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SUMMARY:Decoding time information from sun and moon for the regulation of 
 physiology and behavior - Kristin Tessmar-Raible\; Max Perutz Labs\, Austr
 ia
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CONTACT:Nadine Randel
DESCRIPTION:Since its beginning\, life has been exposed to the regular env
 ironmental cycles caused by the regular positional changes of earth\, sun 
 and moon relative to each other. This requires and results in temporal adj
 ustments of animal physiology and behavior. Our work focusses on the molec
 ular mechanisms of moon-controlled timing systems and their interactions w
 ith the well-studied daily oscillator (known as circadian clock). In many 
 marine organisms\, like the bristle worm Platynereis dumerillii\, moonligh
 t sets the phase of an endogenous monthly oscillator. Some recent question
  we have been tackling are: How can different worms across a population re
 liably synchronize to the same moon phase? Does lunar timing influence dai
 ly timing? And can the study of molecular timing mechanisms of marine bris
 tle worms help to understand some of the scientifically reported\, but “
 just weird” correlations between human physiological/behavioral rhythms 
 and the lunar cycle?
LOCATION:Part II Lecture Theatre\, Department of Zoology
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