Introduction to Journal of chronomedicine

Tyumen State Medical University has decided to develop former «Tyumen Medical Journal» in the direction of one of University’s oldest scientific schools, chronobiology and chronomedicine (dynamical and rhythmic processes in our body and in the environment, in conjunction with human health). Currently in Russia there are no specialized journals devoted to biological clock, chronobiology and chronomedicine, the role of the time factor and rhythmicity in the diverse processes of nature and living systems. Worldwide there are several international journals devoted to rhythmic processes in living organisms, among which are the Journal of Biological Rhythms, Chronobiology International, Biological Rhythm Research, and Journal of Circadian Rhythms. Nonetheless, there is not a single periodical that is dedicated primarily to chronomedicine. We set ourselves the goal to evolve this journal in this direction under the new title «Journal of Chronomedicine». For the first issue of the Journal of Chronomedicine, the team of the Tyumen State Medical University and the Editorial Board dedicate this paper to commemorate two significant dates, namely the 90th anniversary of the founder of the Tyumen school of chronobiology, one of the first researchers of biological rhythms in ontogenesis, the founder of the Department of Biology of the Tyumen Medical University, Gubin Gennady Dmitrievich (b. 20.08.1928) and a very recent Grand Jubilee, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Franz Halberg, the founder of modern chronomedicine (b. 5.07.1919).