Francesco Calzaferri (He/Him)

Huge congratulations to ⁦@HughMohan3⁩ on successfully defending his PhD thesis today. A very special day for the group and a very proud supervisor. Many thanks to the examination team and special thanks to ⁦@Researchirel⁩ for funding.

🧠 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! Traumatic brain injury doesn’t end with the impact, the real threat is the #neuroinflammation that follows. In our latest paper published in @BrJPharmacol, we explore a novel therapeutic angle: targeting #P2X7 receptor ➡️ bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bp…

€584,378 has been awarded to eight projects through the Research Alliance Award, a programme established by @WIN_Cymru and Research Ireland to strengthen Ireland-Wales research ties and support Horizon Europe grant development. Read here: researchireland.ie/news/research-…

Carbon dots made from spent coffee grounds glow green in breast cancer cells, as investigated in Nanoscale's inside back cover article ☕ @giordanisilvia @Yingru_Zhou @MichalBartkow @SofiaDo93405718 Read more about the work here 👇: doi.org/10.1039/D4NR05…

Massive thanks to Daire Hall for the great video highlighting our research (and my wonderful team) at @DCU #WeAreDCU youtu.be/sAAvrxyg-BI?si… via @YouTube

Delighted with our latest paper on B/N-CNOs for targeted breast cancer therapy published open access in Nanoscale. Congratulations @HughMohan3 and @MichalBartkow. I am very grateful to @Researchirel for funding and to my collaborators @unito and @unizar pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Our recent hire, Dr. Francesco Calzaferri @JfcFran gave an excellent seminar ⁦@DCU_LSI⁩ this week and sparked a lot of interest. He clearly showed that great things can be achieved combining chemistry 🧪 with biology! 🧫 🧬 Bravo ! 👏 👏 👏

Warm welcome Francesco Calzaferri ⁦@JfcFran⁩ I am delighted to have you onboard and I wish you continued success in research and a great time with us ⁦@DCU⁩