Affiliate Professor at @UniTrieste. Former postdoc in the Nitschke group @ChemCambridge. PhD in the @MarchesanLab @UniTrieste.
Cambridge, England
Joined August 2011
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Not a bad way 2 start the week! Grateful to the @RoySocChem for supporting my research through an Research Fund grant.
This grant will support my project, "Chiral AuNPs templated by self-assembling peptides for antimicrobial response".
Looking forward 2 developing this work.🧪
The review compares cages built entirely from peptides, where structure is encoded in the sequence, with hybrid architectures in which a pre-organised scaffold defines the shape and peptides add selectivity and responsiveness, highlighting opportunities across different fields.
Our review on peptide-based supramolecular cages is finally out in @ChemicalScience #diamond #openacces🎉
Thanks to Prof. Nitschke and Prof. Marchesan for their support, and to @xuhy0914 for the jolly collaboration.
@ChemCambridge and @DSCF_UniTS
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
Simone Adorinni retweeted
#ChemBioChem Self-assembling peptides direct the synthesis and organisation of gold nanoparticles, with sequence and assembly conditions tuning morphology, chirality and properties (@simoado and co-workers) #openaccess 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
The second explores peptide gels as soft 3D matrices where NPs nucleation and growth occur in situ within a macroscopic yet nanostructured environment. This work illustrates how rational peptide design enables control over the structure and properties of peptide–AuNP materials.
The review examines two complementary strategies for templating gold nanoparticles with self-assembling peptides. The first relies on discrete supramolecular assemblies that act as nanoscale scaffolds, enabling precise organisation and chirality transfer.
Thrilled to share my first paper doi.org/10.1002/cbic.2025003… as corresponding author in #ChemBioChem @ChemEurope. In this concept review we discuss how self-assembling peptides control gold nanoparticle nucleation growth and organisation.
If you’d like to know more about the work I presented, carried out in collaboration with the Nitschke group at
@ChemCambridge and the @MarchesanLab at @DSCF_UniTS, you can read our open-access paper here: doi.org/10.1002/anie.2024069….
Had a fantastic time in Glasgow for @Faraday_D on supramolecular gels, great to meet so many leaders in the field. Grateful to the organisers for the chance to present my work and to @SupraChem for the 1st Gen Travel Grant that made it possible!
