The BodyClock RNA chronotype test has been available as a blood test since 2018. However, it was only in April 2021 that the developers led by Prof. Achim Kramer at Charité in Berlin developed and released a hair follicle test that can now also be used by private individuals.

I have already successfully applied both the blood test and now the hair root test in several of my company projects.

Results report

What is special, however, is that with the introduction of the BodyClock RNA chronotype test based on hair follicles, everyone now also receives a comprehensive, 25-page results report, individualized to the respective chronotype. This results report contains individualized time windows for work, eating, sport and, of course, sleep, tailored to the chronotype. The background is also discussed in detail. The topics of light, alcohol and coffee, as well as other tips and tricks, can also be found in the results report. I have now discussed my own test report in detail on rnatest.bodyclock.de, a subpage of our knowledge portal www.chronocollege.de, and have also made it available for download.

Projects

In my projects Getting up without an alarm clock and COPEP the blood test has already been used successfully. Both projects have clearly shown how successfully chronobiological parameters based on a chronotype test can be integrated into personnel management and occupational health management. The project supported by AOK Bayern and BGW in particular COPEP was so successful that it has now been relaunched under the project name ChronoClinic 2021 has now been continued. We have now focused even more on individual ChronoCoaching sessions for the results reports. The aim was to provide employees with further help tailored to their very personal social situations. Here, too, the positive feedback we have received has reinforced our belief that raising awareness of the “internal clock” is a key parameter in all project work in companies, institutions and clinics. The core element and starting point is always the BodyClock RNA chronotype test with its results report.

Conclusion

In my opinion, the BodyClock RNA chronotype test will revolutionize HR management and OHM. I myself had already made an attempt to develop such a test in 2005 together with the University of Vienna, but unfortunately failed at the time due to lack of funding. Everything has its time, and at that time it was probably not yet time.