Vittoria Cenni received her Master's Degree in Bio-Molecular Biology from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 1998, and her PhD in Molecular Cytodifferentiation from the same University in 2003. She currently has an academic position as Senior Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the National Research Council of Italy. Her research topic includes the investigation of pathogenic mechanisms that feature COL6-Related Myopathies, ECM-related disorders, Nuclear envelopathies, Neuromuscular disorders, and Congenital Muscular Dystrophies.