Dr
@kofanchen @drosophila.social
0000-0002-7305-6254
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Ko-Fan
Chen
Dept Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester
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Our lab is interested in two aspects of sleep research: How environmental factors influence sleep and circadian behaviours? How sleep-related cellular mechanisms modulate progress of human diseases? These research questions are addressed using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as an experimental model, allowing investigating underlying molecular mechanism by applying diverse methods including fly genetics, ex vivo/in vivo imaging techniques, and high throughput behavioural assays
Drosophila; Crustaceans or other arthropods (other than Drosophila)
Quantitative research; Mixed methods research; Basic/fundamental/discovery research; Laboratory research; In vitro experiments; Biomedical or health research; Physiology (cellular and organismal, including electrophysiology); Sleep research; Neuroscience; Biology"; Imaging; Molecular biology (including genetics and gene editing)
Lecturer in Neurogenetics
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Drosophila Sleep Neurogenetics Laboratory
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We are always happy to share Drosophila stocks, sleep analytical tools, and sleep recording devices.
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