Virginia Giolito
virginiagiolito.bsky.social
Virginia Giolito
@virginiagiolito.bsky.social
Postdoc IREC_UCLouvain 🇧🇪 CRC, CSCs & metabolism | PhD @Unistra 🇫🇷 | Pharm, MSc Biotech @fbioyfunr 🇦🇷🇮🇹 | FIP_NGPS ViceChair, EACR Ambassador
I was honored to speak at #FIPCongress in 🇩🇰 about my work on CRC during the Pharmaceutical Scientists in Cancer Research session. This milestone allowed me to connect with colleagues and discuss the importance of FIP's support for science and young scientists.

🙏 Thanks to FIP and all participants!
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Excited to share our latest paper, the result of an incredible collaboration with Sèbastien Ibanez, with whom I share co–first authorship.
This project was led with the support of Pr Olivier Feron and Pr Chantal Dessy. Thank you for your trust!
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/advs...
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Acidosis Forces Fatty Acid Uptake and Metabolism in Cancer Cells Regardless of Genotype
This study demonstrates that biological acidosis, commonly observed in tumors and ischemic conditions, actively promotes the protonation of fatty acids, thereby facilitating the uptake of their neutr...
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Nice to end up the week with an accepted paper 🥳
More info to come 😉
July 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Thanks to the International Society of Cancer Metabolism for giving us the opportunity to show our Network today at #ISCaM2025 and giving opportunities for students and early career researchers 🤩
@virginiagiolito.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Looking forward to the EACR Early-Career Researchers' Conference! @helloeacr.bsky.social #ECR
June 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Are you interested in #CancerMetabolism? Join us in Brussels from July 2 to 4, 2025, for the 12th annual meeting of #ISCaM! We have a fantastic line-up and many opportunities for early-career scientists!
Submission deadline 📝💻: April 30th, 2025
Early registration deadline: May 18, 2025
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Are you interested in #CancerMetabolism? Join us in Brussels from July 2 to 4, 2025, for the 12th annual meeting of #ISCaM! We have a fantastic line-up and many opportunities for early-career scientists!
Submission deadline 📝💻: April 30th, 2025
Early registration deadline: May 18, 2025
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
When you get the results from some key experiments, and you realise that your hypothesis is spot on! 🎉 Feeling so pumped to dive deeper into this story with even more passion and energy! 🤓👩‍🔬 #ScienceJoy #ExperimentSuccess #teamwork
February 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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🎙️ ¿Ya escuchaste el segundo episodio de Ciencia en Voz Alta?
@virginiagiolito.bsky.social nos cuenta qué la motiva a hacer ciencia 🧪 y cómo esa pasión impulsa cada paso en la Maratón de la Ciencia 🏃‍♀️

🔗 Escucha el episodio completo (link bio)
#Podcast #CienciaEnVozAlta #Motivación #PasiónPorLaCiencia
January 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am thrilled to have received the IREC Institute grant for my research on colorectal cancer organoids. This is a significant milestone for me, marking my first grant as a postdoctoral researcher! I'm pleased that my ideas were well received, and I am excited to dive into this important work. 🔬👩‍🔬
January 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
No se pierdan este episodio en el que me invitaron desde @cienciaenvozalta.bsky.social y donde hablamos con @clarissebrunet.bsky.social de muchas cosas interesantes! Espero que les guste y no se olviden de seguir y escuchar el podcast 😉
🎙️✨ Nuevo episodio de Ciencia en Voz Alta
Hoy me acompaña @virginiagiolito.bsky.social para charlar sobre su investigación en cáncer y su recorrido en el mundo de la ciencia. 🔬💡
🎧 Escuchalo ya en tu plataforma favorita de podcast.
#PodcastDeCiencia #DivulgaciónCientífica #MujeresEnCiencia #ciencia
January 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New research from Olivier Feron’s lab! Special congrats to my partner in crime in science and life, Sebastien Ibanez co-first author of this paper! I am happy to have contributed to this story www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#acidosis #cancermetabolism
Article Metrics - Acid-exposed and hypoxic cancer cells do not overlap but are interdependent for unsaturated fatty acid resources | Nature Communications
www.nature.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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📣 The EACR 2025 Congress Call for Abstracts is now online!

Submissions open Monday 02 December: 2025.eacr.org/abstracts

#EACR2025 #CancerResearch
November 15, 2024 at 10:21 AM
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Submit your abstract by 16 December for our upcoming virtual conference 'Drugging and Regulating the MAP Kinase Pathway' with Boehringer Ingelheim!

Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your research: eacr.org/conference/b...

#CancerResearch
November 18, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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Inspired by the other amazing starter packs - here's one for cancer researchers!

I tried to make this broad - from immunology to genomics to cell biology and so much more..

This list also includes organizations & institutes supporting cancer researchers 🧪🔬⚕️🩺

Hope its useful!

go.bsky.app/FEoaJMc
November 14, 2024 at 9:44 PM