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Switzerland is world-famous for its clocks. It therefore seems logical that four renowned Swiss universities, located in Basel, Geneva, Zurich and Lausanne, are dedicated to chronobiology. Freiburg University, which is located nearby, is also on this list. Why some people are "early birds" while others are "night owls" and turn night into day is just one question this branch of research deals with on a cellular and molecular level.
Chronobiology provides results on the body clock At a rough estimate, the human organism consists of 100 trillion cells. An internal clock, which is based on genetically determined machinery, ticks in every single one of them. The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), which is located in the brain´s hyp