Dr. Natascia Tiso is an associate professor in the department of biology at the University of Padova (Padua), Italy. She completed her PhD through a joint program of the Universities of Bologna, Ferrara, and Padova, and has received several prizes, including the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award. She has recently led a series of international and national projects supported by AFM-Telethon France, the Italian Telethon, and the Italian Ministry of University and Research. Dr. Tiso has published over 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, is a member of the European Zebrafish Society (EZS) and the Italian Genetics Association, and serves as representative for Europe and West Asia for the International Zebrafish Society. She teaches courses related to human genetics, applied biology, and the use of model organisms in research. Her research interests include modeling inherited diseases (arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and POLG mitochondrial diseases) and congenital/acquired pathologies (fetal growth restriction and cancer) in zebrafish.