Dr. Silvia Cantara has strong expertise in molecular and cellular biology. During her thesis, she spent a period at Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland), consolidating her experience with biochemical studies. After her degree, she moved to Siena (Italy) and worked in the angiogenesis laboratory (2001–2007). She obtained her PhD in Molecular Medicine in 2004. In 2002, she won a scholarship for a period at the European Parliament (STOA building, Luxemburg), where she worked on breast cancer. Her production was really appreciated and the parliament published an official document with her results (STOA, 515 European Parliament, 2002). In 2007, she left the angiogenesis group and started working on endocrinology and metabolic disorders. In particular, she contributed to the characterization of molecular markers for thyroid nodule diagnosis and genetic abnormalities in the familial form of thyroid cancer, with particular attention to the telomere-telomerase complex. Her studies on telomere shortening were applied also to obesity and metabolic syndrome. She contributed to the characterization of polymorphisms responsible for low thyroid hormone production. She is employed at the Department of Medical, Surgical and Neurological Sciences, Section of Endocrinology of the University of Siena (Italy) and collaborates with Siena Hospital for the genetic diagnosis of endocrine disorders and for genetic screening of rare familial forms of obesity.