Dr Aurélie Manuel, for her thesis entitled "Neuroplasticity of inhibitory control", conducted under the supervision of Prof Stephanie Clarke and Dr Lucas Spierer and defended at the CHUV on August 16th 2012. Dr Ralf Wimmer, for his thesis entitled "The role of spindles for sleep: Manipulating oscillatory activity in the thalamocortical network", conducted under the supervision of Prof Anita Lüthi and Prof Paul Franken and defended at the DFN of the University of Lausanne on October 12th 2012.