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Centre for Misfolding Diseases

Research Associate

I currently work at the Centre for Misfolding Diseases at the University of Cambridge. The focus of my original research programme is to develop and apply new Physical methods at the interface with Chemistry and Biology to shed light on the molecular processes underlying the onset of neurodegenerative disorders and study functional biomaterials for biomedical applications.



In my research, I continuously push the boundaries of the methods of analysis of modern biology and physics for investigating complex and heterogeneous biological samples and biomaterials at the nanoscale. I have deep expertise in scanning probe microscopy, surface science, spectroscopy, data analysis, image processing and single particle characterisation.


For a complete list of publications please see below:

Publications

Ultrathin Polydopamine Films with Phospholipid Nanodiscs Containing a Glycophorin A Domain
T Marchesi D'Alvise, S Harvey, L Hueske, J Szelwicka, L Veith, TPJ Knowles, D Kubiczek, C Flaig, F Port, KE Gottschalk, F Rosenau, B Graczykowski, G Fytas, FS Ruggeri, K Wunderlich, T Weil
– Advanced Functional Materials
(2020)
30,
2000378
The Influence of Pathogenic Mutations in α‑Synuclein on Biophysical and Structural Characteristics of Amyloid Fibrils
FS Ruggeri, P Flagmeier, JR Kumita, G Meisl, DY Chirgadze, MN Bongiovanni, TPJ Knowles, CM Dobson
– ACS nano
(2020)
14,
5213
Effects of sedimentation, microgravity, hydrodynamic mixing and air-water interface on α-synuclein amyloid formation
J Zhou, FS Ruggeri, MR Zimmermann, G Meisl, G Longo, SK Sekatskii, TPJ Knowles, G Dietler
– Chemical science
(2020)
11,
3687
Transthyretin Inhibits Primary and Secondary Nucleations of Amyloid-β Peptide Aggregation and Reduces the Toxicity of Its Oligomers.
SA Ghadami, S Chia, FS Ruggeri, G Meisl, F Bemporad, J Habchi, R Cascella, CM Dobson, M Vendruscolo, TPJ Knowles, F Chiti
– Biomacromolecules
(2020)
21,
1112
Trodusquemine enhances Aβ 42 aggregation but suppresses its toxicity by displacing oligomers from cell membranes
R Limbocker, S Chia, FS Ruggeri, M Perni, R Cascella, GT Heller, G Meisl, B Mannini, J Habchi, TCT Michaels, PK Challa, M Ahn, ST Casford, N Fernando, CK Xu, ND Kloss, SIA Cohen, JR Kumita, C Cecchi, M Zasloff, S Linse, TPJ Knowles, F Chiti, M Vendruscolo, CM Dobson
– Nature communications
(2019)
10,
225
Characterizing Individual Protein Aggregates by Infrared Nanospectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy
FS Ruggeri, T Šneideris, S Chia, M Vendruscolo, TPJ Knowles
– J Vis Exp
(2019)
2019,
ARTN e60108
(doi: 10.3791/60108)
Small molecule sequestration of amyloid-β as a drug discovery strategy for Alzheimer’s disease
G Heller, F Aprile, T Michaels, R Limbocker, M Perni, FS Ruggeri, B Mannini, T Löhr, M Bonomi, C Camilloni, A De Simone, I Felli, R Pierattelli, T Knowles, C Dobson, M Vendruscolo
(2019)
729392
Soluble aggregates present in cerebrospinal fluid change in size and mechanism of toxicity during Alzheimer's disease progression
S De, DR Whiten, FS Ruggeri, C Hughes, M Rodrigues, DI Sideris, CG Taylor, FA Aprile, S Muyldermans, TPJ Knowles, M Vendruscolo, C Bryant, K Blennow, I Skoog, S Kern, H Zetterberg, D Klenerman
– Acta neuropathologica communications
(2019)
7,
120
Infrared nanospectroscopic mapping of a single metaphase chromosome
E Lipiec, FS Ruggeri, C Benadiba, AM Borkowska, JD Kobierski, J Miszczyk, BR Wood, GB Deacon, A Kulik, G Dietler, WM Kwiatek
– Nucleic Acids Res
(2019)
47,
e108
Analysis of αB-crystallin polydispersity in solution through native microfluidic electrophoresis
MA Wright, FS Ruggeri, KL Saar, PK Challa, JLP Benesch, TPJ Knowles
– Analyst
(2019)
144,
4413
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01223 763842