Serena Barachini received her degree in Biology, a Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine from the University of Rome, and graduated with an lode in Clinical Pathology at the University of Pisa. She is a Technical Researcher in the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Pisa. Her study focuses on the isolation of Mesenchymal stem cells and Mesangiogenic progenitor cells in human bone marrow, cord blood and adipose tissues. Her work also concerns the study of cancer stem cells isolated from hematological diseases, thymoma and glioblastoma. In particular, she has expertise in 3D cultures, flow cytometry and cell sorting combined with molecular and cell biology techniques, applied in research projects concerning human stem cells both in tissue repair and cancers.