Leonie Kirszenblat

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  • Postdoctoral research fellow, RIKEN

Dr Leonie Kirszenblat is a neuroscientist investigating sleep. She uses the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, as a genetic model to understand fundamental processes that occur in the brain during sleep, and how sleep affects behaviour. She is also interested in the evolution of sleep functions and how this relates to brain complexity in different animals.

Leonie currently works at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan, where she combines state-of-art techniques in brain imaging, behavioural analyses and machine-learning to decode how the brain operates differently during sleep.

Experience

  • 2020–2023
    HFSP Research Fellow, Riken Center for Brain Science, Japan
  • 2019–2020
    JSPS Research Fellow, Riken Center for Brain Science, Japan
  • 2016–2019
    Associate research scientist, The University of Queensland
  • 2008–2011
    Assistant researcher, The University of Queensland

Education

  • 2016 
    The University of Queensland, PhD in Neuroscience
  • 2007 
    The University of Melbourne, Honours in Genetics
  • 2006 
    The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Science

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Fellowship
    Role:
    Postdoctoral research fellow
    Funding Source:
    Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP)
  • 2019
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship
    Role:
    Postdoctoral research fellow
    Funding Source:
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2017
    UQ Development Fellowship
    Role:
    Postdoctoral research fellow
    Funding Source:
    The University of Queensland

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