Nick Marzano

Scientifically:
I am interested in understanding how proteins fold, misfold, and aggregate in disease, and how these processes are regulated by molecular chaperones. He is currently developing mass photometry approaches to study ribosome kinetics and dynamics, and how translation influences co-translational protein folding.
Background:
I was born in Wollongong, Australia, where he completed a BSc in Medical Biotechnology before undertaking a PhD focused on applying single-molecule fluorescence methods to study chaperone-mediated protein folding. I then expanded on this work during my postdoc to investigate more complex chaperone systems, while collaborating with researchers at the University of Western Australia to understand how programmable RNA-binding proteins recognise specific RNA sequence targets.
In my spare time, I enjoy eating (and cooking) good food, going on hikes and have been getting into photography.

Gastronomically: favourite food is pizza, favourite cuisine is probably Italian, Spanish or Mexican

nick.marzano@chem.ox.ac.uk