Barbulescu Greta-Ionela is a cardiology resident doctor, PhD student and assistant teaching professor at “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania. Her research project on regenerative medicine, conducted in the Department of Functional Sciences, Immuno-Physiology and Biotechnologies Center, studies the generation of bioartificial rodent hearts using decellularized scaffolds and stem cells. Her interest in this line of research started with her engagement in a training program about adult and embryonic stem cells.