 Gilestro GF*The evolution of sex for artificial intelligence: a population-genetic framework for multigenerational model populations preprint – arXiv 2026 Sep 16 / 2609.18560 [PDF] |
 Gilestro GF*Sleep elasticity: accessory, useful and vital components of a single state preprint – EcoEvoRxiv 2026 Aug 19 / 10.32942/X22D71 [PDF] |
| Fulcher BD, Lubba CH, Gilestro GF, Schultz SR, Jones NJ Interpretable model-free inference of parametric variation across time-series data through large-scale feature extraction preprint – arXiv 2026 Jun 11 / 2606.12836 [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF* Two errors in attributing intelligence and a Bayesian Turing test preprint – philSci 2026 Feb 03 / 28098 [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF* AI reviewers are here — we are not ready Nature 2025 Dec 3; 648(9) |
| Guo L, Ferretti V, Gilestro GF* Sleep Deprivation Primes Synaptic Vulnerability Without Inducing Oxidative Damage: A Mechanistic Reappraisal preprint – bioRxiv 2025 Sep 05 / 674430 [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF* Refining the sleep circuits one neuron at a time PLOS Biology 2025 Apr 5; 23(4) |
| Joyce M, Falconio AF#, Blackhurst L#, Prieto-Godino L, French AS*, and Gilestro GF* Divergent evolution of sleep in Drosophila species Nature Communications 2024 Jun 14; (15) 5091 [PDF] |
| Petzold A*, Gilestro GF* ninna nanna links circadian and homeostatic sleep drive in Drosophila preprint – bioRxiv 2024 May 13 / 593616 [PDF] |
| Jones H, Willis JA, Firth LC, Giachello CNG, and Gilestro GF* A reductionist paradigm for high-throughput behavioural fingerprinting in Drosophila melanogaster eLife 2023 Nov 8; (12) RP86695 [PDF] |
| Blackhurst L*, Gilestro GF* Ethoscopy & Ethoscope-lab: a framework for behavioural analysis to lower entrance barrier and aid reproducibility Bioinformatics Advances 2023 Sep 20; 3(1) [PDF] |
| Vincent CM, Beckwith EJ, Simoes da Silva CJ, Pearson WH, Kierdorf K, Gilestro GF, Dionne MS* Infection increases activity via Toll dependent and independent mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster PLoS Pathog. 2022 Sep 21;18(9):e1010826 |
| French A, Geissmann Q, BeckwithEJ and Gilestro GF* Sensory processing during sleep in Drosophila melanogaster Nature 2021 Oct 21; 598(3) [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF* Sleep: Imaging the Fly Brain Reveals New Paradoxes Current Biology 2021 Feb 08; 31(3):R140-R142 |
| Beckwith EJ*, French AS Sleep in Drosophila and its context Front Physiol. 2019 Sep 11;10:1167 |
| Geissmann Q#, Beckwith EJ# and Gilestro GF* Most sleep does not serve a vital function: Evidence from Drosophila melanogaster Science Advances 2019 Feb 20; 5(2) eaau9253 [PDF] |
| Geissmann Q*, Garcia Rodriguez L, Beckwith EJ and Gilestro GF* Rethomics: an R framework to analyse high-throughput behavioural data PLoS ONE 2019 Jan 16; 14(1); e0209331 [PDF] |
| Geissmann Q, Garcia Rodriguez L, Beckwith EJ, French AS, Jamasb AR, and Gilestro GF* Ethoscopes: an open platform for high-throughput ethomics PLoS Biology 2017 Oct 19;15(10);e2003026. [PDF] |
| Beckwith EJ, Geissmann Q, French AS, and Gilestro GF* Regulation of sleep homeostasis by sexual arousal. eLife 2017 Sep 12;6;e27445. [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF Video tracking and analysis of sleep in Drosophila melanogaster Nature Protocols 2012 Apr 26;7(5):995-1007. [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF*, Cirelli C pySolo: a complete suite for sleep analysis in Drosophila Bioinformatics 2009 Jun 1;25(11):1466-7. [PDF] |
| Gilestro GF, Tononi G, Cirelli C Widespread changes in synaptic markers as a function of sleep and wakefulness in Drosophila Science 2009 Apr 3;324(5923):109-12 [PDF] |
Previous publications
| Gilestro GF Redundant Mechanisms for Regulation of Midline Crossing in Drosophila PLoS ONE, 2008 Nov 24;3(11):e3978. |
| Dickson BJ* and Gilestro GF* Regulation of Commissural Axon Pathfinding by Slit and its Robo receptors Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol, 2006;22:651-75. |
| Christensen C, Ambartsumian N, Gilestro GF, Thomsen B, Comoglio PM, Tamagnone L, Guldberg P, and Lukanidin E Proteolytic processing converts the repelling signal Sema3E into an inducer of invasive growth and lung metastasis Cancer Research, 2005 Jul 15;65(14):6167-6177 |
| Artigiani S, Conrotto P, Fazzari P, Gilestro GF, Barberis D, Giordano S, Comoglio PM and Tamagnone L Plexin-B3 is a functional receptor for semaphorin 5A Embo Reports, 2004 Jul;5(7):710-4 |
| Giordano S, Corso S, Conrotto P,Artigiani S, Gilestro GF, Barberis D,Tamagnone L and Comoglio PM The Semaphorin 4D Receptor controls invasive growth by coupling with Met tyrosine kinase Nature Cell Biology, 2002 Sep;4(9):720-4 |
| Petrelli A, Gilestro GF, Lanzardo S, Comoglio PM, Migone N and Giordano S The Endophilin-CIN85-Cbl complex mediates ligand-dependent downregulation of c-Met Nature, 2002 Mar 14;416(6877):187-90 [PDF] |
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