(Saur Bhadrapad 1941 / August – September 2019) ______________________________________________________________________
Welcome to the Know Thou Biological Clock Newsletter
In this issue:
1. What is new in this month
2. Circadian biology of non-photosynthetic bacteria
3. Latest trend in Chronobiology research
4. Chronobiology in Ayurved
5. Site of the Month
6. Chronobiology for Students
7. Chronobiology for Professionals
8. ChronoPrakriti diet plan
9. Tune your Clock – Games / Meditation Techniques
Welcome to the Know Thou Biological Clock Newsletter
In this issue:
1. What is new in this month
2. Circadian biology of non-photosynthetic bacteria
3. Latest trend in Chronobiology research
4. Chronobiology in Ayurved
5. Site of the Month
6. Chronobiology for Students
7. Chronobiology for Professionals
8. ChronoPrakriti diet plan
9. Tune your Clock – Games / Meditation Techniques
10. Support ‘Know
thou Biological Clock’ Newsletter
11. Announcements
__________________________________________________
1. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS MONTH
11. Announcements
__________________________________________________
1. WHAT IS NEW IN THIS MONTH
Registration
for ChronoPrakriti workshop is now available at following URL. We would like to
request all of you to go through the link give your comments and circulate in
your contacts if find suitable. (https://punefree.com/offers/chrono-prakriti). Also, the domain name is booked (www. Chronoprakriti.com)
which will be linked to Bhide foundation soon. (http://bhidefoundation.org/chronobiology/)
____________________________________________________
Circadian clocks are molecular programs that impart temporal
organization. These pervasive biological systems are responsible
for distinct and characteristic patterns of daily activities that are
observed throughout the nature. The circadian clocks have a broad influence
upon cells which can be evidenced by molecular rhythms in RNA abundance,
protein modification, and metabolic pathways modification.
Although circadian clocks are seemingly ubiquitous, they have rarely
been described in non-photosynthetic prokaryotes. The potential existence and
nature of circadian systems in this group of organisms was reviewed by Soriano et al.
_____________________________________________________
RhythmicAlly: Your R and Shiny-Based
Open-Source Ally for the Analysis of Biological Rhythms.
Research on circadian
rhythms often requires researchers to estimate period, robustness/power, and
phase of the rhythm. These are important to estimate, owing to the fact that
they act as readouts of different features of the underlying clock. The
commonly used tools, to this end, suffer from being very expensive, having very
limited interactivity, being very cumbersome to use, or a combination of these.
As a step toward remedying the inaccessibility to users who may not be able to
afford them and to ease the analysis of biological time-series data, we have
written RhythmicAlly, an open-source program using R and Shiny.
Abhilash L, Sheeba V. Chronobiology Laboratory,
Neuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,
Jakkur, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
J Biol
Rhythms. 2019 Jul 16:748730419862474. doi: 10.1177/0748730419862474.
_____________________________________________________
4.
CHRONOBIOLOGY IN AYURVED
– A PERSPECTIVE
Chronotype and
Prakriti type has the obvious correlation. Though chronotype is validated and
standardized by multiple controlled studies, Prakriti type is yet to get
standardized despite having multiple online questionnaires. Central Council for
Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an apex organization for research in
Ayurved has devised standard operating procedures for Prakriti validation. Details can be accessed in the paper referred
below.
Singh R, Ota S,
Bharati, Srikanth N, Dhiman KS, Sharma L. Development of Standardized Prakriti
Assessment Tool: An Overview of Ongoing CCRAS Initiatives. J Res Ayurvedic Sci
2017;1(3):165-208
______________________________________________________
5. SITE OF THE MONTH
Indian Association for the Study of
Traditional Asian Medicine, (IASTAM) India is established to develop the study
of ‘Indigenous systems of Medicine’ like Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Yoga, Tibetan
and Ethnic practices that form part of ‘Traditional Asian Medicine’ with an
interdisciplinary approach. IASTAM has recognized the need to develop a
distinct methodology for study and research for traditional systems of
medicine. IASTAM aims to provide a platform and encourage activities for
systematic positive debate & dialogue and to evolve modalities to enhance
such activities across different faculties, cultures and streams of science as
well as within and amongst these systems.
___________________________________________________________
6. CHRONOBIOLOGY FOR STUDENTS
Screen Time and
Insomnia: What it means for Teens
For teenagers, sleep
plays a critical role in staying healthy, feeling happy, maintaining good
grades, and doing well in sports. But sleep doesn’t come easily for some teens.
For those who struggle, it’s important to look at their electronic use.
For university students – Career in Chronobiology
The Cao Lab is interested in molecular
signaling mechanisms that orchestrate daily rhythms in our brain, and how their
dysregulation contributes to various neurological and psychiatric diseases with
interests in the role of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling and
mechanisms that control mRNA translation in the circadian clock.
________________________________________________________
7. CHRONOBIOLOGY FOR PROFESSIONALS
Skipping a few meals with intermittent fasting may help people avoid cancer, diabetes, and heart disease
·
Intermittent fasting has many
forms, but usually involves letting the gut rest without food for at least
several hours a day.
·
People around the world have known
intuitively for centuries that some sporadic intermittent fasting is good
for the body.
· Scientists now have some of the first
laboratory evidence about why fasting can be beneficial: it temporarily shuts
off the monocyte cells in our bodies that cause inflammation.
·
Dr. Miriam Merad, lead author of a new
fasting study, said two meals a day may be ideal for human health.
________________________________________________________
8. CHRONOPRAKRITI DIET PLAN
Chronobiologists prescribes
‘Chronodiet’. Ayurvedic
practitioners insists that the diet must be personalized based on the prakriti
and season. We bring the best of both the world to you in the form of
ChronoPrakriti diet.
Recipes of the month – NA
______________________________________________________
9. TUNE YOUR CLOCK –
GAMES / MEDITATION TECHNIQUES
Like
deep sleep, observing oneself also is also the best method for tuning of your
clock. Unfortunately, we are so much engrossed into daily life, we forgot to
take a pause and look as if we are looking into the mirror. Meditation
techniques are the possible way for witnessing yourself. You may practice
meditation either for spiritual experiences or for mundane physical benefits,
the technique will remain the same.
ABIDE IN SOME PLACE ENDLESSLY SPACIOUS, CLEAR OF TREES,
HILLS, HABITATIONS. THENCE COMES THE END OF MIND PRESSURES
_____________________________________________________________________
10. SUPPORT KNOW THOU BIOLOGICAL CLOCK
To ensure that this activity stays available, we need your help
To ensure that this activity stays available, we need your help
____________
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
·
Its time to tune your
ChronoPrakriti: A daily rhythm awareness workshop for professionals – 15th
September at SP college
·
Introductory
Course in Chronobiology – 07th
September – 29th September at Bhide foundation, SP College.
·
Certificate
Course in Chronobiology – 8th August – 31st August at
Garware college is postponed due to inadequate number of registrations.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VE48mYDMd3nZBNXTIkrR_kjPziY5mUt8q0MO5NlxcSQ/edit?usp=sharing
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
Your comments and
suggestions about this newsletter are always welcome. This newsletter is always evolving — tell us what you
think!
Thanks
for reading!
If there are any specific topics that you would like to see here, you
are most welcome to contribute and/or let me know.
Prashant S. Duraphe, PhD
(e-mail: chronobiology2017@gmail.com)
Prashant S. Duraphe, PhD
(e-mail: chronobiology2017@gmail.com)
