Prof Antonino Neri graduated in Medicine at the University of Milan in 1981 and received postgraduate degrees in Hematology and Medical Genetics in 1984 and 2001, respectively. He earned his PhD in Experimental Hematology at the University of Milan in 1990. He worked from 1885–1990 as a research fellow at the laboratory of Prof. Riccardo Dalla Favera, Department of Pathology, NYU Medical Center, where he performed pioneeristic studies in B-cell lymphoma, mainly concerning the role of c-myc, IGH translocations, and Ras mutation. For these studies, in 1990, he won the «Cecilia Cioffrese» Award from Fondazione Carlo Erba. From 1990 to 2022, he was responsible for the Laboratory of Experimental Hematology and Molecular Genetics of the Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, IRCCS, Milan. In these years, he and his group focused on MM genetics, identifying the t(4;14) translocation, and on the genomic and transcriptomic investigation of CLL and MM, with a major interest in the recent years in the role of noncoding RNA in these diseases, providing novel insights into NEAT1 lncRNA activity. From 2007, he is an Associate Professor of Hematology at the University of Milan. From March 2022, he is the Scientific Director of the Oncology Institute of Azienda-USL IRCCS of Reggio Emilia as appointed by the Italian Ministry of Health. Prof Neri is the author of about 430 publications.