Alessio Torcinaro is a cell and molecular biologist who graduated at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He received his doctorate in genetics and molecular biology at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, working in Dr. Francesca De Santa’s lab at IBBC, CNR. Moreover, he worked in Dr Pier Lorenzo Puri’s lab at Sanford Burnham Prebys (La Jolla, CA, USA) during his doctorate as visiting PhD student. As a post-doc researcher and former PhD and master's degree student, Alessio acquired exceptional theoretical and practical competence in dissecting skeletal muscle homeostasis and regeneration in both physiological and pathological conditions. He aspires to continue his studies and to conduct research in the field of muscle biology.