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In the News: From Brew to Breakthrough - Turning Spent Coffee Grounds into Cancer-Fighting Carbon Dots
Our breakthrough research on transforming spent coffee grounds into carbon dots for cancer treatment has captured widespread attention, being highlighted across numerous news platforms.
Silvia Giordani
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Yingru Zhou
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Sofía Domínguez Gil
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Michał Bartkowski
May 23, 2025
Irish examiner
Breakthrough cancer research
Breakingnews.ie
Irish independent
GRIM 2025 - Ricercatori italiani protagonisti dell’eccellenza scientifica in Irlanda: riconoscimenti e innovazioni alla Dublin City University
La comunità accademica italiana si conferma protagonista nel panorama della ricerca irlandese. L’Ambasciatore d’Italia a Dublino, Nicola Faganello, ha partecipato a una cerimonia presso la Dublin City University (DCU), che ha messo in luce l’eccellenza e l’impatto del lavoro di importanti studiosi italiani attivi in Irlanda.
Silvia Giordani
Apr 17, 2025
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L'ambasciatore Faganello alla cerimonia nell'ateneo irlandese
Il metodo di somministrazione del farmaco basato sulla nanotecnologia utilizzato e sviluppato da Giordani consente, infatti, di somministrare una maggiore quantità di farmaco direttamente al ‘bersaglio’, con minori danni collaterali alle cellule sane circostanti.
Silvia Giordani
Apr 11, 2025
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- Italian (Original)
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Irish Times - Breakthrough by DCU researcher promises improved ‘chemo’ with fewer side effects
Nanotechnology drug delivery could mean faster treatments and reduced hair loss, nausea and fatigue
Apr 8, 2025
Irish Times
- Web Article
Professor Silvia Giordani highlighted on the University of Montpellier webpage
Professor Silvia Giordani’s portrait features on the University of Montpellier’s website. She is currently a MAK’IT (Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions) visiting fellow at the University of Montpellier, with the aim to extend the applications of carbon nano-onions into the energy sector.
Silvia Giordani
Dec 19, 2024
University of Montpellier Hall of Fame website
Soapbox Science hitting Dublin again, with thrilling line-up of speakers
Soapbox Science is a novel public outreach platform promoting women and non-binary scientists and their work. At this years Soapbox Science Ireland event, Prof. Silvia Giordani engaged the public with her talk on “How can Nano-onions go to the target?”.
Jun 14, 2024
Professor Silvia Giordani, School of Chemical Sciences, received €1,206,941.90 for a project called “Bio-Inspired Functionalisation of Nanoplatforms for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutics.”
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.
Silvia Giordani
May 28, 2024
DCU
- News
“Cervelli in fuga”
Relatori - Dr.ssa Michela Deleidi e s.o. Prof.ssa Silvia Giordani
Silvia Giordani
Apr 3, 2024
Rotary Club
- Bulletin
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Cure a bersaglio, le nanocipolle della docente bergamasca
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.
Feb 3, 2024
L'Eco di Bergamo
- Newspaper Excerpt
“Festeggiamo Silvia, per il suo compleanno con le nano cipolle”
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.
Silvia Giordani
Jan 23, 2024
Rotary Club
- Bulletin
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- English Translation
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