Research Into Hibernation
Ecology, ethology, evolution, physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology of hibernation. Biomedical applications of hibernating mechanisms, e.g. in medicine or space travel, and related disciplines such as biological rhythms, sleep, thermoregulation and hypometabolism.
LEARN MORENews
Trouble getting up? You can’t help that!Your internal biological clock determines whether you get up easily or not. So if you turn around after the alarm has gone off, you can easily blame that clock. Roelof Hut of the University of Groningen has been researching the biological clock for years. Find out in this YouTube movie.Your internal biological clock determines whether you get up easily or not. So if you turn around after the alarm has gone off, you can easily blame that clock. Roelof Hut of the University of Groningen has been researching the biological clock for years. Find out in this YouTube movie.
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Board of the society
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Chair
Prof. Roelof Hut
Interests: human chronobiology, biological rhythms, and photoperiodism.
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Treasurer
Prof. Hjalmar Bouma
Interests: immunological aspects of hibernation for application in personalized acute medicine.
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Secretary
Prof. Rob Henning
Interests: mechanisms that protect hibernating mammals from organ damage.
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IHS2024 organizer
Prof. Jim Staples
Interests: mitochondria in energy savings and oxidative damage during hibernation.
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Student training
Prof. Jessica Healy-LaPrice
Interests: ecophysiology of energy balance in ground squirrels.
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Member, content provider
Prof. Genshiro Sunagawa
Interests: every aspect of hibernation that may result in the clinical application of active hypometabolism.
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Member, communication
Dr. Chun-Xia Yi
Interests: neuron-glia interaction in neuroendocrinology and chronobiology.
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