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Francesca Rizzollo

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PhD student at VIB-CCB πŸ‘©πŸ»β€πŸ”¬ Cancer biology, cell death, and chasing little organelles πŸ”¬ Food and music lover, professional singer in the shower πŸ•

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Aligned with ferroptosis restricting circulating cancer cells, the BDH2–2,5-DHBA pathway protects mesenchymal cells from ferroptosis in the blood, boosting their capacity to seed secondary organs.

16.09.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Restoring BDH2 or supplementing 2,5-DHBA rescues iron transfer, lysosomal pH, and ferroptosis resistance.

16.09.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When BDH2 is lost, iron gets trapped in lysosomes, lysosomal pH rises, and contacts weaken. As a consequence, mesenchymal cells become highly vulnerable to ferroptosis.

16.09.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We show that BDH2 is a key regulator of inter-organelle Fe(II) transfer. In melanocytic cells, BDH2 localizes at mitochondria–lysosome contacts. There it produces the siderophore 2,5-DHBA, which ferries Fe(II) into mitochondria. This supports respiration and lysosomal acidification.

16.09.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to share my PhD paper out now in Nature Metabolism! 🚨 We studied how intracellular iron trafficking controls ferroptosis vulnerability in melanoma. Shout-out to @agostinislab.bsky.social and all collaborators who made this possible! @natmetabolism.nature.com

16.09.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ”¬ Curious about #mitochondria #imaging but unsure where to begin? Our review might help! πŸš€πŸ“œπŸ§ͺ

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#Quantitative #Microscopy #SuperResolution #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #CellBiology #mtDNA

17.11.2024 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3
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Xenografted human microglia display diverse transcriptomic states in response to Alzheimer’s disease-related amyloid-Ξ² pathology - Nature Neuroscience Human microglia transplanted in the mouse brain mount a multipronged response to amyloid-Ξ² pathology, displaying unique transcriptional states. Alzheimer’s disease risk genes are differentially regula...

Hi Bluesky πŸ¦‹ I’m Nico, a microglia enthusiast based in VIB, Belgium 🧠 if you are curious about the science we do, take a look at our latest work! Here we use xenotransplantation models to map the spectrum of human microglia responses to Alzheimer’s disease pathology www.nature.com/articles/s41...

16.11.2024 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's bring the #CellDeath community together here on πŸ¦‹

Just get in touch to join this Starter Pack

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16.11.2024 09:41 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hi Bluesky community πŸ‘‹πŸ»πŸ¦‹ just moved in! I’m a PhD student @ VIB (Belgium), interested in iron metabolism, membrane contact sites, ferroptosis, and cancer biology. If this sounds like something for you, take a look at our latest preprint πŸ‘‰ www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-5...

15.11.2024 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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