The lab focusses on a range of projects that are connected to photo- and/or chronobiology. A common denominator to all those projects is that we aim to integrate work across multiple research scales- from environmental measurements to testing gene function in the lab to the biochemical purification of possible complexes. Currently on-going main research projects in the marine context include:

1. Investigation of the pathways downstream of the light interpreter Pdu-L-Cry under different (naturalistic) light conditions and circalunar phase.
2. Investigation of possible protein interactors of Pdu-L-Cry under different (naturalistic) light conditions and circalunar phase.
3. The role of putative light receptors for the (rhythmic) physiology and behavior of marine animals. This includes Platynereis dumerilii, Calanus finmarchicus and deep sea mussles.
4. The interconnection of endogenous oscillators and rhythms of different period lengths.