Education: Ph.D. (Major field: Animal Neuroendocrinology, Parma, IT, 1994); D.V.M. (Parma, Italy 1990) Academic Positions: Head of Dept of Veterinary Morphophysiology (2008-); Full Professor in Veterinary Physiology from 0.1.11.2006 - University of Turin; Associate Professor of Veterinary Physiology - University of Turin (2001-2006); Assistant Professor of Veterinary Physiology - University of Parma (1994-2001); lecturer of Animal Nutrition - University of Parma (1997-2001) Post-doc position and short fellowship: Research fellow - Istitut fur Tierzucht und Tierverhalten, Germany (1993-1994); Post-doctoral Fellow - Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, USA (1997 and 1999) Fellowships: EMBO Short mobiliy Fellowship, 2004; FAL,Ministry of Agriculture, Germany; CNR; Società Italiana Scienze Veterinarie. Invited speaker 2011: Roslin Institute, Edimburgh, GB 12 Sept 2011; Europens Biotechnology Network Brussels, Belgium; 18 October 2011; European Biotechnology Network, Warwick, GB 12 Dec 2011; University of Udine, Italy, 12 Ma 2011; University of Parma, Italy 19 January 2012 Available grants: FIL Università di Torino; Regione Piemonte 2009, Compagnia San Paolo 2011; Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Cuneo 2009, Coalvi Piemonte 2009. Research activities: The research is characterized in the last 5 years into four specific areas: 1 -Adult stem cells in the mammary gland of dairy cattle. Such research has some applied results that have been patented 2 -Analysis of the action of hormo