  ALICE is devoted to the study of the properties of the Quark-Gluon Plasma
(QGP). This state of matter is created in ultra-relativistic heavy-ion
collisions at the LHC. Heavy quarks are considered effective probes of the QGP
since, due to their large masses, they are produced in hard scattering
processes and experience the full evolution of the hot and dense medium while
interacting with its constituents. The heavy-quark measurements provide
insights on processes like in-medium energy loss and hadronization.
Measurements in proton-proton collisions provide the baseline for interpreting
heavy-ion collision results and constitute an excellent test of pQCD
calculations. In addition, proton-nucleus collisions allow separating cold
nuclear matter effects from those due to the deconfined strongly interacting
matter created in heavy-ion collisions. In this contribution, an overview of
recent ALICE results for open heavy flavours, quarkonia, and heavy-flavour jets
is presented.
