The Circadian Ecosystem

Explore the organizations, research groups and tools working with biological time. This map connects foundational circadian science with measurement, medicine, lighting, daily timing, public policy and shift work.

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THE DIRECTORY

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Explore each field, read what an organization does and follow its official website. Each entry has one primary home; related work can span several fields.

289 entries
8 fields

Research

94 entries

Research groups and scientific bodies studying biological clocks, daily rhythms and their applications. Start here to explore laboratory research, human studies and potential research collaborators.

EPFL · Naef Lab

Combines computational, theoretical and experimental approaches to circadian gene networks, liver chronobiology and single-cell oscillators.

Location / context: Switzerland

Visit official website: EPFL · Naef Lab

Geneva · Circadian Endocrinology

Named Diabetes Centre program combines Dibner's translational clock biology with Collet's chrononutrition research, including meal timing, metabolic disease and shift-worker cohorts.

Location / context: Switzerland

Visit official website: Geneva · Circadian Endocrinology

Groningen · Chronobiology

The chronobiology lab studies biological timing, light entrainment and metabolism across organisms, including human photoreception and circadian performance projects.

Location / context: Netherlands

Visit official website: Groningen · Chronobiology

Lübeck · Neurobiology

Investigates circadian clocks in mice and humans, synchronization and central-peripheral clock signaling, including disruption from jet lag and shift work.

Location / context: Germany

Visit official website: Lübeck · Neurobiology

Michigan · Sleep & Circadian Lab

A dedicated human circadian research facility with light-controlled time-isolation suites, circadian phase assessment and photoreceptor sensitivity testing, studying clinical disorders and translating treatments.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Michigan · Sleep & Circadian Lab

Mount Sinai · Light & Health

The Light for Human Health program studies lighting patterns and interventions that maintain circadian rhythms and support sleep, cognition and clinical populations.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Mount Sinai · Light & Health

Nagoya RIEM

Studies neural circuits controlling circadian timing of behavior and physiology at Nagoya’s Research Institute of Environmental Medicine.

Location / context: Japan

Visit official website: Nagoya RIEM

OHSU Occupational Health Sciences

Brings together OHSU laboratories studying circadian physiology, sleep, nutrition and health, including the Sleep, Chronobiology and Health Lab.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: OHSU Occupational Health Sciences
Sources & related resources
  • OHSU Sleep, Chronobiology & Health

    Studies how circadian timing, nighttime wakefulness and meal timing affect metabolism and cognitive performance within OHSU’s sleep and circadian research program.

Rockefeller · Young Lab

Studies genetic regulation of circadian clocks and the daily rhythms they establish in physiology and behavior, including implications for sleep, mood and metabolism.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Rockefeller · Young Lab

Soochow · Ying Xu Lab

Combines genetics and other approaches to examine circadian clock functions in stress and disease, including mammalian clock feedback and feeding rhythms.

Location / context: China

Visit official website: Soochow · Ying Xu Lab

Texas A&M · Biological Clocks

Coordinates biological-clock research and education across more than a dozen circadian researchers, with foundational molecular, physiological and translational projects.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Texas A&M · Biological Clocks

UAB · Circadian & Sleep

The Comprehensive Neuroscience Center’s named Circadian/Sleep Pillar connects basic and clinical clock science, patient care and occupational health.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: UAB · Circadian & Sleep

UMass Chan · Emery Lab

Investigates molecular and neural mechanisms of circadian rhythms, light entrainment and sleep using Drosophila, alongside a separate circatidal research program.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: UMass Chan · Emery Lab

WashU · Musiek Lab

Studies circadian-clock regulation of inflammation, oxidative stress and protein aggregation in aging and neurodegenerative disease, particularly Alzheimer's disease.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: WashU · Musiek Lab
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Measurement & testing

21 entries

Instruments, tests and analysis tools used to study circadian timing, activity rhythms and light exposure. Entries include laboratory systems and wearables, so check the description for what each measures and its intended setting.

