第1230回生物科学セミナー

A tale of sleepless flies and ninna nanna. How Drosophila changes what we know about sleep

Dr. Giorgio Gilestro(Imperial College London, Department of Life Sciences,)

2018年07月25日(水)    14:00-16:00  理学部2号館 201号室   

Our laboratory studies the neurobiology of behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster, with a strong emphasis on sleep. In particular, we are trying to uncover the still mysterious function(s) of sleep, using a systems neuroscience approach. The talk will present some of the recent and unpublished data of the lab as paradigmatic of what flies can teach us about sleep: I will introduce a new exciting gene regulating sleep in flies (ninna nanna) which uncovers new circuits and new, potentially conserved, molecular mechanisms. We will also revise the real consequences of sleep deprivation in flies, with unexpected and very surprising results.