Welcome to
A research laboratory in the Department of Biology at
the University of Kentucky focused on circadian rhythms
We are currently recruiting graduate students. To learn more, email tackenberglab [at] gmail [dot] com.
Lab News
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Dr. Tackenberg and Dr. Julie Pendergast participate in World Circadian Day r/science AMA
To commemorate World Circadian Day 2026, chronobiology societies across the world hosted a round-the-clock AMA on Reddit’s r/science. During the slot hosted by the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR), Dr. Tackenberg and Dr. Julie Pendergast (also of University of Kentucky) fielded circadian questions along with Drs. Joanna Chiu, current president of SRBR and…
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Dr. Tackenberg receives the 2026 SRBR Junior Faculty Award, plus other updates from the meeting
At the 2026 meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR), Dr. Tackenberg received a Junior Faculty Award, along with Dr. Filipa Rijo-Ferreira (UC Berkeley). Previous recipients of this prestigious honor include Drs. Carrie Partch (UC Santa Cruz), Fumika Hamada (UC Davis), Maria (Charo) Robles (LMU München), Jennifer Hurley (RPI), Tiffany Schmidt (Northwestern),…
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New review article published
Our new review article, authored in collaboration with Dr. Jeff Jones (Texas A&M University), Dr. Maria Luísa Jabbur (John Innes Centre), and fellow UK Biology faculty Dr. Vinnie Cassone, is now available online. The article, titled “Reconsidering Mammalian Circadian Organization,” explores how we can modernize our thinking of how circadian clocks are organized within an…
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CASH-KY Pilot Award received!
The Tackenberg Lab received a 2025 Circadian and Sleep Health for a Healthy Kentucky (CASH-KY) pilot award funding our work developing an optogenetic system to regulate circadian gene transcription.