Recent activities
Grant opening of national BioClock consortium – April 2022
Parool (Dutch national newspaper) article ‘Opinie: Schaf de zomer- en wintertijd af – altijd wintertijd is het beste voor de gezondheid‘ – March 2022
Trouw (Dutch national newspaper) article “Nederlandse onderzoekers proberen biologische klok beter in de pas te laten lopen” – July 2021
ArtEZ Platform for Research Interventions of the Arts (APRIA) Podcast guest speaker “In search of circular time” – March 2021
Nu.nl – “Avondmens? Thuiswerkend maakt het minder uit: ‘Iedereen lijkt nu flexibeler’ – November 2020
European Research Council: recognition of Coronavirus epidemic response efforts – Frontier research at the service of the coronavirus epidemic response – November 2020 High-quality filtering material for the local fabrication of masks
Upcoming lectures
Lecture SRBR, Florida. Fifty years of SCN, May 2022
Lecture EBRS, Zurich, June, 2022
Lecture Saporro Japan, August 2022
Recent lectures
Lecture Neuroscience meeting Solden Austria, April 2022
Lecture, University of Washinton, “Cobras Speaker Series”, Jan 14, 2022
Congress of European Sleep Research Society. ‘An ancient clock facing modern times’ – 24 October 2020
Ambassador of the Night of the Night, in Fort Vechten, Bunnik – 24 October 2020
More information (Dutch) or watch the lecture (Dutch)
Past media activities
Article on light pollution in community gardens in De Tuinliefhebber. – May 2020
Lecture at Dies for alumni 2020, University Leiden – 15 February 2020
Diligentia lecture “De Biologische Klok in de Moderne Samenleving”, Den Haag – 6 January 2020 (in Dutch)
Cleveringa Lecture, Paris – 22 November 2019 (in Dutch)
Lecture during Night of the Night in Artis Zoo Amsterdam – Waarom is het donker zo belangrijk voor de mens? – October 2019 (In Dutch)
Lecture at Night of Discoveries, Leiden – In bed met Maarten Keulemans – September 2019 (In Dutch)
PEP-talk for Patients & Hospital Staff – How our biological clock keeps us healthy – September 2019
Gids in Gezondheid – Wat je moet weten over je biologische klok – August 2019 (In Dutch)
Max Vandaag (Dutch national tv) – Meer kennis van biologische klok kan behandelingen in gezondheidszorg optimaliseren – May 2019 (In Dutch)
NRC (Dutch National newspaper) – Wat je moet weten over je biologische klok – April 2019 (In Dutch)
De Gooi- en Eemlander – Hoogleraar LUMC krijgt ruim 2,2 miljoen euro voor onderzoek naar herstel van onze biologische klok – March 2019 (In Dutch)
The Sacramento Bee – Who wants to go to work in the dark? Californians need Permanent Standard Time – February 2019
NRC on permanent standard time – Permanente zomertijd is vier maanden jetlag – October 2018 (In Dutch)
Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam – Lezing tijdens JeugdUniversiteit: Hebben dieren ook een biologische klok? –September 2018
InterScience De Jonge Akademie: Licht ism GLOW – “Een oude klok in een moderne wereld” – 2017 (In Dutch)
NRC – Ons dagelijks ritme ontrafeld – 2017
Trouw – Onze biologische klok is piepklein, maar heel robuust – 2017
KHMW Winterlezing / Winter lecture 2016
Priceless: The Value Proposition for the Humanities
Annual Winter Lecture at the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW)
by prof. G.D. Block, Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at UCLA, USA
Main organizer: prof. J.H. Meijer
Current Biology – Circadian Rhythms: Does Burning the Midnight Oil Leave You Weak? 2016
Reflection on J. Meijer; “Circadian Rhythms: Does Burning the Midnight Oil Leave You Weak?”
Ambulance-Blog Article:”nachtdiensten voor de ambulance” – 2016
App: Goedenacht
Leidsch Dagblad – Verstoorde ritmen maken ziek – 2015
Lecture Nacht van kennis en kunst Leiden – 2015 – Fragment of the lecture:
Interview with Joke Meijer: Why study in Leiden?
Professorship oration of J.H. Meijer, “A Matter of Time”
Text of oration (In Dutch) – February 2008
Multiple newspapers
Leiden University Medical Centre – ‘Light exposure leads to overweight’ – 2015 (in Dutch)
The New York Times – ‘Measuring Health’, New York Times, May 20 2015.
NRC: Dutch national newspaper – Onvoldoende basis voor latere schooltijden (opinion on Dutch school times). Insufficient scientific evidence for changing school times – 2015
Financieel Dagblad – Interview (Dutch): on Complexity – 2014
Today’s Science – Interview with Meijer for students: how do you know you want to become a scientist? – June 2014
NRC (Dutch national newspaper) – Tegen de klok in – July 2002
On the Article Wild Mice Run For Fun
NRC: Dutch national newspaper – Kun je óveral heen rennen, en dan toch… – May 2014
New York Times – Mice Run for Fun, Not Just Work, Research Shows – May 2014
Sciencemag – Article: Even in the wild, mice run on wheels. May 2014
The Journal of Neuroscience – Article: Brain cell changes ‘may cause sleep troubles in elderly people’ – 2012
Lecture Grip on Complexity – Symposium of the Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW) – Amsterdam, Dec 17, 2012
Lecture
Interview
Labyrint Televisie: Nieuw licht op de biologische klok – October 2012