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Simona Francese

@simonafrancese.bsky.social

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Professor of Forensic abd Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry, public speaker and TED speaker.

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Analyst @analyst.rsc.org · 10/06/2025

On the front cover of issue 12 of ‪Analyst. A multi-modal mass spectrometry approach for the detection and mapping of date rape drugs in fingermarks. #OpenAccess from R. Krishna, S. Francese et al. @simonafrancese.bsky.social. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... #MassSpec

Front cover of issue 12 of ‪‪@analyst.rsc.org. Black image with beams being fired at a tube and a beam passing to a fingerprint surrounded by molecules in red and green.

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Simona Francese @simonafrancese.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I am thrilled (and proud) to share that my TEDx Manchester talk, after several and very rigorous fact checks, is now officially being promoted by the TED channel www.ted.com/talks/simona... @herbkim.bsky.social

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Could we detect breast cancer with a fingerprint?

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women globally. And yet, many people pass up opportunities to get screened for the disease, often because of the invasive and sometimes painful process of...

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Simona Francese @simonafrancese.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Nice little piece for Scientific Reports based on our Russo et al 2023 Scientific Reports paper which was the 4th most downloaded cance paper in 2023. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZLa...

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Scientific Reports: Your hub for global discovery

YouTube video by Nature Portfolio

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Simona Francese @simonafrancese.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

"How I Discovered Your Fingerprint Could Detect Cancer - Professor Simona Francese" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gonr...

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Simona Francese @simonafrancese.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Be part of a game changing research for millions of women that are or could be affected by breast cancer. Work with us on the non-invasive test that detects it from a fingertip smear. Applications open to oustanding and motivated PhD candidates, deadline Jan 6th www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Non-invasive detection of breast cancer from fingertip smears at Sheffield Hallam University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Non-invasive detection of breast cancer from fingertip smears at Sheffield Hallam University, listed on FindAPhD.com

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