B. Cobucci Ponzano is a researcher and group leader at the Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy (IBBR-CNR). Her scientific interests mainly concern the study of the structure/function relationship of proteins and enzymes and of the mechanistic aspects related to hydrolysis and the enzymatic synthesis of glycosides. In recent years, her studies have also aimed at metagenomic analyses of extreme environments for the identification of new hyperstable glycoside hydrolases for second- and third-generation biorefineries and for green chemistry.