Actimetrics · ClockLab / LumiCycle

Dedicated circadian-biology instruments and analysis: ClockLab for activity and environmental rhythms, LumiCycle for luminescent clock-reporter measurements, and MultiCycle analysis.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Actimetrics · ClockLab / LumiCycle

Blue Iris Labs · SPECK

SPECK wearable measures spectral light exposure, melanopic EDI and circadian stimulus, with data export for circadian research and personal exposure tracking.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Blue Iris Labs · SPECK

EnLiSense · CORTI

Develops CORTI, a wearable for tracking cortisol and melatonin patterns through sweat. The product is positioned for general wellness and research, not medical diagnosis.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: EnLiSense · CORTI
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Medicine & care

12 entries

Specialist clinical services and organizations developing circadian or treatment-timing approaches. This category includes both care providers and therapeutic development programs; follow the official website for current services, eligibility and development status.

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Apps & digital tools

31 entries

Digital tools for logging rhythms, planning daily timing, managing travel and organizing irregular schedules. Descriptions identify each tool's purpose and note beta, prelaunch or other availability information where recorded.

Adrift

Open-beta app for delayed sleep phase and Non-24 patterns, with sleep actograms, drift estimates and planning tools.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Open beta

Visit official website: Adrift

ARC

Circadian daily planner using sleep, light, energy and caffeine logs to organize activity timing.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Pritam Ghosh

Visit official website: ARC

AYO Circadian Health

AYO’s companion app offers circadian rhythm scoring and personalized timing guidance for light, sleep and daily activities. Access is associated with the wearable.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listed · devicePart of: Novalogy Inc. / AYO

Visit official website: AYO Circadian Health

Body Clock · Jet Lag Planner

Jet-lag planner with timed light exposure, light avoidance and sleep schedules based on travel and chronotype.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Matthew Wong

Visit official website: Body Clock · Jet Lag Planner

Circa Accord

Wake-time-anchored circadian checklist for sunlight, caffeine and daily routines, alongside sleep logging and coaching.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: 梦颖 徐

Visit official website: Circa Accord

Circadian Light Meter

Phone app that estimates melanopic light metrics and provides time-of-day exposure guidance.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Contechity AB

Visit official website: Circadian Light Meter

Circadian Reset · Dawn

Builds daily body-clock adjustment plans using current and target sleep schedules, light timing and travel plans.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Karol Jaworski

Visit official website: Circadian Reset · Dawn

Circadian · Natural Rhythm

Daily reminders and educational tools organized around local daylight, seasons and circadian routines.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Circadian Limited

Visit official website: Circadian · Natural Rhythm

Circadian · Sleep & Energy

Estimates daily activity and rest windows using sleep data, chronotype and a circadian/sleep-pressure model.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Markus Sekulla

Visit official website: Circadian · Sleep & Energy

f.lux

Desktop software that changes display colour temperature through the day and night.

Location / context: United StatesStatus: Download available

Visit official website: f.lux

Lifestack

Daily planner that combines sleep, activity and wearable data with estimated energy patterns to schedule tasks.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: DeMind Inc.

Visit official website: Lifestack

MyCircadianApp · Sarah Kleiner

Circadian sunlight app with daylight timing, sunrise/sunset direction, a phone lux meter and outdoor-light logs.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Oxygen Mask Meditation LLC / Sarah Kleiner Wellness

Visit official website: MyCircadianApp · Sarah Kleiner

myCircadianClock

Research app for recording food, sleep and activity timing in circadian-health studies. Study activation is required.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Research accessPart of: Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Visit official website: myCircadianClock

NightOwling App

Prelaunch night-worker app with body-clock and schedule planning, plus guidance on light, sleep, meals and recovery.

Location / context: United States / onlineStatus: PrelaunchPart of: NightOwling

Visit official website: NightOwling App

Owaves / My BodyClock

Visual 24-hour planning app organized around sleep, work, exercise, eating and circadian timing.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Owaves, Inc.

