Suomen unitutkimusseura tiedottaa Helsingissä järjestettävästä seminaarista. Alla olevan tiedon seminaarista on toimittanut Sarah Steffens (PhD Student, Sleep Team Helsinki).

“SleepWell Seminar will be held on Wednesday 25.9.19 at 6-8 pm in seminar room 3, Biomedicum 1 (Haartmaninkatu 8, 00290 Helsinki).

The speakers:

Christina Schmidt from the University of Liége, Belgium: “Age-related changes in sleep-wake regulation”
Her research explores the involvement of sleep-wake regulation on human cognition. She uses multidimensional approaches combining cognitive methods, neuroimaging, electrophysiology and chronobiological paradigms, mainly in healthy individuals.

Peter Meerlo from the University of Groningen, Netherlands: “Sleep, brain plasticity and memory”
His research focuses on the phylogeny and ecology of sleep. He is especially interested in the role of sleep in neuronal plasticity & memory formation, the consequences of restricted/disrupted sleep and the effects of stress on biological clocks and circadian rhythmicity.

There is no registration required, there will be space for everyone who’s interested!”