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A Midsummer Night’s Dream – One Last SYRMEP Beamtime
The longest day of the year, with the longest hours of light—the midsummer solstice is always a...
Exploring XRD1 Before the Big Shutdown – Adding a New Layer to the Triceratops Story
In the final weeks before Elettra’s upcoming long shutdown for a major upgrade, I had the...
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – One Last SYRMEP Beamtime
The longest day of the year, with the longest hours of light—the midsummer solstice is always a special time. For us as part of the ENIGMA project, this turned into a very special midsummer day and night, as we were given one final imaging slot at the SYRMEP beamline...
Exploring XRD1 Before the Big Shutdown – Adding a New Layer to the Triceratops Story
In the final weeks before Elettra’s upcoming long shutdown for a major upgrade, I had the opportunity to explore yet another fascinating beamline: XRD1, expertly run by Maurizio Polentarutti and Giorgio Bias. XRD1 is dedicated to X-ray diffraction (XRD)—a powerful...
Virtual Bone PI and Elena Longo in Firenze Newspaper!
Transmitting knowledge, sharing expertise, and forging new collaborations is what allows us to push the boundaries of our understanding. This vision became reality again during a recent and exciting collaboration that brought together researchers from the University...
SUMMER SCHOOL ALERT!
From the 28th till the 30th of May, the Enigma Project PI Participated as a teaches for the AMARCH Summer school! We got the invitation to participate via the organisors and our MSCA-PF mentor and supervisor Diego Dreossi. Diego and I had the Whole Friday...
Another IAEA Training school, and this time, we’re talking Extreme Paleo – histology.. 66 MyA to be exact !
Another IAEA Training School — This Time, Extreme Paleo-Histology, 66 Million Years Ago! From May 26th to 30th, 2025, the sixth edition of the IAEA Training Workshop on Synchrotron Technologies and Techniques and their Applications took place at Elettra. This annual...
Dino Beamtime, to Berlin! – Beamtime at BESSY II / BAM line
As part of my non-academic placement with the paleotechnology company ZOIC, I’m currently working on a multi-modal characterisation study of fossilised Triceratops tendons. The goal is to better understand the preservation and internal microstructure of these...
Diving into the Non-Academic Phase of the Marie Curie Fellowship
One of the exciting new features introduced under the Horizon Europe framework for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships is the non-academic placement. This optional phase allows researchers to gain hands-on experience outside the traditional university...
Hopping on the Train to Rome: Sample Selection for MicroCT and XRF Analysis of Preservation and Life History
As part of my MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship, I am undertaking a secondment at Sapienza University of Rome. A secondment is a temporary research placement that enables MSCA fellows to expand their skills, build collaborative networks, and gain experience in...
Attending Workshop “So Close and Yet So Far: A Critical Approach to Mobility in the Past” at BSR
On April 2nd, 2025, I had the opportunity to attend a stimulating workshop hosted by the British School at Rome (BSR) titled “So Close and Yet So Far: A Critical Approach to Mobility in the Past.” The event was organized by my secondment host Prof. Alessia Nava,...