Visit official website: Owaves / My BodyClock

Peaks

Uses sleep data and a circadian/sleep-pressure model to estimate daily focus, fatigue and recovery windows.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Vogelhaus Apps GmbH

Visit official website: Peaks

Phase · Sleep Schedule Reset

Guided sleep-schedule adjustment with progressive timing changes, light prompts and shift-work or jet-lag programmes.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Youssef Ismaili / The Black Hole Company

Visit official website: Phase · Sleep Schedule Reset

Restadian

Browser-based circadian and shift-work planners for arranging sleep, light exposure, naps and caffeine around changing schedules.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Web toolsPart of: Restadian

Visit official website: Restadian

retimer app

Re-Timer’s companion app provides jet-lag timing calculations, sleep-data integration and wearable controls.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listed · devicePart of: Re-Time Pty Ltd / Re-Timer

Visit official website: retimer app

RISE

App that estimates sleep debt and circadian energy peaks and dips to guide daily sleep and activity planning.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Rise Science Inc

Visit official website: RISE

ShiftRest · Sleep for Shifts

Shift-worker planner with rotation-specific sleep windows, transition plans, light/dark timing and caffeine cutoffs.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Eugene Agafonov / OQapps

Visit official website: ShiftRest · Sleep for Shifts

Shiftwell · Authkeep

Shift-worker app combining roster planning with sleep windows, nap timing, caffeine tracking and body-clock light guidance.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Authkeep pty ltd

Visit official website: Shiftwell · Authkeep

ShiftWell · theshiftwell.ca

Shift-worker recovery app using shift patterns, chronotype and sleep check-ins for personalized timing guidance.

Location / context: Online / availability variesStatus: Store listedPart of: Drew McLenaghan

Visit official website: ShiftWell · theshiftwell.ca

SleepSync

Shift-worker sleep scheduling app based on circadian biology. A new version is in development, with early-access signup.

Location / context: AustraliaStatus: In developmentPart of: SleepSync

Visit official website: SleepSync

Timeshifter · Jet Lag

Travel app that creates circadian timing plans from flight itineraries, chronotype and biological time.

Location / context: United StatesStatus: Store listedPart of: Timeshifter Inc.

Visit official website: Timeshifter · Jet Lag

Timeshifter · Shift Work

Personalized circadian timing guidance for shift workers, using shifts, chronotype, commute and preferences.

Location / context: United StatesStatus: Store listedPart of: Timeshifter Inc.

Visit official website: Timeshifter · Shift Work

Zeitgeber

Announced shift-worker app for sleep windows, naps, caffeine and light timing. App Store release is pending.

Location / context: Not independently verifiedStatus: WaitlistPart of: Rhodes Willoughby (founder named on site)

Visit official website: Zeitgeber
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Lighting & light therapy

33 entries

Organizations developing lighting systems, light-exposure devices and light-therapy products. Explore applications ranging from personal devices to buildings, and follow the source for the specific product or program represented.

Luminette

Wearable light-therapy glasses with guidance for timed exposure, including shift-work and travel applications.

Location / context: Belgium

Visit official website: Luminette

PROPEAQ

Timed light-therapy and light-blocking eyewear for managing light exposure across sleep and waking periods.

Location / context: Netherlands

Visit official website: PROPEAQ
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Shift work

30 entries

Organizations applying circadian science to night and rotating work through scheduling, education, modeling and worker support.

CIRCADIAN · shift-work science

CIRCADIAN applies biological-timing research to work schedules, fatigue models and education for round-the-clock workforces.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: CIRCADIAN · shift-work science
Sources & related resources
  • Working Nights

    Working Nights is CIRCADIAN’s practical newsletter for people working nights and shifts.

ICOH: Shiftwork & Working Time

The ICOH Scientific Committee on Shiftwork and Working Time connects research on nonstandard hours with occupational-health guidance and education. It collaborates with WTS under separate governance.

Location / context: International

Visit official website: ICOH: Shiftwork & Working Time

NightOwling

NightOwling provides education, planning tools and workplace programs addressing chronotype, light, sleep and meal timing for night and rotating-shift workers.

