We’re a group of scientists based in Tübingen, Munich and Singapore.
Our goal is to understand how light impacts human physiology and behaviour.
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January 22, 2026
With only 20 participants chosen from 629 highly qualified applicants worldwide, Resshaya joins the Female Science Talents Intensive Track 2026, a prestigious year-long programme by the Falling Walls Foundation, supported by The Elsevier Foundation, Bayer Foundation and Volkswagen Stiftung.
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January 16, 2026
The Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) brought together 409 young scientists from 57 countries, spanning a wide range of scientific disciplines.
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October 29, 2025
Lumi is an educational comic that follows Lumi, a curious ray of sunlight, on its journey from the Sun to Earth. Along the way, Lumi explores how daylight interacts with the natural world, visiting a variety of ecosystems and learning how light influences life on our planet.
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October 21, 2025
From 22 to 26 September, our lab member Carolina Guidolin attended the Fe|male Brain: Bridging the Gender Data Gap in Mental Health Summer School at the University of Tübingen.
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August 1, 2025
Last weekend, two members of our research group, Dr. Maydel Fernandez-Alonso and Carolina Guidolin, stepped out of the lab and into the heart of Tübingen to take part in Soapbox science.
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July 9, 2025
Every year, the lab welcomes summer interns from around the world to work with us, usually through structured programmes. This year, we have a total of four interns joining.
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July 9, 2025
A new publication from Dr. Fernandez-Alonso introduces an innovative solution to a common challenge in circadian and photobiology research: precisely controlling and standardising light stimuli in experimental settings.
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July 5, 2025
A global campaign turning decades of science into accessible, actionable guidance on how light impacts our health and well-being.
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July 5, 2025
Modeling and Visualization of Zero-Inflated Personal Light Exposure Data on a Logarithmic Scale
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June 29, 2025
Roadshow explores the impact of light on the circadian clock
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June 18, 2025
TUM MSc student Julia Woerle visited TUMCREATE Singapore
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June 6, 2025
Active participation from our research group
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May 22, 2025
Visit supporting collaborative research
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March 17, 2025
Winter School organized by the EHPS Synergy Network
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February 4, 2025
Supported by Wellcome Trust-funded AMBIENT-BD project
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January 29, 2025
New recommendations based on case studies for physiologically relevant use of light
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January 18, 2025
Lucien Bickerstaff was one of TUMCREATE’s ten representatives
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October 30, 2024
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October 9, 2024
Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative enables research experience in Germany
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September 30, 2024
Three-month visit enabled deep dive into research
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