Professor Christian Benedict
@christianbenedict.bsky.social
Sleep researcher at Uppsala University | Excited to be part of and contribute to the field of sleep science!
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ABOUT ME:
I’m a sleep researcher and lecturer at Uppsala University, with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 15,000 citations in the field. I’ve also written two popular science books on sleep.
Helping people understand the importance of sleep is my mission!
I’m a sleep researcher and lecturer at Uppsala University, with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 15,000 citations in the field. I’ve also written two popular science books on sleep.
Helping people understand the importance of sleep is my mission!
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Just NU föreläser Christian Benedict, ny professor i farmakologi, på tema Varför Sover Vi vid Uppsala universitets högtidliga Professorsinstallation i en välfylld aula ❤️ Redan 24 november möter vi Christian igen då han är expertgäst i SVT:s Fråga Doktorn • Gör er redo för en god natts sömn 😴
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Just NU föreläser Christian Benedict, ny professor i farmakologi, på tema Varför Sover Vi vid Uppsala universitets högtidliga Professorsinstallation i en välfylld aula ❤️ Redan 24 november möter vi Christian igen då han är expertgäst i SVT:s Fråga Doktorn • Gör er redo för en god natts sömn 😴
🧠 In reproductive-aged women, sleeping <7h & having a higher progesterone-to-estradiol ratio were linked to stronger wanting & liking of savory food (Pringles) during simulated night shifts.
💡 Sleep ≥7h & choose healthy snacks (e.g., nuts) during the luteal phase.
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💡 Sleep ≥7h & choose healthy snacks (e.g., nuts) during the luteal phase.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🧠 In reproductive-aged women, sleeping <7h & having a higher progesterone-to-estradiol ratio were linked to stronger wanting & liking of savory food (Pringles) during simulated night shifts.
💡 Sleep ≥7h & choose healthy snacks (e.g., nuts) during the luteal phase.
academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc...
💡 Sleep ≥7h & choose healthy snacks (e.g., nuts) during the luteal phase.
academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc...
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The Faculty proudly invites to the inauguration of our new Professors Hanna Karlsson, Christian Benedict & Elin Svensson 🥳 Welcome to experience lectures at the research front in Toxic particles, Sleep & New treatments for tuberculosis 🍏 Join live 11 and 14 November 2025 👉 www.uu.se/en/departmen...
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Faculty proudly invites to the inauguration of our new Professors Hanna Karlsson, Christian Benedict & Elin Svensson 🥳 Welcome to experience lectures at the research front in Toxic particles, Sleep & New treatments for tuberculosis 🍏 Join live 11 and 14 November 2025 👉 www.uu.se/en/departmen...
Great news (at least for me) – I’ve been promoted to professor!
May 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Great news (at least for me) – I’ve been promoted to professor!
OMG! Just found out that our book has sold 54,000 copies in Japan! 💫💫💫🇯🇵🇸🇪 So grateful for the trust and for such a fantastic collaboration!
May 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
OMG! Just found out that our book has sold 54,000 copies in Japan! 💫💫💫🇯🇵🇸🇪 So grateful for the trust and for such a fantastic collaboration!
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(9/9) Big thanks to co-authors including my PhD candidate Anastasia Grip, and our fantastic collaborators at Uppsala university @uu.se – especially @christianbenedict.bsky.social, @uio.no University of Oslo, Stockholm University, & Sahlgrenska University Hospital!
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May 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
(9/9) Big thanks to co-authors including my PhD candidate Anastasia Grip, and our fantastic collaborators at Uppsala university @uu.se – especially @christianbenedict.bsky.social, @uio.no University of Oslo, Stockholm University, & Sahlgrenska University Hospital!
PR: www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
PR: www.uu.se/en/press/pre...
Exercise timing matters for sleep (4 million nights)
@erictopol.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@erictopol.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dose-response relationship between evening exercise and sleep - Nature Communications
Exercise is essential for health, but strenuous evening exercise may disrupt sleep. Here, using 4-million nights of objective data, the authors show strenuous exercise ending within 4 hours of bedtime...
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April 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Exercise timing matters for sleep (4 million nights)
@erictopol.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@erictopol.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
When I started my research journey at the University of Lübeck, I never imagined my work would reach so many scholars. Now at Uppsala University, seeing my research cited over 15,000 times is both humbling and motivating. Grateful to my colleagues, mentors, and the academic community!
March 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When I started my research journey at the University of Lübeck, I never imagined my work would reach so many scholars. Now at Uppsala University, seeing my research cited over 15,000 times is both humbling and motivating. Grateful to my colleagues, mentors, and the academic community!
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How does sleep protect against neurodegenerative disease? A review, open-access
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March 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
How does sleep protect against neurodegenerative disease? A review, open-access
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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The time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research | Nature Metabolism
Great collaboration led by Satchin Panda and team! Happy to contribute.
Time to take timing into consideration!!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Great collaboration led by Satchin Panda and team! Happy to contribute.
Time to take timing into consideration!!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research - Nature Metabolism
This broad group of authors summarizes the impact of circadian factors on metabolic biology and offers recommendations on how to account for and report biological, environmental and experimental facto...
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March 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The time is now: accounting for time-of-day effects to improve reproducibility and translation of metabolism research | Nature Metabolism
Great collaboration led by Satchin Panda and team! Happy to contribute.
Time to take timing into consideration!!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Great collaboration led by Satchin Panda and team! Happy to contribute.
Time to take timing into consideration!!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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As part of our World Sleep Day celebrations, our special guest episode on sleep and creativity is live!
