About me

My name is Giorgio Francesco Gilestro, but many simply call me gg.

Scientific biografy (family tree – Curriculum Vitae)

I was born in 1977 in Turin, Italy.
From 1996 to 2001 I studied Medical Biotechnology at University of Turin, in Italy. After graduating, I moved at the IMP in Vienna (Austria) where I worked as graduate student in Barry Dickson‘s laboratory, studying development of the nervous system in the embryo of Drosophila melanogaster (2002-2006).

From September 2006 to July 2009, I was a post-doc in the laboratory for research on sleep and consciousness directed by Chiara Cirelli and Giulio Tononi.

Starting October 2010, I am a Junior Research Fellow at Imperial College in London where I lead an independent group in the division of Cellular and Molecular Biology.

Interests.

My current research is aimed at elucidating the enigmatic function(s) of sleep using a combination of neurobiology, genetics and informatics. The core of the work is carried on using Drosophila melanogaster as model system, but a growing number of projects aims at addressing novel ways of study sleep in other species too (including ants, mice, sandflies and humans).

During my spare time, I love hacking with software and hardware. I am an enthusiast linux user and a passionate sustainer of the open source philosophy.

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Usual disclaimer: this website is entirely personal in nature and the content does not reflect the views and opinions of my employer.