Benedetta Bolognesi

@Bennibolo

Biologist, Explorer. Group Leader @IBECBarcelona. Protein Phase Transitions.

Barcelona, Spain Joined December 2011

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Benedetta Bolognesi @Bennibolo Mar 5

This time we went “functional.” 🙂
After years studying pathological amyloids, we followed RIPK1/3 into the other side of aggregation - where amyloids help cells decide when to die.
🔗🔗
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

Benedetta Bolognesi @Bennibolo Mar 30

Our latest paper is out! We built a large-scale mutational map of amylin to understand how sequence drives #amyloid formation, a process linked to type 2 #diabetes🩸📈📉. It’s a step towards connecting molecular mechanisms with human genetic variation in a systematic way.

IBEC @IBECBarcelona Mar 30

🔬 Investigadores de l'#IBEC creen un mapa mutacional de l’amilina que mostra com certes mutacions poden accelerar o frenar la formació d’agregats tòxics vinculats a la diabetis tipus 2.

📖 ibecbarcelona.eu/an-unprecedent…

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Benedetta Bolognesi @Bennibolo Mar 8

We have made big progress putting women at the table.
The next step is making sure their ideas carry authority
once the door closes.

This is true in science, just as in many other fields.
💪 #IWD2026 #8M 💪

Benedetta Bolognesi @Bennibolo Jun 12, 2025

New cocktail 🍹 in town - in collaboration with @BenLehner : Massive combinatorial mutagenesis + amyloid kinetics selection + thermodynamic modelling showing us the portrait 🎨 of an amyloid transition state. Read about it in this great thread by co-first author @immunobananna

Anna Arutyunyan @immunobananna Jun 12, 2025

Alzheimer’s disease 🧠starts with a molecular domino effect - but what triggers the first piece to fall?
In our new study we cracked open the black box of early protein aggregation, and the findings could reshape how we fight neurodegeneration. 🧵👇

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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Benedetta Bolognesi @Bennibolo Nov 13, 2024

Very grateful to @FundacionLuzon & @CaixaResearch @FundlaCaixa for their support in this journey which I hope will bring my lab @IBECBarcelona , @LukeMcAlary & Bryony Thompson to make important contributions towards a systematic understanding of #ALS #ELA #MND

Fundación Luzón @FundacionLuzon Nov 13, 2024

🔬 Ayer estuvimos en @CaixaForum Madrid entregando nuestra beca #TalentoELA al proyecto ganador de este año para investigar sobre la ELA.

🤝 Este proyecto de investigación será financiado durante tres años por @FundlaCaixa y por nuestra fundación.

👏🏼 ¡ENHORABUENA!
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