Big thank you to guests Bob Stickgold, Adam Horowitz, Delphine Oudiette & Celia Lacaux for joining us on this deep dive into N1 and creativity.
sleepsciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/787211/episo...
Big thank you to guests Bob Stickgold, Adam Horowitz, Delphine Oudiette & Celia Lacaux for joining us on this deep dive into N1 and creativity.
sleepsciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/787211/episo...
S3E3 - Can sleep make us more creative? - Sleep Science Podcast
In this deep dive episode, we look at how sleep onset can help creativity. With our amazing guest speakers, Professor Bob Stickgold, Dr Adam Horowitz, Professor Delphine Oudiette and Dr Celia Lac...
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March 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
As part of our World Sleep Day celebrations, our special guest episode on sleep and creativity is live!
Big thank you to guests Bob Stickgold, Adam Horowitz, Delphine Oudiette & Celia Lacaux for joining us on this deep dive into N1 and creativity.
sleepsciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/787211/episo...
Big thank you to guests Bob Stickgold, Adam Horowitz, Delphine Oudiette & Celia Lacaux for joining us on this deep dive into N1 and creativity.
sleepsciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/787211/episo...
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Come work for our group!
We are looking for a clinical research coordinator for our new study looking at sleep and mental health risk factors. This person would also be involved with many other projects in our program!
Know someone interested? Apply here:
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We are looking for a clinical research coordinator for our new study looking at sleep and mental health risk factors. This person would also be involved with many other projects in our program!
Know someone interested? Apply here:
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Clinical Research Coordinator I, Department of Psychiatry
Administer clinical tests and questionnaires as part of clinical research protocols (assessments of sleep, circadian rhythms, mental health, cognitive...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Come work for our group!
We are looking for a clinical research coordinator for our new study looking at sleep and mental health risk factors. This person would also be involved with many other projects in our program!
Know someone interested? Apply here:
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
We are looking for a clinical research coordinator for our new study looking at sleep and mental health risk factors. This person would also be involved with many other projects in our program!
Know someone interested? Apply here:
arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
I am a scientist. I am a father. I am European. I support peace. It is not my job to comment on politics. But after seeing this, there is no doubt—there never has been: I stand with Zelensky and the Ukrainian people.
February 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I am a scientist. I am a father. I am European. I support peace. It is not my job to comment on politics. But after seeing this, there is no doubt—there never has been: I stand with Zelensky and the Ukrainian people.
Great summary of why my friend and I decided to comment on the latest Lancet Consortium statement on reducing the risk of dementia—and why sleep should have been considered rather than disregarded.
Happy to have our letter published @TheLancet:
We argue that there is actually quite substantial meta-analytical & long-term evidence in support of #sleep and its timing as being important determinants of the future risk of #dementia & #Alzheimer's disease (AD)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
We argue that there is actually quite substantial meta-analytical & long-term evidence in support of #sleep and its timing as being important determinants of the future risk of #dementia & #Alzheimer's disease (AD)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reflections on The Lancet's Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care
In the Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing
Commission, Gill Livingston and colleagues identify a final set of 14 modifiable risk
factors for delaying or pre...
www.thelancet.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Great summary of why my friend and I decided to comment on the latest Lancet Consortium statement on reducing the risk of dementia—and why sleep should have been considered rather than disregarded.
Sleep plays a crucial role in overall well-being, both physically and mentally. In a new review, alongside leading experts in the field, we discuss the role of sleep in PMDD and how medications used to treat PMDD impact sleep. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The Impact of Pharmacotherapy for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder on Sleep
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) affects a subset of women of reproductive age, characterized by severe mood disturbances and physical symptoms …
www.sciencedirect.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Sleep plays a crucial role in overall well-being, both physically and mentally. In a new review, alongside leading experts in the field, we discuss the role of sleep in PMDD and how medications used to treat PMDD impact sleep. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New in The Lancet, a phase 3 randomised trial of exenatide for Parkinson's disease showed no evidence to support this GLP-1 receptor agonist as a disease-modifying treatment @thelancet.bsky.social #neurosky #medsky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Exenatide once a week versus placebo as a potential disease-modifying treatment for people with Parkinson's disease in the UK: a phase 3, multicentre, double-blind, parallel-group, randomised, placebo...
Our findings suggest that exenatide is safe and well tolerated. We found no evidence
to support exenatide as a disease-modifying treatment for people with Parkinson's
disease. Studies with agents that...
www.thelancet.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New in The Lancet, a phase 3 randomised trial of exenatide for Parkinson's disease showed no evidence to support this GLP-1 receptor agonist as a disease-modifying treatment @thelancet.bsky.social #neurosky #medsky www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
ABOUT ME:
I’m a sleep researcher and lecturer at Uppsala University, with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 15,000 citations in the field. I’ve also written two popular science books on sleep.
Helping people understand the importance of sleep is my mission!
I’m a sleep researcher and lecturer at Uppsala University, with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 15,000 citations in the field. I’ve also written two popular science books on sleep.
Helping people understand the importance of sleep is my mission!
January 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
ABOUT ME:
I’m a sleep researcher and lecturer at Uppsala University, with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 15,000 citations in the field. I’ve also written two popular science books on sleep.
Helping people understand the importance of sleep is my mission!
I’m a sleep researcher and lecturer at Uppsala University, with over 200 peer-reviewed articles and 15,000 citations in the field. I’ve also written two popular science books on sleep.
Helping people understand the importance of sleep is my mission!