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Giorgio
Gilestro
Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London
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My current research is aimed at elucidating the enigmatic function(s) of sleep using a combination of neurobiology, genetics, and bioinformatics. Most of the work is carried on using Drosophila melanogaster as the model system.
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Quantitative research; Qualitative research; Mixed methods research; Basic/fundamental/discovery research; Laboratory research; Sleep research; Neuroscience; Biochemistry; Molecular biology (including genetics and gene editing); Systems biology; Bioinformatics
Senior lecturer, PI
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Ethoscopes: https://lab.gilest.ro/ethoscope
Industry Partnerships
I had a years long collaboration with Syngenta on high throughput analysis of behaviour for the discovery of new drugs and a collaboration with Betabugs to phenotype genetically modified insects
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Prospective postdocs; Prospective PhD students; Prospective academic collaborators; The media; Funders or charitable organisations; Learned societies; Prospective lab technicians or lab managers; Prospective undergraduate students; Prospective MSc students; Prospective industry partners; Patient or carer groups; Policymakers or think tanks