Dr. Maria Franzini graduated in Life Sciences at the University of Pisa and earned her PhD degree in Physiopathology and Cellular Pathology at the University of Siena. She also obtained the Specialization in Clinical Pathology at the University of Pisa, and is a researcher at the Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technologies. Dr. Franzini is the author and co-author of over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Clinical Chimica Acta, Plos One, Biomarkers, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. She is also the inventor of two international patents. The research activity studies the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases and their biomarkers, focusing on the development of immunometric methods. Indeed, in her attention in recent years has been focused on the development of a highly sensitive analytical method for immunoassays.