Giovanni Canu
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Giovanni Canu
@giocanu.bsky.social
Full-time scientist, part-time sunchaser.
Curiosty-driven.

Research Associate at UCL | PhD at Cambridge
Blood and vascular development
The Richmond 1OK race is over, and I had a blast earning this stunning medal! But the race to save our world is still on! Let's keep running it! Thank you all again for your support @wwf.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In the past 4 months I've run 220 km, raising £211 in support of @wwf.org.uk to fight climate change and preserve nature. Thanks to everyone who helped with a donation, you've been amazing!
September 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Our editorial on the haemaropoietic microenvironment from embryonic development to aging and disease is now published!
It opens the special issue that I've organised and co-edited for the journal Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences.

doi.org/10.3389/fmol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Run 135 km so far, only a couple of minor injuries, and collected £118 to help WWF preserve nature and fight climate change!
Can you help me reach £200?

Donate here:
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
July 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
People worldwide are already feeling the effects of #climatechange: droughts, fires, flooding, heatwaves.

I'm fundraising for WWF to disinvest from #fossilfuels and leave future generations a better planet?

Please donate today, no amount is too small!

www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

@wwf.eu
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I am starting the Run-for-the-Planet Challenge @wwf.org.uk
What is it?
Why am I doing it?
And how can you help?
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May 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Now published in Development!

We show that a #Pax3 lineage has hemogenic potential and produces transient #blood progenitors in the developing #embryo.

New work from the Ruhrberg lab at UCL.

doi.org/10.1242/dev....
December 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Thanks to everyone who donated! Together we stood up against cancer and helped fund life-saving research!

If you didn't donate the page will remain open to donations:
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...

For now, time to rest.
May 1, 2024 at 5:49 AM
Last few days of the #StandUpToCancer month! Where Ginevra and I raised money for Cancer Research UK. You can still donate! Help us reach our target: fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...
April 29, 2024 at 12:28 PM

This is Ginevra after her hike yesterday (immediately after jumping into a muddy pond and having found -and having rolled into- cow poo 💩).
53 km done for the dog-walking challenge and £175 raised for the fight against cancer!

Donate today:
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...
April 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
35 km (22 miles) already done. And £175 collected so far for Cancer Research UK @CR_UK!

The target is to walk 100km (60miles) in April to raise £300!

If you donated already, thank you
If you didn't, you can support us here:

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...
April 8, 2024 at 1:03 PM
We started strong this dog-walking month by doing 14 km in the first 2 days! And raising the first £100 for the fight against cancer with Cancer Research UK!
You can contribute too, donate here:
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...
April 3, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Ginevra received her official bandana and we are ready to raise money for Cancer Research UK!
Donate now here:
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...
April 3, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Last weekend we started warming up for the 60 miles Ginevra and I are going to walk to raise money for Cancer Research UK @CR_UK
And the challenge hasn't even started and we already raised the first £50!

You can contribute too:
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...

#StandUpToCancer ❤️
March 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
We are walking 100 km (62 miles) throughout April, and we are going to share regular updates.
Mainly pictures of Ginevra, obviously.

Leash, check ✅
Treat bag, check ✅
Wagging tail, check ✅

fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/gio-and...

Donate now to #StandUpToCancer!
March 25, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Simpson predicted the 2024 US election.
In a 1996 episode, aliens Kang and Kodos impersonated President candidates and, when unmasked, they convinced Americans that voting a third party candidate would be a waste of votes, so Kang was elected. Take out the aliens, and you got Biden vs Trump 2024.
March 6, 2024 at 2:19 PM