Location / context: United States / online

Visit official website: NightOwling

Predictive Safety · AlertMeter FRMS

Predictive Safety offers AlertMeter FRMS, formerly PRISM, a fatigue-prediction system whose documented model incorporates circadian algorithms. This is distinct from its impairment-detection test.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Predictive Safety · AlertMeter FRMS
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Policy, advocacy & patient support

15 entries

Groups working on civil time, school and work timing, and the needs of people with circadian rhythm disorders. Start here for public-policy positions, patient education, advocacy and peer support.

B-Society

B-Society advocates chronotype equality and school and work schedules that accommodate different biological timing.

Location / context: Denmark

Visit official website: B-Society

Save Standard Time

Save Standard Time advocates geographically appropriate permanent standard time through public education and legislative resources.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Save Standard Time

Start School Later

Start School Later advocates and supports school schedules aligned with adolescent sleep and circadian timing.

Location / context: United States / international chapters

Visit official website: Start School Later
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Societies, education & events

53 entries

Scientific societies, research networks, journals, education programs and meetings that connect the circadian field. Use this category to find professional communities and routes into current research and discussion.

AASM

AASM develops clinical guidance for circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders and supports related professional education and research.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: AASM
Sources & related resources
  • SLEEP Annual Meeting

    The SLEEP annual meeting is jointly presented by AASM and the Sleep Research Society through APSS and includes sleep and circadian science.

BioClock Consortium

BioClock Consortium connects Dutch researchers and partners applying biological-clock science in society, health care and the environment.

Location / context: Netherlands

Visit official website: BioClock Consortium

BioClocks UK / UK Clock Club

BioClocks UK connects UK chronobiology research groups through meetings, training, public resources and an expert directory. It incorporates the longstanding UK Clock Club convening program.

Location / context: United Kingdom

Visit official website: BioClocks UK / UK Clock Club

Biological Rhythm Research

Biological Rhythm Research publishes research on circadian and other biological rhythms across molecular, behavioral and clinical science.

Location / context: United Kingdom; international

Visit official website: Biological Rhythm Research

Chinese Society for Biological Rhythms

The Chinese Society for Biological Rhythms connects researchers working on biological clocks and rhythmic processes.

Location / context: China

Circadian Mental Health Network

The Circadian Mental Health Network connects researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience to develop research on circadian rhythms and mental health.

Location / context: United Kingdom / international

Visit official website: Circadian Mental Health Network

Clocks & Sleep

Clocks & Sleep publishes research on biological rhythms, sleep, clinical chronobiology and related applications.

Location / context: Switzerland; international

Visit official website: Clocks & Sleep

Daylight Academy

Daylight Academy connects researchers and practitioners studying daylight, including its effects on circadian timing and human health.

Location / context: Switzerland; international

Visit official website: Daylight Academy

EBRS

EBRS connects biological-rhythm researchers through scientific exchange, education and its congress series.

Location / context: Europe

Visit official website: EBRS
Sources & related resources
  • EBRS Congress

    The EBRS Congress is the society’s recurring international meeting on biological rhythms and their applications.

ESRS

ESRS supports circadian research exchange and teaching through its scientific committees, education and congress programs.

Location / context: Europe

Visit official website: ESRS
Sources & related resources
  • Sleep Europe

    Sleep Europe is the European Sleep Research Society’s congress, with scientific and educational sessions on circadian topics.

GIS-CRONO

GIS-CRONO is an Italian study group dedicated to chronobiology, chronomedicine and chronotherapy.

Location / context: Italy

IACHC

IACHC connects clinical centers working on circadian health through research collaboration, shared protocols and professional education.

Location / context: United States / international

Visit official website: IACHC

ISC

The International Society for Chronobiology promotes research and exchange on biological rhythms.

