EBRS 2025 Awards

Kappers Medal

Kappers Medal was awarded to Ueli Schibler, University of Geneva (Laudatio by Urs Albrecht, University of Fribourg).

Aschoff’s Ruler

Aschoff’s Ruler was passed on to Rae Silver, University of Columbia (current holder, Takashi Yoshimura, Nagoya University).

Best Poster Prizes

(see photo, from left to right: Henrik Oster, Nils Reinhard, Ruoshi Li, Tjale Schütz, John O’Niell)

• npj Biological Timing and Sleep Best Poster Prize: Tjale Schütz, University of Lübeck
  Poster title: Circadian rhythms in human epicardial adipose tissue
• FEBS Letters Poster Prize: Nils Reinhard, University of Würzburg
  Poster title: PDF-mediated plasticity of the evening locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster
• FEBS Letters Poster Prize: Ruoshi Li, University of Tsukuba
  Poster title: Functional roles of gastrin-releasing peptide-producing neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: insights into photic entrainment and circadian regulation

Best Short Talk Prize Winners

(see photo, from left to right: Henrik Oster, Rebecca Fitton, Shota Miyazaki, Han Jiao)

• Shota Miyazaki, University of Nagoya
  Talk title: Identification of the key diffusible output factor that regulates circadian behavioral rhythms
• Han Jiao, Amsterdam University Medical Center
  Talk title: Time-restricted feeding provides limited microglial immunometabolic improvements in diet-induced obese rats
• Rebecca Fitton, Monash University
  Talk title: Evening light reduction for improving depressive and insomnia symptoms in people taking an SSRI