Center for Biological Clocks Research
Welcome to The Center for Biological Clocks Research at Texas A&M University. Welcome to the Center for Biological Clocks Research (CBCR) at Texas A&M University. The CBCR provides an organizational structure to enhance and coordinate research and educational activities on biological clocks. The goal of the CBCR is to promote discoveries in the field of biological clocks and to train researchers at all levels and in diverse disciplines in biological clocks. Activities related to this goal include disseminating important research results, educating the public about biological clocks, enhancing the education and mentoring of trainees, and fostering interdisciplinary communication via local and regional meetings.
IN THE NEWS
Texas A&M Biologists Reveal How the Circadian Clock Controls Protein Synthesis
After more than a decade of research, a team led by Drs. Deborah Bell-Pedersen and Teresa Lamb in the Department of Biology at Texas A&M University, has uncovered how the body’s internal clock fine-tunes the cellular machinery responsible for making proteins.
The study, published in Cell Reports, demonstrates that the circadian clock rhythmically alters the composition of ribosomes – the molecular machines that translate genetic information into proteins. These daily changes, the researchers found, regulate both when proteins are produced and how accurately they are synthesized.
