Prof. Dr. Tonia Luca studied Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology and graduated in 2000. After a collaboration with S.I.F.I. S.p.A. Molecular Biology laboratory and a scholarship in the field of Gene Therapy of Neurodegenerative disorders at TIGET, Milan, she carried out her research activity at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Catania Sch Med, and she received her Ph.D. degree in 2006. She then became a permanent full-time researcher at the Mediterranean Foundation "G.B. Morgagni", Catania, coordinating research activity. In 2022, she obtained the position of Researcher of Human Anatomy at the University of Catania. She has attended many courses and published several research articles.