Here are some highlights from my most recent work. If you want to collaborate or read more from me, get in contact!
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Pinpointing Sewage Seeps in Hawaii. Eos, October 2025
Iggy bop: how I tune in to the needs of Galápagos marine iguanas. Nature, September 2025
Centromere Sequencing Fills Gaps in Human Cell Line Genome. The Scientist, September 2025
Invisible enemies: A plastic crisis in our marine protected areas. Oceanographic, July 2025
Five years on: how Brexit changed three scientists’ careers. Nature Career, April 2025
How ‘scrubbers’ became a huge ocean problem. Dialogue Earth, March 2025
With Science ‘Tapas,’ Migrant Children Sample a World of Possibilities. Reasons To Be Cheerful, November 2024
Partners in drug discovery: how to collaborate with non-governmental organizations Nature Career August 2024
Thawing ice worsens Arctic plastic pollution Dialogue Earth June 2024
Ocean plastic could spread human disease Dialogue Earth February 2024
How I became the ‘hoodie girl’: attending conferences as a neurodiverse scientist Nature Career December 2023
A Novel Tool to Explore the Gut-brain Connection The-Scientist August 2023
Combined treatment offers hope for children with brain damage caused by oxygen depletion Nature Italy June 2023
Today’s Chef’s Special: A Rechargeable Battery Physics Magazine May 2023
The four Neanderthal genes that make COVID-19 worse Nature Italy March 2023
Bubbles Have an Unexpected Chill Physics Magazine December 2022
The role of the estrogen receptor in COVID-19 Nature Italy December 2022
Intelligent Materials: Science Fiction to Science Fact Physics Magazine November 2022
Lessons from the DNA of zebras Nature Italy September 2022
What the UK’s research status means for Italian science Nature Italy September 2022
Exploring the consciousness of touch – Nature Italy, November 2021
Study casts new light on mirror neurons – Nature Italy, August 2021
A new way to make anti-cancer vaccines – Nature Italy, July 2021
A molecular switch to turn inflammation into regeneration – Nature Italy, June 2021
Shining a light on self-healing hydrogels – Nature Italy, May 2021
Mastering science outreach in my native language – Medium, December 2020
From bench to desk: how outreach changed my career – Medium, October 2020
What happened to the coeliac disease vaccine? – The Naked Scientist, April 2020
Microbiomes and mental health – The Naked Scientist, October 2019
The Briefing: What’s the cost of not having a strep A vaccine? – Mosaic Science, February 2019
The Briefing: Is it really possible to 3D print better pills? – Mosaic Science, January 2019
Catch the fly to help Gorillas. – Science Matters Magazine, 2019
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