Giuseppina Basini is an associate professor at the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Parma. She studied Biology at the Faculty of Biology, University of Parma, Italy, from 1986 to 1990, was a specialist in Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Parma, Italy, from 1992 to 1998. She obtained her Ph.D. in Domestic Animal Endocrinology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bologna, Italy, from 1993 to 1997. Her research interests include granulosa cells, the ovary, the corpus luteum, ROS, and steroids.