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The funding announcement by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) was announced on Monday and has been welcomed by the delighted DCU researchers involved. The SFI Frontiers for the Future Programme provides opportunities for independent investigators to conduct innovative, collaborative research with the potential to deliver impact, whilst also providing opportunities for high-risk, high-reward research projects.

Prof. Silvia Giordani was invited to the IISER Thiruvananthapuram (TVM), in Kerala, India where she gave the seminar ‘Carbon Nano-Onions for Biomedical Applications’ as part of the seminar series by the director Prof. J N Moorthy

We are pleased to share that Prof. Silvia Giordani, from Dublin City University, recently delivered an informal session on ‘Women in Science: A Chat in the Western Ghats’. This event was organized to discuss the vital topic of gender representation in science.

Sofia recently attended the BenBedPhar COST Scientific Meeting from 18th to 19th April in Tallinn. This meeting was focused on ‘Cellular Mechanisms, Disease Modeling and Clinical Approaches to NRF2 Therapeutics’. During the meeting, she presented the research that she is developing as a postdoctoral researcher in Prof. Giordani’s group, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and ideas.

In this presentation, multilayers fullerenes, also known as carbon nano-onions (CNOs), were discussed as a potential vesicle for nanocarrier-type drug delivery systems.

Relatori - Dr.ssa Michela Deleidi e s.o. Prof.ssa Silvia Giordani

Yingru presents at the BenBedPhar COST Action Training School ‘Physiological oxygen levels to investigate NRF2-regulated redox signaling in cell biology to improve clinical translation’.

La ricercatrice bergamasca Silvia Giordani, professore di Nanomateriali alla Dublin City University e il suo laboratorio hanno sperimentato con successo un nuovo metodo per il rilascio mirato dei farmaci antitumorali direttamente nelle cellule affette da adenocarcinoma pancreatico duttale.

23 gennaio 2024, compleanno di Silvia, Silvia Giordani, Professore ordinario di nanomateriali alla Dublin City University, e nostra socia che regala al suo club una affascinante conferenza sui nanomateriali.

RTÉ Radio 1 DRIVETIME Interview with Prof. Silvia Giordani