Simona Francese

Professor of Forensic and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry. Fingerprint lover. Sheffield city Ambassador, TED speaker. Views are my own

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@SnowEmi @Uni_Lancashire @ForensOMICS Bravissima! Many congratulations!

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Proud to be part of the United Nations work addressing infiltration of corruption in forensics drug testing laboratories

https://t.co/sMs2K2MLPa

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Could we detect breast cancer with your fingerprint? | Simona Francese | TEDxManchester - YouTube https://t.co/SK5O7PHlNp

And from September 2025 follow on funding to continue this research!

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One of the most technically challenging work in fingermarks, directly relevant to Drig Facilitated Sexual Assaults- many congratulations to PhD student @The4n6Analyst Rohith Krishna. You are smashing this PhD!
#DFSA #FINGERMARKS #Imaging #MALDI #DESI #SICRIT

[Rohith Krishna @the_4n6_chemist]

A multi-modal mass spectrometry approach for the detection and mapping of date rape drugs in fingermarks - now published in Analyst
https://t.co/0EWEfL26d2

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Super-proud of the @ThinkingDigital team for this wonderful 2025 lineup! 💕

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Latest publication on small molecule imaging using SELECT SERIES MALDI MRT ! @SimonaFrancese @ELSchemistry
Link - https://t.co/1cZqBeakFG
If you fancy listening to it instead, here's a podcast of the paper created using Google NotebookLM
https://t.co/vB5mJOcvqs

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@KiMcGuinness @NorthumbriaNHS I don't know how it is possible to look that fab after what you just went through!!! I hope you recover quickly. All my best wishes

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@WeAreInevitable @TEDxManchester @herbkim @carljackmiller @Chris_Boardman Was on the edge of my sit the whole blooming time!

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@WeAreInevitable @TEDxManchester @herbkim @carljackmiller @Chris_Boardman @wearerudyspizza @aaron_calvert @WarhurstPamela @kiranmorjaria *are*

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@WeAreInevitable @TEDxManchester @herbkim @carljackmiller @Chris_Boardman @wearerudyspizza @aaron_calvert @WarhurstPamela @kiranmorjaria Your patients ate so lucky, as was I being able to listen to you today!

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@WeAreInevitable @TEDxManchester @herbkim @carljackmiller @Chris_Boardman @wearerudyspizza @aaron_calvert @WarhurstPamela @kiranmorjaria @Ilyena @AmieMcnee Love your spirit and your fire Amy...it was an incredible talk!

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@WeAreInevitable @TEDxManchester @herbkim @carljackmiller @Chris_Boardman @wearerudyspizza @aaron_calvert @WarhurstPamela @kiranmorjaria @Ilyena @AmieMcnee @J7healthJaveno Made me cry uncontrollably. What an incredible human being.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year for our team as we announce the full 2025 speaker lineup! Please help us welcome twelve remarkable humans including.. 🙌

🔴 An Olympic Cycling Gold Medalist, @Chris_Boardman of Active Travel England
🔴 Host of the 'Kill List', Guardian's No 1-rated podcast of 2024, @carljackmiller
🔴 A Cancer Detection Innovator, @SimonaFrancese
🔴 An Anxiety Healer, Joshua Fletcher
🔴 A Bioengineering Explorer, Aled Deakin Roberts
🔴 An Artist's Whisperer, @AmieMcnee
🔴 A Hypnotic Mind Reader, @aaroncalvert
🔴 A Child Psychology Advisor, Dr Charlotte Armitage
🔴 An Inclusive Exercise Evangelist, @J7healthJaveno
🔴 A Grassroots Changemaker, @WarhurstPamela
🔴 A TV Doctor & Humourist, @kiranmorjaria
🔴 A Computer Scientist for Animals, @Ilyena

For talk topic summaries & full biographies please head over to our Speaker Page.. https://t.co/A4UkxBWbQz

Join us on Saturday, 1 March at The Bridgewater Hall 🚀

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@science_ser @elonmusk We abandoned X in protest

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The journey to TEDxManchester 2025 begins with six amazing people we can't wait for you to meet. Allow us to introduce..

🔺@carljackmiller: host of Kill List, the Guardian's No. 1 rated podcast of 2024;
◼️@simonafrancese: the chemist seeking to revolutionise cancer screening;
🔺@J7healthJaveno: the fitness evangelist specialising in inspiration & inclusion;
◼️Dr Charlotte A.: the psychologist helping us tame our smartphone addiction;
🔺@warhurstpamela: Yorkshire's extraordinary grassroots changemaker;
◼️@Chris_Boardman: the legendary Team GB Olympic cycling gold medalist

We hope you can join us! Early Bird ticketing ends this Friday, 24 Jan at 3pm.

or full info on our speakers & their talk topics please head over to https://t.co/A4UkxBWbQz

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@ScotlandYardCSI It boggles my mind too...but I am not giving up.
I am so grateful that you are trying so hard to raise awareness!!

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@ScotlandYardCSI @doc_magni Please go ahead, I am so grateful!! I am having bluesky login issues to resolve.

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@ScotlandYardCSI @doc_magni I can't remember...should be!!! But if you type my name you should find me!!

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@ScotlandYardCSI We can de risk the project with 300k for validation !

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@ScotlandYardCSI Would have been great...expired dec 3rd...thanks so much for flagging, please could you continue to do so🙏