Benjamin Weger

Benjamin Weger

NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland

Dr Benjamin Weger (PhD) is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. His research interests include circadian rhythms, metabolism, microbiota and physiology. He completed his PhD at Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg, Germany.

Articles by: Benjamin Weger

a point-of-view photo of a person's own feet laying in bed with morning light coming through the windows

We actually have trillions of 'body clocks,' not just one. Here's how they all work together.

By Frederic Gachon, Benjamin Weger published

We have trillions of body clocks — a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here's how they work with light to control our health.