Laura Rindi is an Associate Professor of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology at the University of Pisa, Italy. She received a PhD in Medical and Experimental Microbiology in 2003 and a specialist degree in Microbiology and Virology in 2000. Her main scientific interests involve research on tuberculosis and mycobacterial infections, including the following: virulence genes and protective antigens of mycobacterium tuberculosis; analysis of the molecular and pathogenetic characters of nontuberculous mycobacteria; the taxonomy of non-defined mycobacteria and their possible pathogenetic role; the development of techniques for tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections diagnosis; the evaluation of drug resistance in mycobacteria; the molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis; the evaluation of efflux pump inhibitors and antimicrobials in antimycobacterial therapy; and the research and characterization of bacteriophages for use in antimycobacterial therapy.