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B! How does rapid environmental change reshape human sleep, one of our most fundamental biological processes? 📄: doi.org/10.1098/rspb...

Recent lifestyle change impacts sleep and circadian rhythms among the Indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract. Sleep disorders are rising globally, but their lifestyle causes remain unclear. We recorded sleep–wake patterns via actigraphy from 1039 Orang As

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Why DST is wrong for Alberta

Very disappointing. Because of our northern location and western offset from the Mountain time zone, this is the wrong choice for most of Alberta. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...

Bell: Alberta will now be on daylight saving time year-round, says Premier Smith

Alberta will now be on daylight time year-round, reveals Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in an exclusive interview.

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Interested in the effects of the time change in our bodies and brain? Participate in a Canadian study here. www.facebook.com/share/p/18Nc...

A growing field of research suggests that some medical treatments, such as cancer therapy or vaccines, might be more effective when given at certain times of the day

Could syncing medical treatment with circadian rhythms improve outcomes?

A growing field of research suggests that some medical treatments, such as cancer therapy or vaccines, might be more effective when given at certain times of the day

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A pediatric neurologist at B.C. Children's Hospital says we need to reconsider shift to permanent daylight savings time due to risks for children's health and safety vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Opinion: Consequences of B.C.'s shift to permanent daylight saving time need to be fully considered

For the sake of our health and well-being, and particularly that of our children, the shift should be thoughtfully reconsidered

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The Canadian Sleep Consortium is conducting a study on the effects of the time change. Learn about it here: www.researchsleep.ca/time-change

Great new study out of McGill looking at the relationship been sleep styles (chronotype) and health/behavior rdcu.be/e3mqa

Latent brain subtypes of chronotype reveal unique behavioral and health profiles across population cohorts

Nature Communications - Combining multiomic datasets from adolescent and middle-aged-to-older population cohorts with a purposefully devised analytical framework, we revealed substantial...

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Dr. Ben Rusak started me on my academic journey when I did my honors thesis with him at Dalhousie University. He's just published a book, "The Science of Sleep". Pick up your copy here. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

One of my favourite discoveries this year: 2023's "Air Not Meant for Us" by #FiresInTheDistance. Thanks to @lindsayc88.bsky.social for her tip earlier this year on MDM day!

Congrats KL Nikhil and collaborators on inventing MITE to map functional brain connections! Surprising take home: MITE reveals 5 cell types (based on their connectivity) in the mouse circadian clock which underlie the daily wave of gene expression. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The inferred functional connectome underlying circadian synchronization in the mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus | PNAS

Circadian rhythms in mammals arise from the spatiotemporal synchronization of ~20,000 neuronal clocks in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Althoug...

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Delighted to talk all things Sleep with Karl Henry on the Real Health Podcast @maynoothuniversity.ie @mupsychology.bsky.social www.independent.ie/podcasts/rea...

Real Health podcast: The sleep science episode with Professor Andrew Coogan

What is sleep pressure? How can you spot the symptoms of insomnia? And why does temperature matter for sleep?

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Spending Sunday with #GeddyLee. For the reissue on vinyl, they updated the album title to the Canadian spelling: "My Favourite Headache" 🇨🇦

I'm warming my ears up for the #NeObliviscaris show tomorrow night! They'll be performing this album Citadel and their most recent album Exul in full. And #RiversOfNihil will open by performing their newest album in full. Should be an amazing night!

"The circadian rhythm extends far beyond sleep. It controls metabolism, your mood, how sharp you are at what time of the day, your alertness, all kinds of things." www.americanscientist.org/article/fixi...

So proud of our amazing undergrad Shafaq Batool For being selected as a Rhodes Scholar! www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgar...

UCalgary student named Rhodes Scholar for work in health equity and global advocacy

Fourth-year psychology student Shafaq Batool will head to Oxford to advance women’s health research and foster systems that empower marginalized communities

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#NeObliviscaris are one of my recent addictions. Just got a copy of their first album on vinyl. MDM from Australia 🇦🇺 with a violin. It's an amazing album, but if you've got 12 minutes to spare, give "And plague flowers the kaleidoscope" a listen, so much going on in that track, I absolutely love it!

Magical Auroras in Calgary tonight! I can't remember seeing reds like this in quite some time!

My new favorite song of the season! #savestandardtime youtu.be/7b3I7NicGtM?...

Keep Standard Time ('Time after Time' parody) End Daylight Saving Time!

YouTube video by Trasea

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Very excited to read this. Dr. Temple Grandin has made amazing contributions to Animal welfare and to positive narratives for Autism. It's wonderful that she's quite literally opened herself up to let the world have a peek inside psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Happy to share our newest pub, out now in Neuroscience. We show that neurons in the Hamster circadian clock, but not that of the rat or mouse, are surrounded by dense perineuronal nets, possibly explaining why this species has such a precise circadian rhythm. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Perineuronal nets in the rodent suprachiasmatic nucleus

The circadian system maintains highly stable rhythms over the lifespan. The precision of the circadian clock emerges from the network organization of …

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Had an opportunity of a lifetime to go to the House of Commons and advocate for ending DST in Canada. Thanks to MP Lalonde and the Canadian Sleep Consortium for the initiative. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Should Canada stop changing the clocks twice a year? MP says it's time | CBC News

An MP says all of Canada should end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year — and is planning on introducing legislation she hopes will ensure the custom is lost to time.

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Thought I'd take a trip to my nation's capital.

Views from the Bow Valley Parkway during a fall bike ride in Banff. What an amazing country 🇨🇦

We're looking to hire a tenure-track Assistant Prof in I/O Psychology. This hire is under our Justice theme, and would focus on Equity-Seeking people in the workforce, with particular interest in those who study integrating Indigenous people into the workplace. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1661564...

Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in Calgary, AB, ...

Assistant Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology in Calgary, AB, ...

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My copy of the new album from #Blackbraid arrived today. Wonderfully creative Indigenous black metal. I really loved the textures of Blackbraid II. So far, so good on Blackbraid III.

A little #Fallujah to kick off the long weekend. Their new release Xenotaph is really strong. Got to see a couple of the band members guesting with Obscura and Born of Osiris earlier this year. Hopefully there will be a chance to see them preforming their own stuff soon.

I'm excited to see the new book on #BiologicalRhytms from Danny Forger at UMich coming out in a couple weeks. Have you pre-ordered you copy yet? mitpress.mit.edu/978026255314...

Biological Rhythms

From the firing of neurons in a fraction of a second to the monthly cycle of ovulation to a seasonal shift in sleep patterns, the human body runs on rhythms&...

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A fun and whimsical analysis of circadian and time aspects of songs and lives of #TheBeatles. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

A Hard Day’s Night: The Circadian Beatles - Diego A. Golombek, 2025

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Finally getting a chance to spin the new album from #RiversOfNihil. This self-titled release gives a nice overview of all their styles from their previous releases. And yes, the saxophone is still there 🎷