Location / context: Global

Visit official website: ISC

JCSM

The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine publishes clinical research and guidance with an explicit mission covering human sleep and circadian science.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: JCSM

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

The Journal of Circadian Rhythms publishes basic and applied research on daily biological rhythms. Its archive remains accessible; its current notice temporarily closes new submissions while an editor-in-chief is recruited.

Location / context: United Kingdom; international

Visit official website: Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Night Shift Summit

Night Shift Summit is a NightOwling-hosted event connecting circadian research with the experience and practical needs of night workers. Its May 2026 program included circadian alignment, light timing and chrononutrition.

Location / context: Online / international

Visit official website: Night Shift Summit

NIH · NCSDR

NIH’s National Center on Sleep Disorders Research coordinates and supports sleep and circadian research across federal programs.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: NIH · NCSDR

Performance Around the Clock

Performance Around the Clock is Satchin Panda’s recurring science-interview podcast on biological clocks, circadian medicine, meal timing and related health research.

Location / context: United States / international audience

Visit official website: Performance Around the Clock

Sleep Research Society

The Sleep Research Society advances sleep and circadian science through research, education, scientific exchange and publishing.

Location / context: United States

Visit official website: Sleep Research Society
Sources & related resources
  • SLEEP Annual Meeting

    The SLEEP annual meeting is jointly presented by AASM and the Sleep Research Society through APSS and includes sleep and circadian science.

SLRCH (formerly SLTBR)

SLRCH connects researchers and clinicians working on light, biological rhythms, circadian health and chronotherapy. Its former name was SLTBR.

Location / context: Global

Visit official website: SLRCH (formerly SLTBR)
Sources & related resources
  • SLRCH Annual Meeting

    SLRCH’s annual meeting brings together research and clinical work on light, circadian rhythms and chronotherapy.

SRBR

SRBR supports biological-rhythm research through scientific exchange, education, publishing and its biennial meeting.

Location / context: Global

Visit official website: SRBR
Sources & related resources
  • SRBR Biennial Meeting

    SRBR’s biennial meeting brings together researchers working on biological clocks and rhythms.

Swiss Sleep Society

The Swiss Society for Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology connects scientific and clinical work across sleep and biological timing.

Location / context: Switzerland

Visit official website: Swiss Sleep Society

Working Time Society

The Working Time Society connects shift-work and working-time researchers through scientific statements, education and its international symposium.

Location / context: International; registered in Austria

Visit official website: Working Time Society
Sources & related resources
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FIND YOUR WAY

Common questions

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Where should I start if I want to find circadian research collaborators?

Start with Research to find groups and programs, then explore Societies, education & events for networks and meetings. Search by a research topic, organization or country, and follow the official website to check current projects and ways to connect.

Where can I find circadian testing, digital tools or specialist care?

Measurement & testing covers instruments and services for studying timing, rhythms and light exposure. Apps & digital tools covers planning and tracking tools. Medicine & care includes specialist services and therapeutic development. Check each entry's description and official source for its intended use and availability; these categories represent different roles.

OUR METHOD

How NightOwling curates this map

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Scope and selection

NightOwling curates the map from public sources. Entries need a central circadian mission or a substantial, identifiable research program, product, service or advocacy role. Academic, public, nonprofit and commercial organizations are represented. General sleep or wellness relevance alone is not enough.

Categories and relationships

Each entry has one primary home. Named programs may appear separately when they have a distinct role; parent organizations and related resources provide context. Placement and cluster size show how the directory is organized, not importance, partnership or a ranking. Inclusion does not imply endorsement or independently validated outcomes.

Reading locations and status

Country labels identify an organization's location or stated geographic context. They do not establish where a product is sold or where care is available. Availability and development notes are included where recorded. Follow official sources for current access, services and event dates.

An evolving research edition

This is a curated research edition dated 22 October 2026, not a complete global census. Organizations, programs and products change. Suggest an addition or correction with an official website and a short explanation of its circadian role.

NightOwling, its app and its summit are included where relevant. Their inclusion follows the same category rules. Names and logos belong to their respective owners. Entry counts describe this edition, not the size of the whole field.

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