Recent activities
- Academische Tafel Municipality of Amsterdam – ARTIS Royal Zoo – Light pollution – September 2023
- Volkskrant Magazine (Dutch national newspaper) extensive article – ‘Follow the sun’ – March 2023
- NPO Radio 1 (Dutch national radio) Wat is het best: zomer of wintertijd? – March 2023
- NRC (Dutch national newspaper) article ‘Moeten we weer (een beetje) in winterslaap leren gaan? – February 2023
- de Volkskrant (Dutch national newspaper) article ‘Is het beter om langer te slapen in de winter? – February 2023
- Mare Leids Universitair weekblad (Dutch) article ‘Niet alleen blauw licht houdt je wakker‘ – June 2022
- 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
Recent lectures
- Amsterdam Dark Festival – ARTIS Royal Zoo – September 23rd, 2023
- Public lecture at Franeker Academy ‘The role of light in life’ (in Dutch), March 15th, 2023
- Lecture in workshop From the pineal to biological rhythms through melatonin: a conference in honour of Prof. Paul Pevet. ‘Behavioural feedback on the central clock in diurnal mammals’, January 27th, 2023
- Mini-lecture at StrandLAB Almere – outdoor science on ‘The rhythm of darkness’ (in Dutch), February 8th, 2023
- Lecture as Ambassador of Night of the Night – Artis Royal Zoo Amsterdam, 27 October 2022
- BioClock Academy online seminar, September 21, 2022
- Lecture Saporro Japan, August 2022
- Lecture EBRS, Zurich, June, 2022
- Lecture SRBR, Florida. Fifty years of SCN, May 2022
- 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