Norman White, McGill University, Canada, July 15, 2010 commented: This study and its follow-up show that stress tends to impair spatial or cognitive memory but probably has no effect on stimulus-response (S-R) or habit memory. The apparent facilitation of S-R behavior may be due to reduced competition from spatial behavior.

Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a widespread human herpesvirus that persists in a latent form, is associated with pathological processes in immunocompromised hosts and has been implicated in the development of several forms of cancer, including glioblastoma.

PhD-student Miriam Peeters has won the first prize in an international competition for oral communications at the Purines 2010 congress in Tarragona, Spain.  

Annelien Zweemer is one of the few candidates selected from over 20,000 young scientists world-wide to join the 60th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany.