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Giuliano Iurilli

Lab Head
Researcher Tenure Track - Principal Investigator
Systems Neurobiology
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About

How does the brain process environmental and internal information to orchestrate the most adaptive response to ongoing and incoming challenges? I began to approach this question during my graduate studies at IIT in the laboratory of Paolo Medini, where I aimed to understand better how the microcircuits of the visual cortex respond to visual deprivation and non-visual stimuli from the external environment in mice. Then, as a postdoc, I moved to the laboratory of Bob Datta at Harvard Medical School, where I gradually shifted my focus on the innate behavioral responses to sensory stimuli, specifically to olfactory stimuli, the most primordial sensory stimuli used by animals. Finally, back at IIT as a Principal Investigator, I am working with a fantastic group of talented young scientists to discover the central circuit mechanisms that coordinate an animal's behavioral and visceral activity in anticipation of what will be coming.

Education

Title: Ph.D. in Robotics and Neuroscience
Institute: Italian Institute of Technology
Location: Genova
Country: Italy
From: 2008 To: null

Title: Laurea Specialistica (M. Sc.) in Biomedical Sciences
Institute: University of Pisa
Location: Pisa
Country: Italy
From: 2006 To: 2007

Awards and Achievements
2019
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Giovanni Armenise-Harvard Career Development Award, 2019-2024
2018
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Isabelle Goldenson Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018-2019
2013
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Human Frontiers Science Program, Long-Term Fellowship 2013-2016