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My scientific interests revolve around the phenomenon of protein self-assembly and its relationship with pathological processes and biotechnological applications. In particular, I am interested in understanding which structural features modulate protein aggregation and how these processes can be regulated. For example, during my PhD, I studied a group of proteins that I discovered were capable of delaying the formation of protein aggregates of a small peptide called Aβ42, whose deposition is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. More recently, my research has focused on the fascinating conductive proteins of cable bacteria, a type of filamentous bacterium that inhabits marine and freshwater sediments and is capable of conducting electricity over distances of several centimetres.