International Symposium
International Symposium on
Biological Timing and Health Issues in the 21st Century
(in conjunction with the IUSSTF-sponsored IndoUS Workshop and Symposium)
Organised by
Department of Zoology, University of Delhi
IndoUS Joint Center on Biological Timing, University of Delhi
The Indian Society for Chronobiology
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February 21 – 24, 2017, New Delhi, India
Convener: Professor Vinod Kumar
Co-convener: Professor Satchidananda Panda
Broad Topics of the Workshop/ Symposium
- Biological clocks and ecosystem
- Ecology of species interactions
- Migration
- Reproduction
- Cells and molecules of the timing system
- Genetics of circadian and circannual timing
- Neural network
- Interaction of central and peripheral clocks
- Comparative Clocks
- Chronomedicine and Chronotherapy
- Environmental alterations and gene expression
- Impact of ‘modern’ lifestyle in humans
- Nutrition and metabolism
- Cognition and personality
- Non-infectious chronic diseases
- Neurological disorders
- Cardiovascular disease
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Photobiology and light signalling in plants
- Photoperiodism and Seasonality
- Sleep and Sleep Disorders
- Special topics/ sessions