The 2013 Chronobiology GRC will present cutting-edge research on nearly all aspects of circadian biology: molecular, cellular, systems, neural, physiological and behavioral. The Conference will feature a wide range of organisms, from prokaryotes and lower eukaryotes to plants, animals and humans. Basic topics like systems vs cell-autonomous organization, circadian entrainment and basic clock mechanisms will feature alongside more translational topics like metabolic disease, cancer and aging. Invited speakers will represent many different subdisciplines, including biochemistry, molecular genetics, neurobiology, cell biology and physiology. The Conference will bring together invited speakers, which include many of the leading circadian rhythm investigators from across the globe, with more junior scientists, post-docs and graduate students. They will not only have the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with the leaders in the field but also to present their work in poster format. Based on the submitted abstracts, a committee will choose some of these poster presentations for short talks. The collegial and informal atmosphere of the Conference, with ample discussion time as well as opportunities for informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, promotes brainstorming as well as new collaborations.

The 2013 Chronobiology GRC will offer for the first time a companion Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), organized along the same themes as the Conference. The GRS will be held immediately preceding the Chronobiology GRC at the same venue. More junior scientists, such as students, postdocs and newly established investigators, are encouraged to attend. They may seek more background in the field and/or the opportunity to present their work to an audience of peers Some of these presentations will be chosen for full talks at the GRC to follow.