
Silvia Giordani
@giordanisilvia
Scientist, Professor @dcuchemistry @DCU, choral singer, STEMinist, L’Oréal-UNESCO FWIS alumna (views are my own)
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09-07-2012 20:29:26
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Delighted to see our artwork on the back cover of Nanoscale journal family related to our recent article on Carbon Dots from spent coffee grounds ☕ 🔗doi.org/10.1039/D4NR05… Massive thanks to Michał Bartkowski, Yingru Zhou, Sofia Dominguez Dublin City University and to Research Ireland for funding!

Many thanks to Breakthrough Cancer Research for funding our research!

Delighted to see our artwork on the back cover of Nanoscale journal family related to our recent article on Carbon Dots from spent coffee grounds ☕ Massive thanks to Michał Bartkowski, Yingru Zhou, Sofia Dominguez Dublin City University and to Research Ireland and Breakthrough Cancer Research for funding!




4/4 Huge thanks to everyone at DCU and the Giordani Lab for their brilliant work, esp. Silvia Giordani, our lead PI, without whom this would not be possible. Yingru Zhou Sofia Dominguez Dublin City University 🔗irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4163… 📄DOI: 10.1039/D4NR05186F


☕️ waste → cancer therapy? Dublin City University scientists upcycled used coffee grounds into ‘carbon dots’ that kill cancer cells & could ferry chemo drugs - zero toxic metals, 100% upcycled. Read more 👇breakthroughcancerresearch.ie/news/leftover-… #MakeMoreSurvivors #Nanomedicine #CancerResearch #Sustainability


Engineered B/N-doped carbon nano-onions coated with a hyaluronic acid targeting agent carry doxorubicin to triple-negative breast cancer cells, enhancing efficacy while mitigating cardiotoxicity. Silvia Giordani Hugh Mohan Michał Bartkowski Read more here: doi.org/10.1039/D4NR04…


Delighted to see our cover art on the Outside Front Cover of Nanoscale! Thanks to Michał Bartkowski for his talent. Congratulations to Hugh Mohan, final year PhD in my team and first author and to all the collaborators involved. Thanks Research Ireland for funding my research Dublin City University

Honoured to have our cover featured on the Outside Front Cover of RSC Nanoscale! It’s been a real pleasure working on this with Silvia Giordani — thank you Silvia for the opportunity and support! Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1039/D4NR04…



Congrats to Francesco Calzaferri (He/Him)! Just three months in and already picking up awards — clearly wasting no time making an impact. I had a good feeling about him from the start! 👏🏆 hashtag#RisingStar hashtag#TeamWin