Virginia Brancato completed her Doutoramento in PhD in environmental microbiology and skin ecosystems in 2010 at Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Mestrado and her Master's degree in biomolecular and industrial biotecnology in 2006 at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. Her present research focuses on the realization of 3D dynamic human cancer cell culture to study the interaction between stroma and cancer cells. In particular, a 3D model of pancreatic cancer, seeding fibroblasts and tumor cells on biodegradable porous gelatin microcarriers is being developed. The heterotypic breast cancer microtissues thus developed can then be used as screening platform for stimuli-responsive nanoparticles.